DIY New Year's chest

With the onset of winter, many people get into a New Year's mood. Streets, shop windows, and shops are already decorated everywhere. Charged with this mood, you want to bring a feeling of celebration into your home. In addition to the elegant Christmas tree, I would like to add some other unusual holiday decor to my home. For example, you can make a New Year's chest for Santa Claus.

How to make a New Year's chest yourself

The blank for the chest should be cut out from a sheet of cardboard and then glued along the edges. Or take a ready-made box of a suitable size. To give the box the shape of a chest, you need to adjust its lid.

1. To do this, you need to cut out the sides in the shape of a semicircle from cardboard (you must cut out indentations along the edges for gluing).
2. Then you need to glue the semicircles onto the lid on both sides.
3. Take a sheet of cardboard and glue it on top to the lid and sides. Thus, you should get a half-cylinder. To create the desired shape, it is convenient to use masking tape.
4. After the chest is ready, it should be decorated. To do this, you can use decoupage, fabric, self-adhesive paper or paint.

Original ideas for a New Year's chest

Why do you even need such a chest? It could be just a New Year's decor item, a surprise gift, or just original gift packaging. The composition can also be placed on a festive table.

Attention! There are a lot of options for decoration: the main thing is to use your imagination and create. Such a cute accessory will definitely attract the attention of both household members and guests.

DIY New Year's chest: step by step

What you will need:

1. Decorated box or ready-made chest;
2. artificial or natural spruce branches;
3. floral sponge;
4. cones;
5. glue gun;
6. decorations: balls, ribbons;
7. structural paste and tools for its application.

Making a chest is not difficult for anyone, so you can involve children in this activity. It will be very interesting for them.

1. First of all, you need to process the cones. There may be parasites inside the scales; in addition, the surface should be degreased. To do this, they should be washed in water, using any cleaning agent. Then you need to dry the buds properly.
2. A structural paste is applied to the cones, this will give them a natural snowy look. The paste should be applied along the edges of the scales, without pushing inside. If a purchased mixture is not available, you can use colored semolina.
3. Place a floral sponge on the bottom of the chest and trim it if necessary. If live spruce branches are used, the sponge should be wetted and a film or plastic bag should be placed on the bottom of the chest.
4. Stick one branch at a time into the sponge, distributing it evenly over the entire area. Ideally, the sponge should not be visible.
5. Glue snow-covered cones, beads, berries or something similar onto the branches of the spruce tree.
6. Tie a decorative ribbon to the bottom of the chest.
7. You can also use LED candles for decoration by inserting them inside the chest. It is dangerous to use real candles in such a design, especially if the chest is made of cardboard.

If you plan to give such a chest as a gift, you can put candy or some more significant surprise inside. Only the person to whom this gift is intended must be warned about this.