How to decorate an artificial Christmas tree

Preparations for the New Year, a long-awaited and beloved holiday that smells of tangerines and pine needles, begin long before the striking of the Chimes. Today we will talk about the main attribute - the New Year's tree - it is it that creates a festive, magical atmosphere in the house. Decorating it is a kind of ritual, which, continuing traditions, we perform together with the children.

The tradition of decorating the Christmas tree came to Russia during the reign of Peter 1 from “enlightened” Germany. According to his decree, townspeople were ordered to decorate their houses using pine and juniper branches. After the death of Peter, the Decree was forgotten, and only a century later the spruce turns into a necessary attribute of the holiday.

For the first time in Russia, Grand Duke Nikolai Pavlovich put up a New Year tree for his children in 1819 in the Anichkov Palace. The first public Christmas tree was erected in 1852 at the Ekaterininsky (Moskovsky) station in St. Petersburg. This can be considered the beginning - they began to order Christmas tree decorations from Europe and hold Christmas parties for children.

We are luckier - instead of the nuts, cookies and candles with which our ancestors decorated the Christmas tree, beautiful Christmas tree decorations appeared. But we’ll tell you how not to get lost in this abundance in this article.

Decorating an artificial Christmas tree

There is nothing difficult to decorate a Christmas tree, but in order for the forest beauty to delight us and our loved ones, there are some unspoken rules.

1. Decoration should start with a garland. The more lights, the more elegant she is. They are arranged evenly, for example in a spiral from the top to the floor, in a circle or randomly.
2. Designers recommend roughly dividing the height into three parts. Hang identical decorations in each, highlighting the compositional center. According to the advice, the balls are hung from the trunk itself, thereby creating a background for the rest of the toys. We decorate the lower part with large balls, the middle ones, and the smallest ones - the upper part of the tree.
3. Then we move on to the foreground decor - rain, sparkles, snowflakes.

How to stylishly decorate a Christmas tree

Before you take on toys, decide on a style that will organically blend with the interior of your apartment. To create an unusual image, there are now many possibilities - these are homemade children's toys, paper rain, cardboard figures, designer toys. It all depends on your imagination, or the photos you like. Just choose a style that suits you and follow it.

Classic

This style looks back at us from old postcards or movies. There is one style, but there can be many ideas for implementation. For example, use identical silver or gold balls, which you decorate with a red ribbon, paper angel figurines, and place garlands on the branches. Dressed up in a classic style, a tall fir tree located in the middle of the room will look great, as will a small fir tree decorating the chest of drawers.

ADVICE: Dilute the severity of monochromatic balls, continue the tradition - take your mothers and grandmothers’ toys out of the closet. Decorate the branches themselves with tinsel and paper lanterns.

European style

A style common in our country. The Christmas tree looks strict and beautiful. Decorations - garlands, balls, toys, mainly of two colors. In addition to classic style colors, combinations of green or blue with silver are used. Place silver, transparent balls on the branches, add a few blue ones. White jewelry will fit well here. Finally, crown the branches with wide ribbons that match the color of the main decorations.

Homemade toys painted or sprinkled with glitter will look great here. Toys of the same color scheme but different textures will organically fit into the ensemble.

ADVICE: If you want to strictly follow the European style, then put aside the glitter and rain, and take ribbons and bows instead.

Minimalism

Suitable for those who try to adhere to this principle in everything. Looks good on lush branches. A minimum number of toys and decorations are used - several toys, one garland or ribbon. There are plenty of options to show your imagination - take homemade paper toys and decorate the branches with a garland.

ADVICE: Adhere to the principle - less is more.

If you want a little creativity, then take, for example, a white Christmas tree and arrange the feathers beautifully in a circle on the branches. Hang some toys. There will be a Christmas tree made of feathers.

Little Christmas tree...

Lately it has become fashionable to buy Christmas trees in pots and plant them in the ground after the holiday. When decorating such a beauty, the main thing is not to get carried away - one garland and several medium or small balls are enough for her. Scraps of fabric, not wide ribbon, and bows look good. Choose decorations that will harmonize with the overall interior of the apartment.

Silver, blue, and white jewelry look great here.But there is always room for your imagination - combine colors, come up with something new.

ADVICE: Why do you think that she must be dressed up? Natural wood just has a certain charm.

And finally.

A few recommendations

• Christmas trees decorated in the same style, for example, with only balls or pine cones, look more impressive than decorated with everything that was in the boxes. Maintain harmony.
• Large toys look better on a tall tree, medium and small toys look better on a low tree.
• When decorating branches with artificial flowers, make sure that they match the style and color scheme.
• To complete the look, decorate the lower part with artificial snow, snowflakes, and soft toys. Santa Claus shouldn't be a bright spot either.
• Decide on the color scheme of the decorations. Check out the colors for the coming year.