Amazing DIY New Year gift

Winter holidays in our country are considered one of the most beloved among people of all ages. Traditionally, New Year and Christmas are associated with the Christmas tree and the scent of pine needles, the scent of tangerines and Olivier salad - without this it is difficult to imagine a real celebration.

That is why festive coniferous compositions made in various variations have recently become a new trend in floristry. Now, as an original gift, you can buy a Christmas composition in a hat box, which will last longer than ordinary flowers and will certainly delight the recipient with a beautiful view and a real winter aroma.

If you want to please your friends and relatives, and maybe colleagues, with an unusual present, you can ask for help from the florists of the company "Flower Base No. 1". Or do you have the option to collect christmas flowers in a box do it yourself using the simple instructions below.

Putting together a composition of needles and flowers

To surprise a loved one, you can buy a new year composition, but you can independently compose this unusual present for him, which will be remembered for a long time. To do this, you will need:

hat box of any color and size;

an oasis carved into a box;

• tools for work - glue gun, gerber wire, secateurs, knife;

  decorations that you like, such as Christmas decorations, pine cones, decorative ribbon;

  plants that will complement spruce branches, in our case these are roses, ilex, cotton and eucalyptus;

  coniferous branches - nobilis spruce is used in the video.

Before drawing up the composition, pre-soak the oasis in water, then let the excess moisture drain from it, leaving it for a while in a dry container. Then take a box, which is belted with a ribbon for beauty, and place a film in it, on which you will need to place a floral sponge. This way, moisture from the oasis will not damage the packaging.

Then, using a pruner, divide the spruce branches into branches of different lengths and place them, having previously cleaned the tips of the needles, on the surface of the sponge so that no gaps are visible. As a result, you will have a fluffy coniferous base for your future composition.

Then, depending on your desire and imagination, place eucalyptus and roses between the spruce branches, and then complement them with bright branches of ilex. Remember - we do not offer the only correct version of the composition, you can create the way you want it, and replace, or supplement, any elements. Or do you just have the option order a New Year's composition that will satisfy you in all respects.

After finishing work with plants, it is time to decorate. With a hot glue gun, you can place balls, snow-like cotton and much more on the surface of coniferous branches.

In the end, you will receive an original gift with which you are not ashamed to come to visit on New Year's holidays.

However, if you don't have time to assemble, you can order flowers in a box at the florists of the company "Flower Base No. 1". Their imagination and great experience will easily help you create the composition you need from the freshest plants.

To do this, you need to visit one of our outlets, or order flowers on our website or by phone +7 915 269 99 87.

Give flowers with or without reason to always delight your family and friends with pleasant gifts and bring them a lot of positive emotions.

Greetings, dear friends! On the eve of the new year, we are thinking about gifts for family and friends, but we want not only to please them, but also to pleasantly surprise them. In this case, unusual gifts for the New Year with your own hands will come to your aid. After all, a hand-made product is unique, it is very difficult to make it exactly the same the second time. While making a gift, you constantly think about the donee, put a piece of your soul into the product, and this is very much appreciated. At the same time, these are creative DIY gifts for the New Year!

DIY New Year 2019 gift ideas

1. Knits: mittens, scarf, hat, socks and so on. If you are a needlewoman and know how to knit, then creating not only a beautiful, but also a useful, practical gift will not be difficult!
2. Candle decorations. Candle decorated with coarse salt ("candle in hoarfrost"). The candle is an essential attribute of the New Year and Christmas. For such a craft, you need a large colored candle, PVA glue and coarse salt. Gently spread the candle with glue and dip in salt, let dry. The foot of the candle can be decorated with a small composition of coniferous branches, cones, ribbons, beads.
   You can also decorate the candle with a candlestick. Here is such a wonderful and fragrant candlestick of cinnamon sticks and twine (rope):
   And for such an uncomplicated candlestick, you need an ordinary glass jar or glass, which are decorated with openwork fabric on the outside:
   Or a composition of cones and coniferous branches:
   Bleached pine cones are perfect for decorating candles:
   You can bleach them in the following way: wash the cones well with a brush, place them in a jar and fill them with bleach, press down on top with a load so that the cones are completely in the liquid. Remove the jar for a day, or better for 2 days to a distant place inaccessible to children. You will be surprised, but the cones close together, become smooth, like young ones that have not opened. Don't worry, as soon as you take the buds out of the bleach, rinse them with water and dry them, they will become fluffy again.
3. Jewelry and decor from beads. For those who like to work with beads, beads can not only make excellent beads, volumetric souvenir products, but also, for example, decorate a New Year's ball. To work, you need to buy PVA glue and multi-colored beads.
   
4. Ball of threads. Step-by-step instructions with a photo in the article ""
   For work you need: balloons, PVA glue, fat cream or petroleum jelly, threads and water. Inflate a ball with a diameter of about 10-20 cm. Mix water and PVA glue in a ratio of 1: 2, respectively. Gently soak the thread in the mixture, let stand for 5-10 minutes, so that the thread is soaked. Then smear the ball with a greasy cream so that later it will more easily separate from the threads. Wind wet threads around the balloon in a random manner, leaving gaps. The ball should now dry for 20-22 hours. After the specified time has elapsed, carefully pierce the ball and pull it out of the sphere. You can make a snowman from similar spheres of different diameters:
   
5. Almost any housewife in the house has a bunch of unnecessary scraps of fabric, from which you can sew an apron for a bottle, a keychain for a headphone bag or, for example, a toy:
   
6. Christmas tree made of sweets. Such a Christmas tree can be made using a cardboard cone or a bottle of champagne as a basis. The candies are attached to the base with tape, starting from the bottom row. You can skip tinsel between the rows of sweets.
   
7. More options for crocheted Christmas trees (a dense cardboard cone is taken as a basis):
   
8. Christmas tree made of pasta painted with aerosol paint (from a spray can):
   
9. Christmas tree made of threads:
   
10. Herringbone from cones (instead of fabric balls, you can make cotton balls):
    
11. Bakery products. New Year is associated with gingerbread or cookies. They can be baked in the shape of New Year's characters and decorated to your taste and color.
    
12. Colored Christmas balls. For work, you will need one-color balloons without decor, paint (watercolor, acrylic or gouache) and child's pens.
    
13. DIY soft toys:
    Snowmen from socks:
    
14. Diary. For such a craft, you need the diary itself and decorations for it. In shops for needlewomen, you can purchase a scrapbooking kit and decorate a diary, for example, like this:
    
15. Topiary is an ornamental tree, a “tree of happiness”. This interior decoration came to us from Europe. There are a lot of ideas for creating a topiary: from coffee beans, from buttons, from satin ribbons, from cones, from sweets and so on. A sphere is taken as a basis (you can also buy it in stores for needlewomen or make it out of a balloon: mix water and PVA glue in a 1: 2 ratio and spread this mixture on a balloon inflated to the required diameter. Let it dry and then decorate the surface.
    
16. Souvenir with falling snow. Want to do? Detailed master class in the article ““.
    Surely, you have come across such industrial-made souvenirs on sale, but now try to make it yourself. To work, you need: a jar with a screw cap, ceramic, glass or plastic figures for decoration, sparkles, distilled water (you can replace the settled boiled water) and glycerin (you can freely buy it at any pharmacy). You can decorate both the bottom of the container and the lid. But if the decoration is attached to the lid, then such a souvenir will stand on the lid. First, you need to firmly fix the composition on the base (bottom of the container or lid), pour glitter into the container and pour it with a mixture of water and glycerin in a 1: 2 ratio. You can add more glycerin, then the glitter after shaking will slowly sink down. The lid must be tightly screwed on and treated with silicone sealant and glue so that the liquid does not seep out during storage.
17. Salted dough souvenir.
    On the eve of 2017, it is important to blind the symbol - the Rooster. To make this craft, you need: 200 grams of flour, half a glass of salt (preferably fine, extra grade), 125 grams of water, paint, colorless varnish and PVA glue. Mix salt, flour and water, sculpt a souvenir, if you need to fasten the parts, then use PVA glue. Paint the finished product with paints and, after drying, with a colorless varnish.
18. A classic gift for the new year is a do-it-yourself card. You can pile both a simple postcard at the school level and a scrapbooking postcard.
    
19. Christmas wreath. It can also be made from anything. Here are some examples:
    Christmas wreath of cones. The base can be bought at handicraft stores or made yourself from foam or newspapers and tracing paper, tightly crumpled into a ring:
    From Christmas balls. Wire will serve as the basis for this wreath. Before stringing the balls onto the wire circle, it is necessary to fix the metal loops with glue to the ball, since during the stringing the balls will simply jump off the loops.
    
20. Christmas star made of threads:
    
21. Candy pineapple:
    

I hope you found the needlework to your liking! DIY creative gifts for the New Year are the peak of the popularity of our time, it's great! Happy New Year to you! Health, happiness and fulfillment of desires!

Best regards, Daria!

Useful Tips

To decorate on New Year tree, table or house, it is not necessary to purchase various toys and decorations - many different original New Year's crafts can be made with your own hands.

You just have to purchase a few simple things (paper, cardboard, skewers, ribbons) and tools. You may already have a lot of this at home.

Read also:How to make a beautiful SNOWFLAKE

Here you will find interesting ideas and instructions for creating beautiful crafts for the New Year:

Easy crafts for the New Year: lollipops

Despite the fact that the instruction is large, it is very simple to do such a craft.

You will need:

Felt of different colors

Hot glue, super glue or PVA glue

Ribbon or thread (to hang the decoration)

Toothpicks, skewers, or other parts that will act as lollipop sticks.

1. Cut one strip from each felt. You can choose its size yourself, but in this example, the length of the strips varies from 17.5 to 30 cm, and the width is 1 cm.

* You will need 6 strips for one lollipop. In this example, 2 stripes are used for each of the 3 selected colors.

2. Place all 6 strips on top of one another. Remember that when you roll the strip into a tube, some will start to bulge and you will need to trim them. The strip that will be the shortest inside the tube and the longest on the outside.

* You can trim the strips with scissors as you twist, or you can cut the necessary strips in advance (the approximate length of each strip: 17.5, 20, 22.5, 25, 27.5, 30 cm).

3. Start curling the strips, adding a little glue between them. Finally, make sure the outer strip is longer than the others. Glue the ends of the strips together.

4. Hot glue the stick to the resulting candy. You can paint a toothpick or skewer with white acrylic paint if you like.

5. Glue or sew the tape to the back of the candy so you can hang it on the tree.

Crafts on the New Year: Christmas tree made of wine corks

You don't have to buy wine to get the right amount of wine corks, you just need to order corks online or in a store.

You will need:

Wine corks (26 corks were used in this example)

* Instead of plugs, you can use cardboard or wooden spools of thread.

* If you replace the corks with toilet paper sleeves, then by painting them, you will also get the necessary material for the Christmas tree. In this case, the Christmas tree will turn out to be larger than the Christmas tree made of corks.

PVA glue

Hot glue or super glue

Paints or glitters (to paint the plugs or bushings)

Twine and toilet paper cardboard sleeve (for the hemp on which the tree will stick).

1. Paint the corks with acrylic paint or, best of all, apply PVA glue, on top of which sprinkle glitter.

2. Having painted the plugs (coils), glue them together with a pyramid (see image) using hot glue or superglue.

* It is advisable to glue first one row of plugs, then another, and so on, until you have the required number of rows. After that, just glue all the rows.

3. Cut a part of the cardboard sleeve from the toilet paper, start wrapping it with twine, adding PVA glue so that the string holds better. You have a stump.

4.Use hot glue to glue the stump to the tree.

On the top of the head, you can glue a button, ribbon, toy or paper star or a small suitable object in an arc.

Crafts for the New Year (step-by-step photo instructions): snowflakes from clothespins

You will need:

Plain wooden clothespins

Small decorative clothespins (optional)

Medium clothespins (optional)

White acrylic paint

Sponge brush

Sequins, fake snow or salt

PVA glue

Thin wire.

* In this example, 6 clothespins of each size are used to make one snowflake. Therefore, buy the right amount and better with a margin.

1. First, get rid of the spring mechanisms on the clothespins.

2. Paint all the clothespins.

3.Use hot glue or super glue to glue the large clothespins together to form a snowflake (see image).

4. On top of large clothespins, glue the middle ones, and on top of the middle ones, glue the small ones.

5. Cover the resulting decoration with PVA glue and sprinkle with glitter, artificial snow or salt on top. You can also use decorative snow (spray).

6. Thread a piece of wire or ribbon through the hole in the clothespins to make a loop to help hang the clothespin.

Crafts for the New Year on the Christmas tree: patterns from puzzle pieces

You will need:

Small details from old puzzles

Acrylic paint (in this example red, green and white)

Brushes

PVA glue or hot glue

Twine or thin ribbon

Small bell (optional)

Various decorations (optional).

You can create several variations of wreaths and other Christmas tree decorations from puzzle pieces, and here are some of them:

Puzzle candy

1. First, paint a few parts that you are going to use for the craft. In this example, 6 parts were painted red and 6 parts white.

2. When the paint is dry, use PVA glue to join the parts together.

3. It remains to add a ribbon. If you have a hole between two pieces of puzzles, slip the tape through it, and if there is none, just glue, attach with a stapler or make a hole with scissors.

Puzzle wreath

1. First, glue all the details together to make a circle (wreath).

2. Paint the parts in the desired color.

* If desired, after the paint has dried, you can paint some details in a different color.

3. You can attach a bell to the wreath. Pass the ribbon through the bell and then through the wreath and you can decorate your Christmas tree.

The best crafts for the New Year: Christmas candles

You will need:

Cardboard rolls for paper towels and toilet paper

* In this example, we used: 3 bushings of 30 cm, 2 bushings of 20 cm, 3 bushings of 15 cm, 2 bushings of 10 cm, 1 bushing of 5 cm. But you can use other sizes by cutting some of the bushings.

Electrical tape or tape

Hot glue

Spray paint or acrylic paint

Electric candles on batteries

Sequins

PVA glue.

1. Glue the sleeves together to form one large candlestick.

2. Using electrical tape, duct tape or tape (preferably double-sided), attach the electric candles to the grommets.

3. Use hot glue on the sleeve to simulate candle wax. Squeeze out the glue to create large and small beads of wax that run out.

You can make several layers of "wax" - first apply one, wait until it dries, and then apply the second on top.

* You will need a lot of glue.

* Hot glue can create unwanted "strands". They can be cut with scissors or melted with a hair dryer.

4. Prepare the acrylic paint and start painting the entire cardboard sleeve candlestick. Choose the color yourself.

5. When the paint is dry, cover the candlestick with PVA glue and sprinkle glitter over it.

6. On the lower part of the candlestick (the lower parts of the sleeves), apply PVA glue and glue it to a paper plate to keep the structure better.

7.Use hot glue to glue tinsel or garland to the candlestick and plate. You can add other decorations, such as a toy bird, artificial berries and flowers, ribbons, stars and beads.

Crafts for the New Year with children: New Year's lights from cardboard sleeves

You will need:

Toilet paper rolls (their number depends on the number of lights)

Twine

Colored paper or colored cardboard

Hot glue or PVA glue

Scissors.

1. First, all the bushings must be pressed down.

2. Cut each sleeve into pieces (rings) 5-7 mm wide.

3. Glue the rings to the colored cardboard.

4. Cut off the glued rings.

5. Now all received flashlights need to be connected with twine.

To do this, the twine can be glued directly to the lanterns (on the back of the colored cardboard).

* Or you can cut small rectangles out of cardboard or paper, bend them in half and glue them to the lanterns. Next, glue the strings to these rectangles, bend them and glue the ends.

Lanterns can be hung on a Christmas tree, used to decorate a house or other objects.

DIY creative crafts for the New Year: burlap herringbone

You will need:

Burlap jute white (decorative, for needlework)

* You can use a different fabric such as linen.

Scissors

Double-sided tape

Cone (you can buy a foam one or do it yourself out of paper)

To find out how to make a cone, check out our article:Paper cone .

1. Cut the fabric into wide strips - about 5 cm.

2. Using double-sided tape, start glueing the strips around the cone, from bottom to top (see image). Each subsequent strip should slightly overlap the bottom strip.

* Use scissors to shorten the length of the strips if necessary.

* Tweak the fabric to fit the way you like it.

3. The Christmas tree can be placed on a small pot, which can be filled with artificial snow, pebbles or sand.

* You can decorate the Christmas tree by gluing to it (using PVA glue or hot glue) various decorations - pom-poms, stars, buttons, etc.

You will need:

Small spruce branches (preferably artificial)

Artificial berries

Small tray.

1. Place the tray on a flat surface first. Add spruce twigs on the sides.

2. Now add the buds. They can be placed on top of the twigs.

3. Continue adding buds to the tray, distributing them as you like.

4. Add a few more spruce twigs between the cones.

5. Now you can add some sprigs with artificial berries.

* If desired, some parts can be bonded with hot glue.

* You can also sprinkle this Christmas decoration with artificial snow, salt or sparkles, and to keep this "snow" well, you can anoint the cones on top a little with PVA glue.

Homemade crafts for the New Year: an elegant spruce wreath

You will need:

Wreath (you can buy ready-made or do it yourself)

To find out how you can make a wreath with your own hands, visit our articles with detailed instructions: DIY New Year wreath and DIY Christmas wreath

Decorative snow (spray and in the usual form)

* As an alternative to decorative snow, salt and PVA glue can be used. Place the wreath on the table and glue the top, then sprinkle generously with salt.

Candles (you can use decorative candles on batteries) of different sizes

Decorative branches (preferably white)

Round tray (can be a board).

1. Lay the wreath on a flat surface and spray the top branches with decorative snow. Then wait for the "snow" to dry and harden.

2. Place the snow wreath on a round tray, board, or even cardboard.

3. Place candles in the center of the composition. To make the candles look beautiful, try to put an odd number - 3 or 5, for example.

4. Now add white decorative twigs.

5. Add decorative snow or a few piles of salt to the base of the candles.

Cool crafts for the New Year: table decorations

You will need:

Christmas balls

Superglue or hot glue

Decorative twigs and berries.

1. Remove the fasteners from the ball.

2. Apply glue to the twigs in the places that will touch the neck of the New Year's ball.

* You can fill the balloon with water so that you can insert a real flower or a couple of real spruce twigs for smell.

DIY New Year craft ideas: a simple ribbon star

You will need:

Small board (plywood)

Small nails or screws

Chalk, marker or pencil

Bright ribbon

Scissors.

1. Draw a regular 5-pointed star on the board.

2. Drive nails or screws to the ends of the star you have drawn.

3. Starting at the top, start wrapping tape around the nails (screws) along the lines of the star you have drawn. You can tie a bow on top. Use scissors to cut off the excess tape.

Crafts for kindergarten for the New Year: ice cream for the Christmas tree

You will need:

Corrugated paper or thin wrapping paper

Brown colored paper or cardboard or paper bag

Scissors

PVA glue

Thread and needle (if necessary)

String or ribbon (to hang the toy on the tree).

1. Make small cones out of paper or cardboard. To do this, cut out a circle (in this example, the diameter of the circle is 12 cm). Cut the circle in half and fold each of the resulting semicircles into a cone, glue the ends.

For more detailed instructions on how to create a cone, see our article: Paper Cone.

2. Crumple up a few pieces of corrugated paper or thin colored paper so that you get small balls - these will be balls of paper ice cream.

3. If you want to hang your decoration, thread a needle through the center of the paper ball. Fix the ends of the thread in place with glue and cut off the excess.

* If you want to use tape, just glue it to the cone and you can hang it on the tree.

4. Apply glue to the bottom of the paper ball and stick it to the cone. You can also apply glue to the edge of the cone.

The ice cream is ready and you can use it to decorate the Christmas tree.

How to make a craft for the New Year (video): a snowman from a sock

You can buy anything in the store, but you know that getting homemade gifts is a thousand times more pleasant. Here are 17 cozy, useful, simple, and very budget-friendly options. Instructions are included.

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A great gift for tea lovers. "Tea connoisseurs do not drink sawdust from bags!" - you say. But who's stopping to pack good expensive tea in envelopes?

You will need:

• a cone made of foam or thick cardboard;
• round cardboard box and stump rice;
• tea packed in small paper bags (the amount depends on the height and diameter of the cone);
• glue gun;
• star, bows and other decorations of your choice.

Cover the cone with tea bags, applying glue to the top of them. Move from bottom to top in a checkerboard pattern. It is better to use bags of contrasting color: the tree will turn out to be more elegant.

Glue the lid of the cardboard box to the bottom of the cone. Fill the box itself with rice to make the tree more stable, and then attach it to the lid. If you don't have a ready-made box of the required diameter at hand, make it yourself. Take the tube from a roll of paper towels as a base or glue it from cardboard according to this scheme.

Decorate the tree with bows, rhinestones and other decorative elements, and glue a star to the top of the head.

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Such a gift will be highly appreciated by girls. After all, this is an individual scent, no one in the city will have such a perfume.

Before you create, find out what scents the one you want to please prefers. For example, if a girl likes citrus scents, you need lemon or orange. To add woody notes, you need sandalwood or cedarwood oils, powdery ones - rose or vanilla.

Ingredients:

• ½ cup almond oil;
• ½ cup grape oil;
• 100 g beeswax;
• 1 teaspoon vitamin E
• 60 drops of lemon oil;
• 25 drops of eucalyptus oil;
• 20 drops of lavender oil
• 20 drops of rosemary oil.

Combine almond and grape oil with wax in a separate saucepan and place in a steam bath. When the wax is completely dissolved, let the liquid cool slightly and add essential oils and vitamin E. Pour the future perfume into molds. A bottle of old hygienic lipstick, vaseline jars, etc. will do.

When the wax has hardened, the perfume is ready to use. All that remains is to pack them beautifully.

A great gift for frozen girls. A pair of warm, sturdy socks that you don't wear can be turned into fingerless gloves.

Additional materials:

• needle with thread;
• heart cut out of felt.

Cut and sew the sock as shown in the photos. Be sure to hem the edge so that it does not wrinkle, and do all the seams from the inside out.

Sew a felt heart on top. You can use any other decorative means. For example, embroider the inscription "Happy New Year!" or embroider mitts with rhinestones.

Another DIY gift for those who are always freezing is. If you heat it up in the microwave for 1-3 minutes, you will get an excellent heating pad, which also smells good.

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Paracord is a nylon cord. It was originally used as a material for parachute lines, but then paracord was used wherever a light and strong cable might be required. For example, stylish men's bracelets are woven from it. In ordinary life - just a decoration, in an extreme situation - a saving rope.

There are various paracord weaving techniques. Here is one of the most common.

You will need:

• 150 cm of paracord of one color and the same amount of another (it is desirable that the shades are contrasting);
• 75 cm black paracord;
• scissors;
• ruler;
• needle and thread.

From paracord, you can weave not only a bracelet, but also a keychain, make a braid for a knife or a steering wheel. You can easily find the schemes on the Web. It's even easier - watch the video tutorials on YouTube, there are many of them.

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You can not only drink from such a mug. On it you can leave messages to household members or just draw.

Materials:

• white porcelain mug without relief;
• slate paint;
• masking tape;
• brush.

Slate paint is most often used to renovate school blackboard surfaces. Now there is a large selection of such paints. You need one that can work on ceramics. For example, this one.

Choose an area of ​​the mug that will be comfortable to write on, but that will not come in contact with your lips when drinking. Cover the rest of the mug with masking tape.

Degrease the unsealed area and apply paint in a thick layer. Remove the tape and leave the mug in a well-ventilated area overnight.

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When the paint dries, send the mug to the oven preheated to 150 ° C. After 30 minutes, turn off the stove, but remove the mug when it cools down.

The mug is now dishwasher safe and microwave safe.

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If you are one of those who like to donate not material things, but impressions, you will love this idea. After all, not only a delicious warming drink, but also an excuse to go or invite you over.

Take nice glass jars and fill them with about a third of the powder for making hot chocolate or cocoa. Add some chocolates or chocolate wedges. Fill the remaining space with marshmallows.

Decorate the jars to your liking. For example, place a piece of cloth under the lid and attach a heart made from candy canes on top. The label can serve as a postcard, write your wishes on it.

Another variation of such a gift is a mulled wine set. Take an orange, an apple, a clove, and a cinnamon stick. Pack it all up nicely, make a wishlist, and add a bottle of good red wine.

Candles are a traditional New Year's gift. But glamorous shops are one thing, and a nominal candle or a candle with a phrase that is understandable only to the giver and the gifted, or even a photograph, is another.

Take:

• white candles with a diameter of 5–7 cm;
• A4 paper for printing;
• parchment paper;
• scissors;
• glue stick;

Cut the parchment paper 1–2 cm wider than the A4 sheet. Glue the parchment to the printing paper, curling the edges over to the other side. Insert the sheet into the printer with the glossy side, that is, the one with the parchment. Print the image you would like to transfer to the candle.

The drawing will end up on parchment paper. Now you need to transfer it to a candle. Cut out the image, attach it to the candle, wrap it tightly on top with another layer of parchment and direct a stream of hot air onto the resulting structure. If the picture has brightened, it means that it is imprinted on the candle. Carefully remove the top layer of parchment and allow the wax to harden.

The gift is ready! If you wish, you can decorate it with rhinestones or sparkles.

This cosmetic bag greatly simplifies the search for the necessary items, because any lock can be opened.

You will need:

• 10 zippers 15–20 cm long;
• safety pins;
• a needle or sewing machine;
• threads.

Sew the zippers together from the inside out, for convenience, you can first bait them with pins. Close the resulting canvas in a ring and sew. Sew the zippers across in front of the dogs, and then turn out the cosmetic bag.

This is a gift for a person who doesn’t part with gadgets. The same principle can be used to sew a phone case.

Materials:

• a piece of felt suitable for the size of the tablet;
• 2 buttons;
• built-in magnets;
• safety pins;
• thick thread in the color of the buttons;
• thread in the color of felt;
• needle;
• scissors.

Fold the fabric so that the bottom is longer than the top: this is the future cover of the case. Sew around the edges and turn inside out.

Cut the lid in a wave or semicircle. Sew a button to the middle. Attach the second one below, on the case. Make a loop between them, as shown in the photo.

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Sew on the magnet on the left and right to the base and the lid of the case. The fashion case is ready!

You can also make a stylish organizer for headphones, flash drives, phones and other gadgets from an old book in a beautiful binding. Here is a detailed one.

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A gift that will delight not only children, but also adults with a sweet tooth. Making a sleigh for Santa Claus is very simple.

You will need:

• glue gun;
• ribbons and other decor;
• sweets: chocolate, candy, cane-shaped lollipops.

Here is a detailed video tutorial.

A gift for a bosom friend or colleague. Beer can come in handy on January 1st, and brown bottles can easily be styled after Rudolph and his friends. (Rudolph is one of Santa Claus's reindeer, featuring a red glowing nose.)

Materials:

• beer in dark glass bottles;
• decorative wire;
• toy eyes;
• red pom-poms;
• ribbon and bows;
• box;
• Super glue.

Remove labels from bottles. Use wire to make antlers for future deer.

Glue them to the back of the bottle. Attach the eyes and nose in front. Tie the tape (so that it does not slip, you can fix it with glue).

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Arrange the rest of the bottles in the same way. Arrange them in a box and decorate it.

A gift for household women and men who love to cook.

You will need:

• cotton fabric with New Year's pattern;
• batting for lining;
• threads;
• scissors;
• needle.

If you have a sewing machine, the job will not take long. A detailed video instruction - from sewing to cutting threads - is attached.

Inside such a mitten, you can put a spatula, a scoop and other trifles useful for the kitchen.

A little more imagination, and a gift for the New Year will become even more original. Attach a ring to the spatula and hang a selection of family recipes printed on cards and laminated on it.

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Glass snow ... wine glass

Balls with a miniature figure and artificial snow inside are very popular. The life hacker already has how to make something similar from an ordinary glass jar. Today it's the turn of the wine glasses.

Materials:

• transparent wine glass;
• thick cardboard;
• a figurine that fits easily into a glass;
• artificial snow;
• bows and other decor;
• glue.

Cut a circle out of the cardboard that is the same diameter as the glass. Glue the figurine to the cardboard. It can be a Christmas tree, fawn or, for example, a car with a Christmas tree on the roof.

Pour artificial snow, finely chopped white paper or styrofoam at the bottom of the glass. Glue the cardboard base to the edge of the glass and flip it over. Decorate the leg with a bow or ribbon.

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In the past year, very large knitted blankets are incredibly popular. Finished products are quite expensive, so it is more profitable to make a blanket yourself.

Merino wool is best suited for this, but other thick threads can be used as well. A video tutorial is attached.

With your hands, without knitting needles and a hook, you can also knit a beautiful warm scarf. The life hacker has already done it once.

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This gift will help you remember the best moments of the past year. Just pick the best photos and print them. Take some clear glass jars and vases. Round and cylindrical vessels are best.

Many skin flakes in winter. If there are such people among your friends, make them a sugar-lemon scrub as a gift ..

According to the Chinese calendar, the symbol of 2017 is the rooster. Therefore, gifts with the image of a rooster or in the form of roosters and chickens will be especially relevant. A universal version of such a gift is a Christmas tree toy.

You will need:

• rooster-shaped cardboard blank;
• dense fabric;
• filler for toys;
• twine and lace ribbon;
• white outline;
• scissors;
• needle and thread;
• glue gun.

The manufacturing process is shown in the following video.

You can sweeten such a gift with sweet cockerels on a stick. For many, the form for them remained from the Soviet times.

Ingredients:

• ½ cup granulated sugar;
• 2-3 tablespoons of water (just to moisten the sugar);
• 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar (in some recipes, add regular tablespoon or a pinch of citric acid).

You need to cook syrup from sugar and pour it into a form richly greased with vegetable oil. Then stick in the sticks and wait until everything hardens.

If you know other original DIY solutions, share them in the comments.

The bustle of the New Year is a pleasant state; many holiday souvenirs, decorations, cute presents and shiny tinsel appear in stores. But, nevertheless, it is often difficult to choose gifts for family, friends, colleagues, if only because many interesting ideas do not always arise in the head, but everyone needs to be congratulated, and the gift should be pleasant and festive. In this article, we have collected as many as 100 gift ideas for the New Year, and among them you will find a wide variety of options: cheap and expensive, useful or just pleasant, funny and serious. Choose and charge yourself with the New Year mood!

100 options for New Year's gifts for everyone

1. Painting. For example, with the image of the animal symbol of the year, with a winter landscape or a warming still life for the kitchen.
2. Bathrobe and slippers. A pleasant gift for the New Year for both men and women.
3. Perfume. A good gift for any occasion - of course, if you know the tastes of the person to whom it is intended.
4. Scales. Kitchen ones are for a good housewife, outdoor ones are for a person who monitors their weight.
5. Rest at the camp site, with skiing, ice-floes, baths and other outdoor activities.
6. A frame for a photo in a New Year's theme, possibly along with a photo.
7. Ball for making decisions. An unusual and stylish souvenir, moreover, useful for an indecisive person.
8. Cover for a passport, auto documents, for example, made using scrapbooking technique.
9. Potholders in the form of snowflakes, or mitten-potholders in the form of Santa Claus.
10. A coffee maker, a coffee machine, or a good Turkish coffee maker.
11. Jewelry stand - for the lover of jewelry and bijouterie.
12. Coffee table, breakfast tray in bed.
13. Gift on the topic of eroticism, sex. Kama-sheet (sheet for making love in a variety of positions), the game "Erotic forfeits", something from sex toys.
14. Master class: on cooking a Christmas goose or pudding, on knitting a warm scarf, on creating Christmas tree decorations.
15. Turntable for vinyl records and records to it.
16. Smart watch for active young or not so people.
17. Congratulations from Santa Claus. You can make a congratulation in the form of a letter, a video, or even invite Santa Claus into the house - not necessarily for children, adults will also be happy to receive such a gift for the new year.
18. A huge gingerbread in a beautiful box. For example, a gingerbread in the form of a symbol of the year, or simply large and tasty - for a few kilograms.
19. The puzzle is for the lover of logic puzzles.
20. Snowball. Ball with New Year's composition and snow inside. A great all-round souvenir for colleagues or relatives.
21. An unusual mug, tea or coffee pair or a whole set. Another option is a set of two mugs for lovers.
22. BBQ set. A whole set: brazier, picnic utensils, skewers, grill grates, or something from this list.
23. Stand for pens, pencils. You can complement the gift with a set of unusual stickers for notes or a stylish day planner.
24. Bath set. For a sauna lover, this is a good gift.
25. Wallet. Appropriate in any case.
26. A bucket for champagne, you can present it complete with a set of beautiful wine glasses and a bottle of good sparkling drink.
27. A wireless mouse, keyboard and other small computer accessories: headphones, flash drives with a New Year's design, a mouse pad with snowflakes or Santa Claus depicted on it is an easy way to create a New Year's mood in the workplace.
28. Snow scooter, tubing and other accessories for downhill skiing.
29. T-shirt with a funny lettering or winter picture. You can find it ready-made or make it to order, with a pattern of your choice.
30. Case for phone. There are never enough of them, and the choice is really great - you can give something cool or just beautiful and stylish.
31. Umbrella. Despite the fact that it is winter outside, this gift is quite appropriate, because a rainy spring is just around the corner. An umbrella of a good company or just cool - with funny images on them, or such unusual things as an umbrella for lovers, or an umbrella in the form of some character (for example, a minion).
32. Plant in the pot. A small Christmas tree or a thuja, or maybe a poinsettia - a "Christmas star".
33. Ashtray. A good expensive ashtray, or one that will make the owner and the people around him smile. A suitable addition to such a presentation is a stylish lighter.
34. Rocking chair.
35. Electric razor, shaving machine, a set of good men's after-shave skin care cosmetics.
36. Travel suitcase. Such a gift will be appropriate if a person likes to visit different countries or often travels on business trips.
37. Car fragrance with a New Year's and winter scent - a tree, tangerines, winter freshness, ginger and cinnamon - so that the aromas of the New Year soar in the car interior.
38. Snow-scooter riding.
39. Casket. Musical, New Year's, in the form of a book or handmade from wood - choose depending on the tastes of the person to whom it is intended.
40. New Year's photo session.
41. Accessories for alcoholic beverages. Convenient corkscrew, bottle opener, set of stacks, etc. A more expensive New Year's gift: a wine bar or handcrafted bottle case.
42. Photo magnets for the refrigerator, made to order according to your photos.
43. "Drunk" chess or checkers, drunken roulette are sets for games that can significantly raise the level of a party in a cheerful company.
44. Unusual piggy bank. In the form of a symbol of the year, an ATM piggy bank, a book piggy bank, a soccer ball, etc.
45. Good brand underwear, or something fun like santa claus thongs or Christmas trees.
46. Composition from sweets. A woman can be presented with a bouquet of sweets and other sweets, for a man it is better to choose a basket with his favorite chocolates or just a chocolate figurine, a custom-made figurine.
47. Pillow with photo printing. For example, with your photo or with some unusual inscription.
48. Projector starry sky. A projector that paints a lot of multicolored stars on the ceiling of a room, or a more expensive option that allows you to really study the starry sky, because it shows a map of the real starry sky.
49. Sleeping bag, travel tent. Even if the person to whom you present these things has never gone on a camping trip, perhaps he dreamed about it.
50. Belt for beer cans. A good idea for a New Year's gift for a beer lover.
51. Ball pen. Classic, good firm and in a beautiful case, or unusual, with a joke.
52. Desktop biofireplace.
53. Keychain. For a car enthusiast, a keychain with a license plate of his car, or a keychain-defrosting locks, can be used, a student can be presented with a keyring-flash drive or just a cool figurine. Another option is a flashlight keychain.
54. Stand for storage of discs, box or special shelf.
55. An unusual journey, trip or hike to an interesting place.
56. Audio speakers, music center.
57. Thermos. In the form of a mug or regular, more roomy.
58. Wristwatches, electronic or mechanical, from precious metals or from plastic - the choice is huge. You can give your child a watch phone.
59. Board game set. Poker, chess, backgammon are better than an unusual design, perhaps handmade.
60. Cufflinks, tie and other men's accessories.
61. Gift to the collection. If the person you are preparing a gift for is fond of collecting any rare (or not so) things - find a new copy for his collection.
62. Hookah. Present it to a person who loves to relax with friends.
63. Going to a strip bar. A gift for a real man.
64. Car tool set. It can even be presented to an auto lady - even if it lies in the trunk, it will not hurt. But still, such a gift is better suited for a man.
65. Massager. For the back, for the head, a foot massage bath or even a whole massage chair is a great place to relax.
66. Orthopedic pillow.
67. Cooling stones for alcoholic beverages. A gift for true connoisseurs of alcohol.
68. A heated mug from a cigarette lighter, a car coffee maker or a kettle - for a person who practically lives behind the wheel.
69. Car table. Convenient and practical.
70. Car navigator, video recorder, radar detector.
71. Jewelry. Suitable as a gift for both a woman and a man.
72. Barometer on the wall. Everyone will love the ability to predict the weather.
73. Uninterruptible power system. A very useful and necessary thing that can save a lot of the nerves of the computer owner.
74. Skis, skates. These are the most winter gifts.
75. Steering wheel with pedals for racing in computer games - of course, if a person is fond of them.
76. Air humidifier, purifier is a useful gift for the whole family.
77. Plaid. A cozy blanket with sleeves, a nice velsoft or microfiber blanket, or maybe a product made of alpaca or merino wool - natural and very warm and cozy, though not the cheapest.
78. Set of Christmas balls. Glass, handmade.
79. Home repair tool kit. New Year's gift for male jack of all trades.
80. Car vacuum cleaner. It will help to keep the car interior clean.
81. Souvenir knives. A beautiful set of knives in a case that can be hung on the wall.
82. Dog hair warming belt. Will become the favorite thing of a person who suffers from lower back pain.
83. Cuckoo-clock.
84. Smartphone, tablet, netbook and other electronic devices - for those who keep up with the times and understand technical innovations.
85. A year's supply of socks in a beautiful suitcase is a useful gift for a man with a good sense of humor.
86. E-book or regular, paper. For example, a rare edition, collected works, self-instruction manual.
87. Mittens and a scarf - will warm their owner in cold weather.
88. Iron, toaster, microwave oven, electric kettle and other small household appliances. Although, if there is a desire and finances allow, you can donate more serious things.
89. Quadrocopter. A gift for both little boys and adult men - moreover, they rejoice in it equally.
90. Radio receiver, radio for shower.
91. Electric heater. In the form of a blanket, foot mat or muff.
92. Snezhkolep is a device for making snowballs; it can even be presented to an adult if he is not averse to relaxing in the fresh air in winter and playing children's games.
93. Calendar for the new year. Tabletop, wall-mounted, on birch bark, tapestry, wood, stone, etc.
94. Tea in New Year's packaging, a set of different types of coffee. May be completed with a box of Christmas cookies.
95. Lamp. A table lamp, a cozy bedroom floor lamp, or an LED light for a computer desk.
96. Sports equipment. Punching bag, trainer, ball,
97. Hair dryer. As an option - a straightener, iron or other accessories that will help a woman in creating her image.
98. Table hockey or soccer. Both children and adults can play. A good toy for joint family evenings.
99. A deer sweater, or several sweaters, for all family members.
100. Disco ball. Flickering colored lights will decorate the New Year's party.

Do not worry about choosing gifts for your family and friends, on the contrary: relax, tune in to the positive and go shopping, then inspiration will surely visit you and the best gift ideas for the New Year will come to mind. Do not be afraid to show creativity and imagination, because gifts that are different from others are especially remembered. But you can choose the most practical and useful thing, the main thing is to add New Year's mood with the help of tinsel, New Year's sweets or souvenirs. Then your present will sparkle with bright colors and New Year's sparkles, and the eyes of the person who will receive it will shine no less brightly. Happy New Year to you and your loved ones!