All about New Year's Topiary

New Year's topiary is a festive decoration with which you can add unusual accents to the design of a house or apartment. Such compositions are very popular in the USA and Europe, and in Russia such a decor is still only in fashion. A detailed master class for beginners will tell you how to make a Christmas tree, a wreath and other topiary for your New Year with your own hands.

New Year's Topiary - variant of a festive composition using elements of natural origin. These compact artificial trees have a neat crown of strict geometric shape - by analogy with landscape art, bearing the same name. You can make them literally from any materials at hand: from coffee beans to shells. The composition is always based on natural materials - tree branches, sometimes moss, the rest depends only on the theme and imagination of the author.

New Year's topiary usually have a white background, are decorated with all kinds of sparkles, balls, tinsel, ribbons. Sometimes they are made edible: from tangerines, sweets. Modern trends also allow the creation of non-canonical versions of the crown - in the form of a cone. Such compositions can replace a miniature Christmas tree. However, the classic spherical topiary compositions are also quite popular - they are decorated with window sills and bedside tables, complement the design of the festive table.

Each holiday decoration has its own secrets. New Year's topiary are also created according to certain rules.

1. Careful observance of proportions. The topiary always has 3 main elements - the base, trunk and crown.It is important that the latter is always the most voluminous - this will maintain the correct proportionality. With an increase in the dimensions of the product, the crown should still be larger than the base.
2. The right choice of material for the crown. Foam balls, solidified in the form of polyurethane foam or floristic sponge are considered the most convenient in operation. You can also assemble the base from pieces of polystyrene foam - they are connected with glue, forming the version of the crown as close to the spherical as possible.
3. Good fixation. The foundation for New Year's Topiary should be heavy and steady. Optimally, if it is a clay or plastic flower pot having a wide, even base. To make it heavier, it is filled with coins, stones, you can fill in alabaster or gypsum after installing the trunk of the future topiary. From above, such a base is decorated with fabric, stones, tinsel or sparkles.
4. Strong support. The topiary composition barrel looks best if it has the wrong geometry, complex shape. Tree branches and small river snags help to achieve this effect. For lack of natural material at hand, you can use popsicle sticks or kebab skewers, straws and other improvised means.
5. Glue connection. So that the topiary does not crumble, it is necessary to firmly fasten its elements. To do this, choose a safe PVA glue or a special thermal gun with melting rods - with their help the finished composition is quite durable. Toxic compounds for instant bonding, as well as silicate glue, are not suitable for the formation of New Year's topiary.

There are many ideas for creating original compositions in topiary style for the New Year. Among the available options for crafts, it can be difficult to choose just one. Making a final decision will help review the most relevant ideas. For example, a Christmas tree made of sisal looks interesting - green or golden. You can make a wreath of tinsel in the style of a topiary, but it will be much more original to choose one of the following ideas.

• Coffee Topiary. It looks elegant and attractive, natural brown grains well set off a bright festive decor. Such a tree is decorated with shells of nuts, acorns, cones and other elements of a rounded shape.

• Tangerine. A bright solution for those who want to practice creating edible compositions. This option is good for home with small children, but the base will have to be heavier, as the fruits are quite heavy. Tangerines for fastening are tied with ribbons or silver threads, and a wire or hairpin is already fixed to them - it is stuck into the base from foam, a floral sponge. You can decorate the composition with cones, branches of spruce, green ribbons.

• Lollipop. Bright and festive version of the topiary, which fits well into the design of the New Year's table or children's room. Lollipops are better to choose red-white, rounded, for the trunk you need to take a straight wooden or plastic stick, if necessary, paint it white or decorate with duct tape. The base is made of foam, placed in a pot, decorated with cardboard or other sheet materials. The ball itself is pasted over with a red ribbon, on top of which sweets are attached.

• From Christmas toys. Such a topiary looks interesting, spectacular and festive - it can quite replace a Christmas tree, if there is not too much space in the apartment. This option allows you to decorate a rounded tree with tinsel and sparkles, which will make it as elegant and effective as possible.

Do it yourself do-it-yourself craft for the New Year It will be interesting for both children and adults. You can have a fun competition to decorate the topiary with friends or family members. A step-by-step master class for beginners will help to easily understand everything.

Given New Year's traditions, topiary can be made not only with a spherical, but also with a conical crown. Such a Christmas tree will definitely attract attention, deliver positive emotions. Using coffee beans as a material will be a good gift solution for a person who loves this aromatic drink.

To make topiary, you need to prepare the appropriate tools. Scissors, a thermogun or PVA glue, a container for mixing gypsum, a stapler. The necessary materials are also in every house or are readily available for purchase:

• coffee beans - enough standard packaging of 250 g;
• thick white cardboard A4;
• twine made of natural materials;
• the wooden base of the trunk or cinnamon sticks (3 pcs. tied together);
• sackcloth;
• gypsum for mold filling;
• compact flower pot;
• newspaper or cotton;
• decor for decoration - ribbons, beads, tinsel.

The process of creating a decorative mini-tree is quite simple. You just need to follow the detailed step-by-step instructions.

1. Fill the pot with liquid gypsumpreviously mixed with water, fix the selected base in the desired position. Wait for the composition to harden. Then decorate the pot and the bottom of the trunk with burlap, just wrapping it and bandaging it with twine.
2. 1 circle is cut out of cardboard with a radius of the future crown height. It is folded into a tight cone, glued or connected with a stapler. Another circle is drawn along the diameter of the base, slightly larger, cut along the edges, a hole for the trunk is formed in the center.
3. The finished crown should be filled with cotton or crumpled newspapers to increase elasticity and density. Then fix on the trunk, connect with glue to the bottom. You can also just take a ready-made foam cone.
4. The crown and trunk are abundantly covered with glue, wrapped with twine. If a thermal gun is used, winding should be done immediately after applying the composition.
5. On the surface of the crown, after the glue dries on the threads, coffee beans are attached. It is necessary to observe the staggered order of laying, fasten the finish with the flat side to the base. It is advisable to try to leave as small gaps as possible. The second layer of grains is pasted over the first, already convex side inward.
6. Next, you need to fix the decor. You can fix decorative tinsel, beads, rhinestones, star anise anise on the Christmas tree.

A fairly simple workshop for making topiary with a spherical crown. The finished tree has a diameter of 20 cm, the height of the structure is 42 cm.

To make this topiary, fairly simple but effective materials are used. Among the required components:

• alabaster or gypsum for pouring the base;
• foam ball with a diameter of 15 cm;
• thermogun and rods for it;
• scissors and brushes;
• white or bronze acrylic paint;
• crushed stone for filling the bottom and a pot of a suitable size;
• 20 sticks for ice cream (curly or plain);
• crown wrapping material;
• a branch for the trunk 30 cm long;
• decor - chestnuts, walnut shells, acorns, peach kernels, star anise;
• dark pasta of various shapes;
• sisal truffle shade;
• pieces of ribbons of chocolate, snow-white, bronze tones, white organza;
• half beads;
• rattan balls - 4 pieces of 3 cm in diameter;
• berries in bunches.

The assembly order of the decorative New Year's topiary.

1. Pot preparation. It is pasted over with ice cream sticks, a plastic lid is fixed at the bottom, painted white with acrylic on the outside, silver spraying from a spray can be made from above. A bow is tied outside.
2. Preparation of the decor and the trunk. They are painted with bronze acrylic pigment. The trunk is inserted into the pot, fixed with plasticine, poured and fixed with plaster. It takes 24 hours to completely harden the mixture. A sintepon “snow” is laid at the base, the same decor is attached to it as on the crown.
3. Preparation of the basics. The ball is pasted over with a cloth (you can wrap it with twine, knitting threads), a prepared decor is attached on top of it - it’s better not to follow a clear pattern, try to diversify the design. First, large materials are attached, then the remaining gaps are covered with small elements. The last layer is polystyrene balls or white beads.

• Handmade topiary made of bright balls. A spectacular tree looks attractive and bright, perfect for placement in a children's room. The composition is decorated with bows and bells, artificial snow.

• Topiary magnets look pretty interesting. The combination of green coniferous needles and golden balls with cones looks very elegant and festive.

• Original Christmas tree topiary made of nylon ribbons and blue balls - a stylish replacement for a festive spruce.

See how to make a New Year’s topiary on a glass in the next video.