DIY New Year's house: 30 step-by-step master classes + house templates

Paper and cardboard

The easiest way to make a house with your own hands is to use cardboard or thick paper. You need to draw a layout of the house on a piece of paper, cut it out and glue it together!

Winter city made of paper + template

The simplest paper craft in the form of a winter city. Print the template, cut and glue! The city is ready! And in the evening, you can put electric candles in the back and the whole structure will sparkle with new colors!

New Year's house cut and glue

For the first option, you need to print the scan on thick paper. Color it with colored pencils and cut it out. We bend all the lines and glue the house together. We glue the roof separately. A simple New Year's house made of paper is ready.

Christmas Toy Shop + Cutting Template

The next house will consist of separate modules. We print all the parts and cut them out. We cover the windows with lilac paper. Adding brown elements. Glue all the walls together and attach the top part. We complement the house with signs and a canopy. Glue the bottom and place the house on a cardboard stand. We decorate the New Year's craft with wreaths and a horse with gifts.

Note! The house template consists of 11 sheets! They all need to be printed and cut out.

Paper house templates

Using the templates below, you can glue together interesting houses. You can color and decorate them to your taste.

Note! Templates for complex houses are placed on several sheets! In our gallery they are arranged sequentially. Be careful!

Templates of colored houses for cutting out for the New Year 2022

When the houses are already decorated, it is much more convenient:

• Both adults and children can easily handle such models;
• the time required to make such a craft is much less;
• you can work on it even “in the field”, that is, you need the minimum to prepare the product: a printer and a sheet of paper. You don't even need colored pencils!

And another advantage of this assembly is that you can choose both the color and model of the craft in advance.

I'll start with the most difficult multi-level house. It's really nothing complicated. Just cut and glue! The diagram is here.

Here the places of the parts are numbered to make it clearer what to glue where.

What I liked most were these colorful, truly festive houses (pictured below), the kind for a Christmas tree or a gift. There are 4 options for printing. .

There’s also this cottage, not exactly New Year’s, but also very beautiful! It is colorful, interestingly shaped - not just a box, with a bright blue roof. If the roof is decorated with sparkles or snow, then it may well become winter.

The second is a cottage from the same series, but in a different color.

What follows is simply a selection of different models from which you can choose the ones you like.

New Year's house made of cardboard box

You can make beautiful versions of New Year's houses from various unnecessary boxes. We will use boxes of all sizes.

Square box

Open the lid and bottom of the cardboard box. We cut off the excess from the side parts to make triangles. Cut off the bottom. We make a roof from the lid and fill it with the remaining cardboard. We cut out the windows and door. We cover the walls with self-adhesive paper with a pattern of bricks and boards. We attach shutters to the windows. We decorate the house with a mailbox and a number. We place a battery-powered candle or garland inside. The New Year's house-candlestick made of corrugated cardboard is ready.

Milk packaging

Cute houses can be made from tetra packs. The box can be painted with gouache and windows and doors can be drawn or glued on. Or you can cut holes for windows and doors, then you will get a kind of flashlight, inside of which you can place an electric candle or a garland.

City skyscrapers

Let's make New Year's houses from milk cartons. Making such crafts is not difficult, so it is suitable for children. We cover the boxes with white paint. To prevent the paint from showing through, you can cover them in several layers. We paint the roofs with different colors. We draw windows and doors. We outline them with a black marker and add partitions. Drawing tiles. Mini houses are ready.

Gingerbread houses

From the same boxes you can make openwork houses. We cover the boxes with parchment or craft paper. Cut out small windows and doors. We outline them with a white marker. We place battery-powered candles inside. The result is very beautiful New Year's crafts with lighting.

Box from Raffaello

Carefully open the package. Cut out two triangles from embossed cardboard. Glue them onto the lid and cut off the excess. We make a border around the edges. We attach the roof itself, decorated with a red ribbon. We make windows and place flowers. You can put sweets inside the box and give the house as a New Year's gift.

Tea box

Cut off the top of the tea box. Cover the entire surface with burlap. We make a cardboard roof and wrap it with twine. We decorate the house with vegetation, beads and coffee beans. A do-it-yourself house is suitable for a kindergarten.

Cereal box

To make these New Year's houses, we will need cereal boxes. Carefully open them and place the inside side towards you. Draw a line along the box. We make cuts along the side bends to this line. We push through the bends and cut off the lid. Glue the box together. We connect the side parts to form a pitched roof. We cut the remaining parts to height. We leave valves on the side to connect all the elements. Glue the side edges, placing the flaps inside. All that remains is to cover the houses with colored paper.

Master Class. DIY New Year's glowing house from a box

Master class “New Year’s glowing house”

Required materials: box self-adhesive film cotton pads or padding polyester piece of transparent fabric or paper colored cardboard and white adhesive tape glue (“Moment Crystal” transparent) scissors stationery knife electric Christmas tree garland

House making process:

Open the lid of the box and secure it with tape.

Cover the box (except the roof) with self-adhesive film on all sides.

Glue cotton pads to the eaves of the house (under the roof).

Make a ceiling by covering cardboard of the appropriate size with self-adhesive film.

Cut out window templates from cardboard. With their help, mark the locations of windows on 3 sides of the future house. On the 4th side there will be a hole for the garland.

Carefully cut out the windows along the lines using a utility knife. You can use a ruler to prevent the knife from moving to the side.

Cut out blanks from transparent fabric (tulle) (1 cm larger than the windows) - these are “curtains”. Stick them on the windows.

Cut strips from cardboard or self-adhesive film for the frame of each window (0.5 cm for the middle of the frame, 1 cm for the edge). Glue the strips directly onto the tulle.

Cut strips 1 cm wide from white cardboard or self-adhesive film. Cover the window frames with them - this is the “platband”.

Finish the roof. Cover it with cotton pads in a checkerboard pattern from bottom to top (if desired, the cotton pads can be replaced with padding polyester).

Through the hole in the back, insert an electric Christmas tree garland into the house. Using tape, you can attach it inside to the ceiling so that the light spreads more evenly.

This is the kind of house it turned out to be.

To create a winter composition using a glowing house, I needed Christmas trees, pine cones, a Snow Maiden doll on a sleigh, and birds.

I look at my glowing New Year’s house, how it pleases the eye and lifts my spirits! I recommend not turning on the garland for a long time in order to comply with fire safety regulations.

DIY winter house made from paper tubes

We divide the A4 sheets into 3 parts. We twist each strip and seal it with glue. We lay out the tubes around the perimeter of the square. We continue to add tubes, leaving gaps for windows and doors. On the inside of the house we insert a blue background on the windows. We make crossbars and a window sill. We place a long tube in the center and place a roof on it. We glue a row of tubes and wrap them with paper. We install it as a ladder. We make railings from thin tubes. We cover the top of the house with paper tiles. You can add a swing to the house, made using the same technique from paper tubes.

House from a glass jar - step-by-step MK how to make it yourself

Let's make decorative houses from a jar and salt dough. You need to prepare a jar with a lid and foil. We roll strips of different thicknesses from foil. Wrap the strip around the bottom of the jar and glue it. In the same way we make a window, a door and a tubercle on the roof. Give the tubercle the shape of a mushroom. We attach the chimney from wire. Cover all parts with salt dough. We give relief to the bottom using a stick. We push pebbles on the door and window. We make a rough surface with an old toothbrush. Cover the surface of the jar with a thin layer of dough. We cut out a window and several holes in the walls. We place crossbars in the windows. Create a wood effect on the door. Cover the chimney and mushroom with dough. We complement the house with details in the form of a door handle, mushrooms, bricks. We paint the house with watercolors or gouache paints. The result is a magical house made from salt dough.

DIY New Year's house made from cotton swabs

Place two cotton swabs parallel to each other on shiny cardboard. We place two more sticks across them. Glue on the triangular roof and add a few more layers of ear sticks. We place Santa Claus inside the New Year's house. We complement the picture with a New Year's landscape made of disks and cotton wool. The cotton swab house is ready.

Silhouettes of New Year's houses for cutting out onto windows

Compositions look very beautiful on windows, rather than solitary patterns. One of these compositions can be a house, or several. They fit perfectly into different scenes: winter, street and snowman. Or, another plot could be the celebration of the New Year: a mansion, and in the window you can see a Christmas tree and people who decorate it. How do you like this plot: a hut, it has a chimney, and none other than Santa Claus is trying to squeeze into this chimney!

The main thing is that in this assembly you will find the most important thing - the house. And from the rest of the assemblies you can pick up other heroes of the New Year's story. And put it all together into a single story!

Winter house made of cotton pads - applique for kids

For the New Year, you can make applications from colored cardboard and cotton pads. We cut out houses from colored paper and glue them onto cardboard. We cut the disks in half and place them on the houses as a roof. We draw a tree trunk with branches and complement it with round disks. We decorate the picture with snowflakes cut out with a figured hole punch. Similarly, you can make the second option with multi-story buildings and a purple background.

How to make a house from branches with your own hands

A house made from natural materials, in particular from twigs, looks very cool. Even residents of big cities can find such material without problems. In addition to the branches themselves, you can additionally use cones, acorns, moss and other natural materials that are available.

Wooden hut made of twigs step by step with photos

Let's look at how to make a New Year's house from branches step by step. We will need even branches of the same thickness. Cut branches to the same length. We cut holes in each to connect them to each other. Lay out a square. We continue to lay out the house, connecting all the branches with wood glue. Leave holes for windows and doors. We shorten the branches towards the top. We make a roof from parallel branches. We build a chimney from a thick branch. The result was a miniature model of a log house. If you paint it blue, you will get an ice house from a fairy tale.

House made of branches on a cardboard base - step-by-step MK

Another idea is a house made of branches and other natural materials. We glue the cardboard box. We cover the walls with twigs. We build a roof out of cardboard for the house and cover it with tassels of reeds. Place dried leaves on the bottom of the box lid. We glue people together from acorns and matches. We decorate the patio with flowers and a twig.

Option No. 7. Santa Claus's Hut

DIY Santa Claus house

Not a very complicated craft, for the manufacture of which you will need:

• scissors;
• polyurethane foam, gun for it;
• cardboard box;
• brushes;
• sandpaper;
• paints;
• stationery knife;
• scotch.

Step 1. Take a prepared cardboard box and make a house out of it. To do this, cut the box into parts, and then glue them together.

Step 2. Cut out the doors and windows using a utility knife. To do this, first draw them with a pencil.

The house is decorated with polyurethane foam

Step 3. Decorate the house with polyurethane foam, applying it in strips about 1.5 cm wide. The foam will swell as it dries, and therefore you can leave a few millimeters of gap between the strips when applying.

Step 4. After covering the house with foam, wait half an hour (during this time the foam will dry).

The foam should dry for 30 minutes

The house is completely sealed with polyurethane foam

Another photo of the result of the work

Step 5. Start making the stand. Cut a rectangle out of cardboard, slightly larger than the base of the hut. Glue the house to the stand, decorate the perimeter with the last mounting foam.

House stand

On a note! Instead of polyurethane foam, snow can be imitated with ordinary cotton wool glued with PVA glue. In addition, you can additionally cut out snow slides from cardboard/paper, a Christmas tree, a snowman, and snowdrifts. All this can be glued to the base by bending the bottom part and applying glue to it.

Step 6. If using foam, cut off the excess material after it has dried using a utility knife. Then apply sandpaper treatment.

Trimming excess polyurethane foam

The foam is cut with a stationery knife

Step 7. After this, paint all the parts in the color you like.

Finished house after painting

Video – House for a hedgehog

House made of toothpicks, wooden skewers or matches

If you couldn’t find branches to create a house, you can use wooden skewers, toothpicks or matches.

Two-story tower made of wooden skewers step by step

Let's make a house model from wooden skewers. Place the skewers on top of each other. Leave holes for windows. When the first floor is ready, lay out long skewers. The hanging part will serve as the base of the balcony. We are building a second floor with a door and windows. Making a roof out of matches. Add sides and a chimney.

Miniature matchstick house - step-by-step master class

You can build a small house from ordinary matches. We lay out two matches. Glue a row of eight matches across. Repeat this action across the first layer. Next, place two matches on each layer. We make the roof using this diagram. Add a small chimney.

Schemes of volumetric paper houses

The scheme is the first step towards your dream! Making a house using a diagram is much easier and more interesting than buying a ready-made one. And I have already given a few above, and now I will give even more different designs.

And the first one in this category will be a coloring template. How colorful and even delicious it can be! .

First we glue the house, then we glue the roof, then the pipe. You can make a hole in the pipe from which you can hang the craft.

Your child and you will be able to actively participate in the process from the very beginning to the final steps. First, choose a house according to the scheme. Find or make your own template for this house. All that remains is to cut and glue the model. But the creative processes, deciding where and what kind of windows there will be or what color the roof is, is a pleasure to do yourself!

Here are many more options that can be painted or used as a template for cutting out felt, foamiran, or dough.

How to make a house from paper vines (newspaper tubes)

Let's prepare brown and blue paper tubes. We weave the bottom from brown tubes. We form a pot from blue tubes. On top we weave a roof with a window. We decorate the house with flowers and twigs. Add a braided braid to the door. The decorative house made from paper tubes is ready.

New Year's house made of ceiling tiles or foam plastic

We print the necessary templates and transfer them to sheets of foam plastic or ceiling tiles. We cut out all the details with a knife. We glue the walls and roof with glue. We cut out windows and holes on the doors. We draw all the details with a marker. We decorate the houses with New Year's wreaths and a Christmas tree. We place a light source inside. It turned out to be a simple Christmas house.

New Year's vytynanki - houses and village

Vytynanki is a very exciting form of creativity. To create them, a minimum number of items is required - paper, pencil, breadboard or stationery knife. Download ready-made diagrams from the Internet or draw figures and landscapes and cut out the details along a thin contour. The vytynanka is similar to the “silhouette” technique; the products can be glued to window glass or bent, making it stable and decorating the fireplace, shelves, or table.

Download the templates and print them on a printer or redraw them by hand. Transfer the outlines onto a piece of whatman paper and carefully cut out each detail with a stationery knife.

Options for houses and small villages, you can download the full-size archive template here.

If you don’t quite understand the nuances of the technique, watch the detailed master class.

DIY popsicle stick house

Another cool idea for a house is popsicle sticks. It’s unlikely that anyone has such a quantity of sticks at home, but you can buy them in specialized stores, for example, in pastry shops or on WB.

House on wheels

Let's prepare a wooden plank and several sheets of thick cardboard. The board will serve as the floor of the New Year's house. We cut out the walls from cardboard and attach them with a glue gun. We make the crossbars in the windows from skewers of different diameters. We cover all the walls with ice cream sticks. We make opening shutters and attach them to small awnings. Adding a deck with a picket fence. We thread the skewers through the wheels and attach them to the house. We install the stairs. Inside the house we glue wallpaper from any material and hang curtains. Add a round roof and cover it with skewers. We paint the structure white. We decorate the craft with flowers and decorative grass.

Dollhouse

Let's look at another interesting dollhouse idea. We lay out about fifteen sticks in a row. Glue them together and add two crossbars for strength. We make four such structures. Glue three walls to the floor. We construct the roof in a similar way. We install a small shelf inside the house. We place pillows, a small rug and a bed on the roof. We use the remaining popsicle sticks to make a ladder.

Making a house from scrap materials

We'll show you a few more options for making New Year's houses made from scrap materials.

New Year's house made of cookies

This gingerbread house will decorate any New Year's table. You need to prepare cookies, icing and candies for decoration. Mix all the ingredients for the glaze and place it in a pastry bag. Cut off the tip of the bag. Cut off the top of two cookies. From another cookie we make two triangles and connect them to the rectangles using icing. We connect three cookies together. We glue two walls with triangular tops to them. Glue the roof. We coat it with glaze and decorate it with sweets. Gingerbread houses can be placed on a plate with powdered sugar and Christmas trees. The result was beautiful, and most importantly, delicious New Year's houses.

Matchbox house

We cover match boxes in any color. Inside we draw miniature rooms and paint them. We finish drawing the bricks and windows. We glue the boxes together and put residents in them.

Chocolate house - step-by-step MK with photos

Cut out the details from chocolate. To hold two tiles together, you can slightly heat the joints. We connect all the tiles. Decorate the sweet craft with marmalade, marshmallows or candies. If you sprinkle a New Year's house with powdered sugar, you will get a snow house.

Making a house with your own hands from salt dough

Roll a small cylinder out of foil. Wrap it in a layer of salted dough. We cut rectangles and form the front door. We cover the entire surface of the house with pebbles made from dough balls. We place the craft on a stand with the same stones. We decorate it with flowers. For the roof we will use the top part of the bottle, wrapped in foil. Cut out flowers with a cookie cutter. Make a round hole in the middle to separate all the petals. Cover the bottle with petals. We fashion a tail on top. We press out the veins on all the petals. Drying the craft. We paint the sunflowers yellow, the base brown, and the house itself red-brown. The voluminous house can be varnished.

"Waiting for a Miracle"

This MK is participating in our 2021 competition. Author: Zainitdinova Lisa.

Such a New Year's composition "Waiting for a miracle." It can be easily made from any available material using natural materials (if available). Children will be happy to follow the leader’s recommendations or use their imaginations when creating a “winter tale.” This craft will decorate any home, create a festive atmosphere, and the idea will definitely be suitable for completing an assignment, competition or exhibition in kindergarten or school.

Necessary materials:

For the house:

• Cardboard (or tea box)
• Paper
• cotton wool
• Textile
• Plasticine
• Threads
• Pencils, markers, paints

For the Christmas tree:

• Wrapping paper for flowers
• Beans
• Ribbons
• Nail polish
• Cones
• Foil
• Wire
• Yogurt jar
• Glue gun

Snowman:

• Paper
• Jars of cream, yogurt
• Textile
• Twigs
• cotton wool

Present:

• Cardboard
• Textile
• Threads
• Glue

1. Let's start the work with the house. To make it, you can use cardboard or a cardboard tea box or another. We give the box the shape of a house and cut off the top corners.

2. We draw lines on a sheet of paper to imitate boards, paste over the house and paint with pencils, felt-tip pens or paints.

3. Cut out the windows.

4. We make curtains from fabric: dark and tulle, and glue them to the windows.

5. We make window frames from cardboard and glue them.

6. We make a mailbox and a letter from paper and cardboard.

7. We make a garland from plasticine and thread and attach it to the house.

8. We make snow from cotton wool or finely chopped paper, which we use to cover the roof of the house.

9. The base for the Christmas tree can be made from cardboard, we make a frame from wire, which we attach in a jar of yogurt, and cover it with flower packaging or other green material (depending on availability).

10. Cover the yogurt jar (Christmas tree stand) with foil and decorate with ribbon.

11. Paint the dry beans with colored nail polishes and glue them onto the Christmas tree like Christmas balls, and glue the cones.

12. We make a snowman from balls of crumpled paper, coat it with glue on top and cover it with a napkin or soft toilet paper.

13. We make a carrot nose out of fabric, draw eyes and a mouth with a felt-tip pen. We make a broom from a twig and paper. A cream jar can be used as a cap.

14. For the second Christmas tree we used regular Christmas tree tinsel.

15. Assembling the composition. You can use a cut of wood or a plank as a stand. We decorate it with snow, put up a house, a Christmas tree and a snowman.

16. Apply glue to several branches and wrap them with cotton wool, make a base from plasticine, stick the branches into the plasticine and attach them to a stand.

17. We make boxes from cardboard, cover them with fabric, tie them with threads or ribbons to make gifts, and lay them out on the snow.

18. The composition is ready.

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1. Antonina:
   July 25, 2022 at 9:55 pm

   An interesting craft, we’ll try to make one for the kindergarten exhibition. Thanks for the idea.

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DIY New Year's house made of felt

Let's make Christmas houses from felt. We cut out the parts using templates from light brown felt. We sew all the walls together as shown in the photo. We embroider the windows and decorate them with candy canes. We sew white stripes onto the corners with red threads. We sew figured stripes and colored buttons onto the roof. We complement the New Year's toy with gingerbread men.

How to make a house from foamiran

Let's make a three-dimensional house from foamiran.
We cut out all the parts according to the pattern in the gallery, glue them together, paint them and add decorative elements. All is ready! You can also make a flashlight like this. Please note that the third sheet of the pattern must be lowered down under the first sheet.

DIY plasticine house

Redraw the drawing onto paper and cut it out. Cover the entire surface with plasticine. To make your home seem more interesting, you can use several shades of brown. Also, there is no need to try to make the coating even - the walls should be embossed. Next, we complement the walls with windows and doors. Carefully connect the walls of the house. We roll thin strands into spirals and decorate the corners with them. Cut the cardboard roof to size. We make identical leaves and cover the cardboard with them. We attach it to the top of the house. We complement the craft with grass and a figurine in the shape of a cat. Such a New Year's house can be made from clay.

We have looked at various options for New Year's crafts, the making of which will take all family members. Making such crafts is quite simple and economical, because most of them use unnecessary materials. If you show your imagination, you can come up with even more original New Year's ideas.

New Year's lamp ideas

Below we will look at some of the most interesting ideas for creating original New Year's lamps yourself. To do this, you will need a minimum of materials, most of which every homeowner probably has on hand. All that is required of you is a minimum of time, skillful hands and imagination.

If you don't want to create something new, then use the instructions below to make lamps in the form of icicles, balloons, and small houses from foil. You can even make an antique lamp with family photos.

Balls

There are four main options for creating New Year's ball lamps:

1. In the first case, you can use plastic cups to create the device. In addition to them, you will need glue and a special gun or soldering iron. The process is simple, but will require caution and slowness. First, glue the plastic cups together so that they form a large ball. You can use a glue gun, a soldering iron, or a regular needle and thread. Before making the ball closed, a cold glow lamp should be placed inside. We are talking about a light source with a minimum operating temperature. There is another option: place the bulbs from the LED garland in each cup separately. A device made from several multi-colored glasses will look especially beautiful and original.
2. The second option involves the use of balls made from thread. To do this you will need a regular balloon. First, it should be inflated, and then sheathed with threads. A ball of thin branches glued together looks interesting and attractive. The design can be painted with bright colors (for example, gold), numerous sparkles and snowflakes made from foil materials can be added. Place an LED lamp with an imitation candle inside. A very romantic lamp!

1. In the third case, a ball lamp is created from knitted napkins or lace fabric. To begin with, the products are coated with starch, then soaked in a special colorless glue that is resistant to high temperatures. Then they are used to create a ball-shaped product. Additional decorations for the lamp can include beads, New Year's tinsel, etc.
2. The balloon itself can be used to make a New Year's lamp. To do this, you will have to fill it not with ordinary oxygen, but with helium. Choose balloons that are guaranteed to last for several days and will not lose most of the helium on the third day. The main condition: before inflating the balloon with helium, place a battery-powered LED lamp inside it. It turns out to be an interesting alternative to the “sky lights” that loving couples very often launch into the sky. In this case, the design is safer. To make a light source, take a battery and an LED, then connect the outputs of the product with wires to the ends of the battery. If the LED does not light up, then the wires should be swapped. A black balloon with silver stars imitating space will look very original.
3. You can also create a New Year's ball from garlands. To do this, the balloon is wrapped in garlands, which are fixed with transparent glue or sealant.

Jars - original shape or colored glass

New Year's lights can be created from ordinary cans. Ideally, original shaped products using colored glass are suitable. Creating attractive lanterns in the form of candlesticks requires minimal effort. As in the previous case, there are several good options:

1. New Year's lamp in Moroccan style. To make it, you will need an ordinary jar, onto the surface of which a stained glass outline in the form of any pattern is applied. An electric candle should be placed inside the container, then hung on any tree or placed directly on the holiday table.
2. Lamps made from glass jars wrapped in lace fabric will seem antique. The neck should be decorated with a satin ribbon.
3. In the third case, you will need burlap, twine, lace fabrics, etc. Take regular silicone or clear glue and attach all these decorations to the outer surface of the jar, installing a battery-powered LED lamp inside.

1. A salt lamp is an unusual type of light source that can be created even by children. It's simple: glue is applied to the outer surface of a glass jar, and then white salt is sprinkled on top. A more attractive option would be to use multi-colored sea salt for taking a bath. Using regular food coloring, you can color your own white salt. The work should be done in several stages, applying salt in separate circles. After the glue has dried, shake the jar to get rid of excess salt. At the end of this process, spray the jar with glitter hairspray to give the lamp a more elegant look.
2. But the easiest way to create unusual cans excludes the use of light sources. In this case, it is enough to apply special paints with a fluorescent solution or phosphorus to the surface of the glass product. Thus, the lamp will emit light either by reflecting it from other sources, or by storing energy during the day and expending it at night (phosphorus).

Candlesticks made from glasses

Shot glasses, goblets and other glass containers can be used to create colorful candle holders. There are three common options:

1. Using snowflakes made of white paper or foil, pine branches and other decorations, cover the outer surface of the vessel. In this case, the stem of the glass should be decorated with smaller elements, including beads, ribbons and berries. Place a tablet candle inside the container.
2. In the second case, the glass can be decorated with a special lampshade made from decorative paper. The light source remains the same.
3. The third method involves using a glass upside down. A laser LED flashlight should be installed on the stem, which will be directed upward, and small toys and decorations should be placed in the glass.

New Year's lamp in the shape of a house

This option is more suitable for living rooms of a private or multi-storey building. House lamps can be created in three ways:

1. The first option involves using thick foil paper from which the details of the house are cut out. There are many schemes on the Internet by which this can be done. Next, you should take a thick, blunt awl or a ballpoint pen with a thick tip, but without paste. Then squeeze out special decorative elements - the main components of any house (shutters, tiles, bricks on the walls). A utility knife is needed for cutting out windows and doors. After putting the house together, install an LED candle or any other small light source inside. All that remains is to place the lamp houses on the window sills or install them under the spruce tree. Using several lighting fixtures you can create a unique composition.
2. In the second option, felt is used to create a house. Once you've completed your pattern, cut out the windows and doors, then iron all the fold lines using an iron, then sew the edges. If you need to increase the rigidity and elasticity of the product, then use a special sealing compound - the so-called. fabric hardener.
3. The third method is making a dough house. Salt dough is an alternative to plasticine, and is considered a safe and environmentally friendly product. This product can even be hung on a window.

You can install a different number of light sources inside the house - from 2 to 7 lamps, depending on the number of rooms and windows. The lamp can also be created from sheets of plywood, but in this case you need experience in woodworking.

Decorative paper lamp

To create a New Year's lamp with your own hands, it is absolutely not necessary to use glasses or glass jars. Regular multi-colored or snow-white paper (cardboard) will do. We list three main options for manufacturing such light sources:

1. The simplest technology is to cut out a New Year's lantern from colored paper. Many different schemes can be found on the Internet. Using them, it will not be difficult for you to make unusual lanterns, inside of which you should place light bulbs-tablets.
2. Using old black and white photographs, you can create one of the most original New Year's lamps, which will add notes of nostalgia or pleasant sadness for a bygone time to the festive atmosphere. By the way, it is absolutely not necessary to use family photos. Suitable images of ancient castles, mansions and houses, which can be found in magazines, on calendars, or simply downloaded from the Internet and printed on photographic paper. Cut out these images along the contour using a knife, create windows and doors, and roll them into a three-dimensional product. A simulated LED candle can be installed inside.
3. The third option is somewhat similar to the second, but in this case, instead of photographs, a variety of illustrated postcards are used. To create a voluminous product, you will need a modeling gel paste. The top can be decorated with a special paste consisting of granular crystal balls. The lantern can be coated with glitter hairspray. Something similar can be created when decorating glass with stained glass paint.

Separately, we note the option of creating a lamp from a decorated book, decorated with tinsel and sparkles. At the same time, you won’t have to spoil the product: a small LED garland can be placed directly on its surface!

LED lamp from a juice bag

To make an unusual lamp yourself, you can take an ordinary juice carton. Using a cardboard container, use an awl or needle to pierce the bag along the outline of the image. Install a light source inside, which will allow you to create an original and unique product.

A juice carton can be used as a base for modeling, as was done, for example, in the case of a balloon tied with threads or a glass jar. Patterns made from special plastic clay should be applied to the surface of cardboard containers. When the clay dries, the bag can be crumpled and carefully pulled out through the hole left. An LED light bulb should be inserted through it. If it is not possible to work with plastic clay, then liquid nails or other sealed materials that harden when dry are suitable instead.

Artificial icicles

There are three main ways to create such New Year's lamps:

1. Find a round wire frame or create one yourself, then wrap it in paper. Icicle figures made from plain paper or foil should be glued to its surface.
2. Together with a wire frame, you can use organza fabric rolled into a tube. Place an LED garland inside the product, then decorate it with various available materials, including sparkles and snowflakes. The product can be turned into a spring lamp if decorated with colorful butterflies and flowers.
3. The third option is related to landscape design. Use mosquito netting to cut out a long, narrow triangle. Lay a cylinder of the same configuration on top of it, created from twisted polyethylene film. Next, you should wrap the product with an LED garland, lay a short and long wire and sew a mesh. By bending the wire, form an icicle. Decorate the upper part with beads and sparkles. Icicle lanterns can be attached to the edges of the roof or gutter, decorating a private home in an original way.

Table lamp “festive tree”

The main Christmas and New Year decoration of any home is a festive tree with numerous toys, lanterns and garlands. To slightly diversify the New Year's composition, you can make small Christmas tree lamps, decorating with them window sills, a festive table, shelves of bookcases or fireplaces.

We list three main options:

1. As with the balloon, all you need to do is use a cone shape made from cardboard. In this case, it is imperative to cover the product with plastic film or tape.
2. The second method also involves using a cardboard cone covered with a decorative mesh. They do not take a whole product, but several pieces of mesh glued together. Ideally, a colored mesh should be used. Apply a layer of glue on top of it again and, without waiting for it to polymerize, sprinkle the product with glitter. As an alternative to glitter glue, you can use hairspray. After complete drying, carefully remove the product from the cone.
3. The paper cone can be covered with thin thread or fabric, as is done when using a balloon. Install an LED garland or a small lantern inside the cone.
4. If you don’t want to make a cone-shaped lamp, then use a regular tree branch. It should be painted black, and you need to use a garland with a wire of a similar color. Wrap it around the branch, securing it with dark electrical tape.

Outdoor lamp "socket"

For the happy owners of a private home, a suitable option is to use several glowing “nests”, with which you can decorate the night garden in an original way. “Nests” should be created like real ones - from thin twigs. Place a garland inside each product, braiding the bulbs between the branches. “Nests” can hang on chains or be secured to trees using clear tape.

Elements of festive illumination can be bought in regular or specialized stores, but it is still much more pleasant to enjoy hand-made products. Give free rein to your imagination, but do not forget about the simple rules of safe operation. Choose light sources with a minimum operating temperature.