Western economy and frugality in food are abhorrent to the Russian mentality, especially on New Year's Day. The festive table should be bursting with food. A bowl of salad wanders between jokes and toasts, but appetizers are still prepared in significant quantities. This has been the custom for a long time and there is no need to change traditions before the arrival of the White Metal Bull. But try to serve everything elegantly, for example, decorate the dishes beautifully, or even better, choose a certain style for the feast and follow its rules.

The new housewife of the year, despite her round shape and good appetite, is quite picky about her external surroundings. Study photos, get ideas and let the serving New Year's table will be the most enjoyable moment in preparing for your favorite holiday.

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How to decorate the New Year's table in general: color, accessories, preferences from Ox

So, we are waiting for the Ox to visit us. He will not be at the table, but his invisible presence is already felt, prompting him to make plans for the near and distant future. And for everything to go smoothly, it is advisable to take into account the preferences and character of the virtual hostess. Although I don’t believe in fairy tales, the ubiquitous “maybe” has not been canceled.

Outfits have already been chosen, gifts have been bought, it’s decided. The pre-holiday bustle is growing like a snowball, trying to take over everything free time. Relax, meditate, and at the same time think about the table setting, because the menu will be plentiful, the fun will be wild, the ambience will be spectacular - this is how it should be in the year of the Ox.

There are many options for how to decorate the New Year's table. Christmas and winter colors are suitable for tablecloths, napkins, and decor:

• red;
• white;
• green;
• blue;
• silver;
• gold.

Pastel versions are being considered - pink, ecru, pale green, pale blue. All shades of yellow and brown are relevant. After all, it is in this outfit that the hostess and queen of the ball will appear to celebrate the New Year 2021.

Traditional decor:

• candles, from miniature to massive;
• Christmas balls, beads, tinsel;
• coniferous branches and wreaths;
• figurines of deer, snowmen, New Year's characters.

How to combine all this into an overall composition depends on the chosen style, and it must be consistent. Table setting follows the principle that all the best is immediately excluded. The bull may be a cloven-hoofed animal, but at heart it is a delicate thing with good taste and a sense of proportion.

It is logical to assume that she likes the countryside, nature, gentle or brutal simplicity. This is true, but cheerful country, rough rustic, dreamy eco, shy shabby chic should also appeal to you. If there is no harmony, joy goes away.

New Year's table in different styles

If you prefer asceticism, gloss, originality - go for it. You shouldn’t break yourself to please any stereotypes. And there are none at all - the Ox will be happy with any treat. Therefore, you can choose any option for serving the New Year’s table, be it an intricate rustic one or a modest Japanese one. Several diverse examples will help you find the right direction.

Country

Bright and positive, its decoration repeats the favorite colors of Christmas - white, red, green. The red and white color scheme dominates - tablecloth and napkins, patterns on cutlery, packaging of small surprises or Greeting Cards for guests.

Decorations – pine cones, fir branches, winter berry inflorescences, lollipop sticks. They are placed in small groups near each plate, in the center, in a separate composition on a wooden board or a rough knitted napkin. The candles are simple white, quite large.

The second option is home-style soft. A snow-white or calmly checked tablecloth, warm linen napkins set off the coolness of white plates and glass without gilding. Carved figurines of deer lurked near ceramic dishes and wooden boards with snacks. And yet – it’s country! A green branch curls between the dishes, there are white candles in the candlesticks, and clusters of rowan trees are scattered.

Boho chic

If you want to decorate your New Year's feast brightly, effectively, and unusually, the boho-chic style is for you. The hand-made elements at the base provide wide scope for imagination and self-expression. Actively used in serving crocheted and using the macrame technique, napkins, runners, tablecloths.

Dishes from different sets are welcome, provided they are bright and non-standard in shape. It’s good if you still have glasses from the last century, with stems or regular ones. Tall, elegant wine glasses can easily coexist with earthy, brutal ones.

Decor – lively and self made flowers, compositions of fir branches and dried flowers, original covers for cutlery. The finishing touch is not on the ceiling - a spectacular chandelier or low-hanging dream catchers. Any color scheme, combinations of living wood and textiles are popular.

Minimalism and scandi

Simple, extraordinary, laconic - minimalism in decorating the New Year's table should become a continuation of the style of the apartment. Otherwise, the serving will look poor and hasty, as if it was set for a quick snack. Black and white colors, a little silver or gray linen, candles from miniature to giant, green branches are relevant. There may be no decor at all.

Scandinavian style is a little more loyal and homely. Combinations of white with pink, red, blue, gilding, natural wood and ceramics are welcome. The table can be decorated with carved figures, the chairs can be covered with fluffy fur capes.

Shabby chic

Summer style for winter serving - fresh, joyful, unusual. Bring out retro dishes - crystal salad bowls and glasses, fruit bowls on graceful legs, plates with gold rims and flowers.

Display all the beauty on a simple wooden surface or with imitation aged boards. A tablecloth is also suitable - a thin voile, with a printed or embroidered small pattern. Decorating is quite simple - lace, flowers, Christmas balls, candlesticks in the form of lanterns.

Rustic

A lot of untreated wood, brutal simplicity, natural coarse fabrics - burlap, unbleached linen, embroidery using the folk lubok technique. Large glasses, simple cutlery, glasses and small metal accessories, candles in jars - imitation of the life of woodcutters or forest hermits gives a special romanticism to a magical night.

Eco style

Ecological style is similar to Scandinavian. Combinations of white with herbal green, wood, live plants and dried flowers are welcome. Tablecloth - made of natural materials, linen runners, napkins, wooden or straw coasters for plates. Nuts, tangerines, dried fruits, gingerbread - for decoration, simple twine for dressing.

Glamorous

A lot of gilding, exquisite shapes, transparent glass on the thinnest legs, personalized places, an elegant surprise on each guest’s plate or beautifully packaged cutlery. Christmas balls in a vase, tinsel, sparkles, intricate candlesticks, sparkling deer figurines, carved snowflakes - decor with a claim to splendor is a must.

Don’t try to make the New Year’s table, and the whole house, too colorful, there is a high risk of missing the mark. It is optimal to use no more than three colors of the same saturation - either bright or muted. Remember about the compatibility of textiles, appliances, and decorations.

A bright tablecloth will go well with elegant tableware without a pattern, perhaps with gilding, or crystal on stable legs. Blue color– the basis for silverware, twisted glass holders, elegant tall glasses.

Stained glass looks great on a white, silver, or gold background. Natural tones are combined with ceramics; delicate shades and floral plates create a special homely atmosphere.

Follow the general direction of the chosen style, pay attention to details, improvise based on your capabilities. The New Year's table setting can match the design of the room as a whole or be duplicated with a similar accent.

Eg:

• country - an elegant, cheerful Christmas tree;
• boho-chic - garlands of pompoms on the walls;
• shabby chic - floral curtains;
• minimalism - gifts in craft or white paper.

If you want stability, choose what is close and understandable to you. If you are planning to start the New Year 2021 with global changes, start right now. Take an unusual approach and feel like a different person. There is time to study a direction that you absolutely do not like, but perhaps it will become a guiding thread.

Good afternoon. Today we will cook table for New Year's party. I will show you the most interesting examples of decorating and table setting for the New Year. And most importantly, I would like to draw your attention to simple, inexpensive tricks to perform and which will help make your New Year's table setting original and stylish. Your New Year's table will not be the same as before. Your guests will remember this New Year and will definitely reflect your festive table setting. First, I will show you individual ideas - one-off original ideas. And then I’ll give overview photos of the tables already decorated for the New Year, arranging the New Year’s table settings by color - gold, red, silver, blue and other colors.

In this article you will learn...

• How to use it in an original way cones in New Year's table setting.
• How to use paper and felt material
• How simple paper snowflakes can change the beauty of your table.
• How to complement the New Year's table setting composition with candles.
• Simple homemade DIY crafts for decorating the New Year's table.

So, let's decorate the table for the New Year with our own hands

New Year's table decoration

Package of ideas No. 1

"New Year on a plate"

Any serving consists primarily of plates and cutlery. As a rule, the plates are empty. And all the New Year's beauty is located around them (candles, napkins, figurines of New Year's characters). Let's do it differently. Let's fill the guests' plates with New Year's decorations. Small gifts - cute symbols that decorate this holiday.

In the photo below we see how ordinary pine cones turned into a cute New Year's boutonniere to decorate every plate on the New Year's table.

The cone can be painted from a can gold or other paint (spray cans are sold in hardware stores or auto stores). Or you can paint the cone, dipping it into a glass of PVA glue diluted with colored gouache. This way the cone will be evenly colored both outside and inside, under the scales.

Can I just have a bump? POWDER with gouache, dip a foam sponge in gouache and poke it into the bump. Only the edges of the scales will be painted (you will get the effect of aged retro painting). This pine cone will look good paired with other retro elements (a dried orange slice, cinnamon sticks, a star cut out of cardboard and a napkin). Of course, you need to understand that the paint color is chosen according to color palette general New Year's table setting.

Or you can put 2-3 on a plate Christmas decorations. Place a napkin tied with a colored ribbon and a golden bag with cookies in the shape of stars or angels nearby.

You can wrap Christmas tree decorations in a bag made of bright colored paper napkin, tie with a ribbon, slipping a pine twig under the string.

Or you can simply not throw away the lower branches-paws cut from the tree, but cut them into small fluffy paws, decorate them with a large crystal bead and tie them with a ribbon. If there are no beads, then you can make a voluminous paper snowflake with your own hands (miniature delicate shape), or crochet it, add a ribbon, a piece of a picture cut out from New Year's cards– and the beautiful coniferous decoration for the New Year’s table is ready. Cheap, fast and original - beautiful for your guests.

If you don’t have pine legs from your Christmas tree, find an evergreen fir in the city and break off branches from it. Combine them with a picture from a postcard, or with a New Year's caramel - and you'll get original decoration for the New Year's table.

New Year's table setting

Package of ideas No. 2

"Coniferous greens + candles"

Using coniferous paws (spruce or pine) is the most natural way to create a New Year's feast atmosphere. Living green pine needles smell like a holiday, heated by the warmth emanating from the candles, the pine needles will exude a forest spruce aroma. And besides, this is a conditionally free material for decorating the New Year's table - I just went into the forest and cut it here and there with a knife, without causing damage to nature, I just thinned out the Christmas trees.

Candles can also be interestingly arranged inside these pine legs. Place small glasses and place candle tablets in them. Or take an ordinary round log (small in diameter) and cut a hole in it - using a drill and a knife. Insert a tablet candle into this recess as well.

You can place shiny Christmas balls next to the pine paws - you get the effect of a New Year tree right on the table. This is the most successful decoration for the table, which you do not plan to clutter with snacks, since you are planning a change of dishes, which will be served by specially hired staff.

Well, if you cannot make the entire table with such a wide coniferous-Christmas tree path, then for you there are smaller decorations with spruce legs. You can decorate the New Year's table with small (plate-sized) compositions with candles. In the photo below we see that an inverted glass can become an excellent stand for thick candles. Coniferous spruce legs will serve as decoration for such a New Year's candlestick.

You can make a tabletop wreath for the New Year's table from coniferous branches and cones, as in the photo below. Such a composition will not take up much space on the table - and it would not hurt to place salad bowls and cold cuts around such an installation with candles.

How to decorate a New Year's table

Package of ideas No. 3

"Cones in serving"

Simple pine, spruce or cedar cones can be a key decoration for your New Year's table. Large cedar cones can be placed with their tops up inside the container - and we get a Christmas tree shape (pictured below on the left). You can hang the cones on the corners of the table, or along the edges of the plate. But you need to make sure that they do not interfere with the guests, do not hang too low, clinging to the tights of the invited ladies.

You can make green tabletop Christmas trees from large cones and place them here and there between plates of snacks (right photo below). Or from a bunch of little ones pine cones you can glue fluffy volumetric Christmas tree. It's quite simple. From thick paper(A3 format) we make a cone, and glue this cone with hot glue with cones. The cones can be pre-painted with gouache using a foam sponge for washing dishes.

You can arrange the pine cones in serving vases, or here and there on the table, alternating with fresh straw or pieces of forest moss. You will get a decoration for the New Year's table in a fashionable eco-style.

If you paint the cones with gouache, you can turn them into an elegant decoration festive table. We mix pva glue with gouache - more glue, less gouache, and in this liquid we drown the cone, take it out and dry it by hanging it by a thread) we get an evenly colored cone.

New Year's table decoration

Package of ideas No. 4

"Crafts made from paper and felt"

Simple silhouettes cut out of cardboard can become small but important elements serving. New Year's outlines of a deer, snowman, Christmas angel made of paper can completely change your New Year's table. They can be used to decorate a glass (photo below).

Cardboard silhouette of a deer bust can be stuck in into a Baunt chocolate bar and, put 2 ice cream sticks at the bottom, and we get original craft for decorating the New Year's table. Or, for example, a white marshmallow can turn into an iceberg into which you can stick a cardboard penguin. Your imagination can continue to generate ideas from sweets and cardboard to decorate the table for the New Year 2018.

You can also cut out and fold small pieces from paper with your own hands. volumetric Christmas trees. For example, the Christmas trees in the photo below are made from just two pieces of cardboard, and even a 4-year-old child can cut, score and insert such a Christmas tree into each other crosswise.

But below are Christmas trees made of round paper silhouettes. We have a training article on our website where you will find detailed instructions on assembling these paper Christmas trees, and not only these

You can also cut out slots like these from white cardboard for inserting napkins. We insert the triangular tip of a folded napkin into the slot and get the image of Santa Claus. The protruding tip of the napkin imitates his hat, and Bottom part The napkin looks like his red robe.

Also from soft felt(or thick cardboard, it doesn’t matter) you can make these pockets for cutlery. These crafts will decorate your New Year's table.

Even the simplest shapes cut out of felt (or puff paper napkin) can set the New Year's mood for the holiday table. Below we see how a small slot in the silhouette of a CHRISTMAS TREE or STAR makes it possible to insert cutlery or a paper napkin into it.

You can also sew (or glue) a ring for table napkins from soft felt. Also a simple solution for decorating the New Year's table in an original way.

You can also cut out small silhouettes of Christmas trees from felt and wrap them around a glass - you will get candlesticks like in the photo below (a round dance of Christmas trees around a glass). And besides, from the cotton napkin itself you can fold New Year's star, or red new year flower. Detailed instructions By origami from table napkins for the New Year I’ll post it in a separate article a little later and then the link will work here.

New Year's table setting

"Red + green"

The classic color combination of the New Year's palette is red and green color. Green is the color of the Christmas tree, and red is the color of Santa Claus and his bag of gifts.

You can create a green and red New Year's table setting with a combination of green and red tableware. Or red dishes + green napkins and green decorations (Christmas decorations, beads, etc.).

Here's an idea for a floating candle made in the same lush New Year's color scheme - green twigs and red cranberries.

New Year's table decor

"Red + white"

We usually don’t have red dishes in our house; more often we buy white plates. And then we can connect White color dishes with red color and other paraphernalia - napkins, candles, Christmas balls.

You can scatter red beads on the table (of course, provided that there are no small children in the house who want to stick them in their noses or ears). In this case, it would be better to scatter snowflakes and stars cut out of red paper on the white tablecloth.

You can modify a boring white tablecloth with a pleasant addition, buy a piece of red fabric at a fabric store, and hem the edges with a machine (so as not to fray). We place the red cloth in the center, along the table. On a red background we scatter snowflakes and stars cut out of white paper. Some of the paper silhouettes can be sewn with threads (small stitches) to the canvas itself. So that even hanging from the edge of the table, the red canvas holds this New Year's pattern).

You can buy red felt backings for white plates (as in the photo below). Or make these felt coasters yourself. In stores, felt is sold in squares of 30x30 cm, all that remains is to pick up a hole punch (an ordinary office one) and stamp openwork pattern holes along the red felt squares. You can use scissors to cut felt into a circle or heart shape (as in the photo below).

You can also do something very original and set the New Year’s table in the form of snowmen. We go to a store or market and buy identical rectangular plastic napkins (they cost mere pennies). If you want it even cheaper, you can buy a roll of wrapping paper for wrapping gifts and cut it into rectangular napkins (with a wavy edge). Or even more budget-friendly - the remains of expensive embossed wallpaper with a textured white pattern can also be used as a source of hand-made napkins.

Next, we will need two plates of different diameters. This will be a snowman. Olives and a piece of orange pepper will become the nose, eyes and buttons. We make a scarf from a red napkin and a bucket hat from black paper.

How to decorate a table for the New Year

"Red and gold table setting"

If you want to celebrate this holiday on a grand scale, then the combination of the energy of fire and the energy of gold will help you feel the real luxury of the holiday.

The glare of the garland reflected in the golden sides Christmas balls on the table will create the feeling of fireworks. Golden sparkles of champagne, red pine cones with gilding, shiny gold ribbons on napkins, golden chocolate coins scattered on a red tablecloth - and other red and gold ideas that can only come to your mind.

You can order on the website Masters Fair designer napkin rings, to those craftsmen who quickly weave beads. From gold beads and gold ribbons you can make many interesting attributes to decorate the New Year's table.

You can do it yourself interesting thing with your own hands to decorate the table setting. Here in the photo below you see a scattering of green and red beads. We buy thin wire (copper or special for crafts) and buy a thread of red beads and a thread of gold beads (Christmas tree or jewelry, it doesn’t matter). Next, we string them on a wire and twist them in different directions (forming branches of various shapes).

You can lose such wire with beads among the spruce branches laid out on the festive table, mix them with large Christmas tree balls and bright ribbons.

New Year's table setting

"Gingerbread Tale"

And here interesting idea how to decorate the table with New Year's baked goods. You can bake shaped cookies decorated with icing and decorate a New Year's pine garland on the table with them.

Gingerbread cookies can be combined with other elements New Year's decoration table, candles, Christmas tree balls and toys, figurines, garlands, beads and shiny tinsel.

You can bake several (or one) gingerbread houses and make them the key decoration of the New Year's table. In fact Gingerbread house very easy to do. Simply roll out the gingerbread dough into a single layer on cardboard. Then we cut out the outlines of the walls on the dough - two facade walls + two side walls + two halves of the roof. That's all. Place these parts directly on a sheet of cardboard onto a baking sheet and bake. Then we cool the finished shortcakes and glue them into a house. We make glue from caramel (melt the caramels in a saucepan) or make it (cream from proteins and powdered sugar) - it also glues perfectly. And when the house is glued together, it’s a pleasure to decorate it with pieces of marmalades, chocolates, marshmallows, sugar dragees and other sweet decor. You can learn more about the recipe for durable gingerbread dough and sweet confectionery glue from any article about gingerbread houses.

You can bake less complex designs from gingerbread dough - for example, an edible candlestick (pictured below on the right by the glass). From the dough (rolled out on a baking mat), cut out a circle the size of a saucer, and cut a hole inside with a glass. Place the cut out cookie shapes nearby. We bake all the parts. We insert a candle-tablet into the hole in the circle, and use a knife to cut holes on the side where we insert the gingerbread cookies. And our gingerbread candlestick for decorating the New Year's table is ready.

New Year's table setting

"Frost Breath"

And your white dishes can become part of another serving setting. You can become the director of a winter frosty fairy tale. Collect blue and silver details, transparent glass ice cubes, gray glossy bugle beads, decorative crystals and rhinestones in blue and cold-white transparent shades on the table.

Place large, long candles in tall glasses. Fill the space between the candle and the wall of the glass with beads, sparkles, artificial ice shards, which are easy to make with your own hands if you cut an old CD into small pieces with scissors. Or another cheap option for filling is to make a fluffy Christmas tree garland from foil and use scissors to cut its “fleecy fur” into small pieces and pour it into glasses with candles. Perhaps you yourself can come up with other options for filling the candlestick.

We also have an article on our website. There you will find options that you can embody in blue material and decorate your table with them.

Buy a can of silver paint at a hardware store (or auto store). On the street, cut birch branches (you can have the remains of leaves on them), cover the branches with silver paint. Beautifully lay the silver branches, as if frozen by the winter breath, on a wide dish, place candles nearby, and arrange silver New Year's balls. And scatter beads in the form of crystals on the table (cheap beads (in bulk in a large bag) can be bought at a craft store, or in beading stores.

The easiest way to decorate a New Year's table setting is to place Christmas tree balls in blue and turquoise shades in a deep vase made of transparent colorless glass, mixing them with a string of New Year's tree beads. Pour blue sparkling beads into cups (a little at the bottom) and drown candle tablets in it.

You can make a silver Christmas tree in the center of the New Year's table with your own hands. We just cut out a semicircle from thick paper. We roll it into a cone, fastening the joint with a stapler. Next, cut out a ribbon from silver paper (preferably a jagged shape) - or buy silver lace, jagged or even shaped braid. Now, starting from the top of the cone, we glue and wrap this tape (from paper or from a store) around the cone - in a spiral - winding the turns from top to bottom in a circle, helping them stick to the walls of the cone. It is better to use a glue gun - a special hot melt glue. A gun can be bought for $2 at any craft or construction store (market) and glue sticks for it cost just a penny.

Table setting for the New Year

"FROZEN TENDERNESS".

Early winter morning. Gentle frosty dawn. The play of the morning sun on frozen window panes covered with a bizarre pattern. All this gentle play of color and light can be an inspiration for creating a unique New Year's table setting.

Let the dishes be white and the tablecloth too. But napkins can be sewn from fabric the color of a smoky dawn (just buy such fabric in a store, cut it into squares and take it to a clothing repair center so that you can sewing machine drove away their edges).

Can buy spray can with silver-gray paint and cover it with pine cones, apples, and ordinary white candles from the store.

Buy bags with dawn-colored beads– and pour them into cups with candles. Add more stuff from transparent colorless glass– to convey the airiness and transparency of a frosty morning.

Buy a clear, thick plastic filing folder (hard plastic). Using stencils from the Internet, cut out New Year's silhouettes (Christmas trees, snowmen, etc.) from this plastic - place them on the table (for stability, stick them into soft pieces of marshmallow - excellent marshmallow coasters are made). Some transparent figures can be coated with nail polish and sprinkled with lilac sparkles from the same nail polish.

You can buy a hair clip with a lilac rose at a hair clip store and also put it in the composition on the table. Find beautiful rhinestones, ribbons and braids in a sewing accessories store suitable color. All this can be laid out on the table in a cloud of snowy feather fluff, or a small “boa” (also sold in a sewing accessories store). As you can see, ideas for decorating the New Year's table can be taken from anywhere. Just set yourself a goal... remember in your mind the color palette of your future New Year's table setting and while walking around the shops, just catch the accessories of the shade you need.

New Year's table decoration

"GAME OF COLOR".

You can use a completely unexpected color to decorate your New Year's table setting. Clear spring shades (more Easter than New Year's) can look unexpectedly interesting on the table in the New Year. We take gouache and pine cones - dilute the gouache with PVA glue in a glass, dip the pine cones - dry them by hanging them by strings - and we get a budget-friendly decoration option. In a flower shop, we choose flowers of the same shades and form a bouquet arrangement for the New Year's table. This design looks good in apartments of modern, cool, high-tech design.

You can take only 2 colors of the palette (for example, pistachios and soft blue) and combine them in different types of decorative compositions to decorate the New Year's table.

Table setting for the New Year

"Golden Luxury"

A beautiful option for decorating the New Year is a combination of white and gold. Of all the golden shades, we choose the one that is light, not heavy, but light in saturation. This way it easily matches with snow-white dishes and other white attributes of New Year’s table setting.

Simple solutions are everywhere. Tie white candles with gold ribbon. Coat the cones with nail polish and sprinkle with gold nail glitter. Buy a golden fluffy garland and golden Christmas tree decorations (balls, stars, boots, angels) from the store.

Buy a can of gold paint and cover regular nuts (walnuts, peanuts, pistachios) with it. We also cover shells, cones, and wooden snowflakes made from ice cream sticks with gold spray from a spray can.

Buy gold paper and cut flowers out of it. , will help you implement very simple things. You will be surprised what simple solutions there are for solving this problem, in fact volumetric flower A 5 year old child can make it out of paper.

You can cut out a round piece of cardboard from a pizza box and use decorative material (ribbons, rhinestones, beads, gold paper) to make a clock with the New Year's hands set to five minutes to midnight. Romantic table decoration for the New Year.

These are the ideas for decorating a holiday table that I have collected in this article. But that is not all…

There are articles on our website that contain many more ideas on how to make original decorations for the New Year's table with your own hands.

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The most fabulous and magical holiday which both adults and children are waiting for is, of course, the New Year. You always prepare for it with inspiration and special trepidation, trying in every possible way to please the symbol of the year, thinking through the decoration of the New Year's table and creating culinary masterpieces.

According to the eastern horoscope, the symbol of the upcoming New Year 2017 is the Fire Rooster. 2017 promises to be bright and memorable. Something very special awaits each of us this year. The rooster is a proud bird, its mood will determine the nature of the events that will happen to us in the New Year. In order for the owner of the year to be satisfied and favor all our endeavors and dreams, we must meet him in the right way. Characterizing the Rooster, we know that he loves to be the center of attention, he needs to be noticed and pleased, that’s when he will be happy and satisfied.

Cooking and decorating

It is important not only how you decorate the New Year's table, but also what you put on it.

Note! The rooster will obviously not like it if you decide to treat your guests to poultry meat, in particular chicken.

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Preference should be given to beef, pork, and lamb. It is advisable not to serve turkey, duck or quail dishes.

An excellent option would be potato and pork dishes baked in clay pots. The rooster will really like this rustic table setting. You can also prepare a juicy meatloaf with mushrooms and herbs; meat stuffed with cranberries; puff pastry meat with tomatoes and herbs. A good option For the holiday menu, it could be a vegetable stew baked with cheese in the oven.

Main courses can be decorated with flowers cut from vegetables and fruits: tomatoes, cucumbers (salted or fresh), radishes, lemon, olives, apples. The Fiery Rooster will not at all mind seeing an abundance of fresh vegetables and slices on the festive table.

Note! You should avoid serving stuffed chicken eggs; you should not use them to decorate other holiday dishes. Don't be alarmed, you can add eggs to salads, and choose quail eggs for serving dishes.

Don’t go overboard with fried and highly salted foods; dishes should be light, not high in calories and simple. Do not use canned food and pickles; let your table consist of dishes made from fresh vegetables.

Sandwiches and canapés

For snacks, choose sandwiches and canapés with tomato or orange pepper, fish, red caviar and crab sticks, here you will match the color scheme and delight the Cockerel with fresh bread. Be sure to think through the design of sandwiches on the New Year's table; it should be festive.

Canapes usually look elegant anyway, but you need to decide how to serve this festive dish, for example, sometimes canapes are stuck into a bun, loaf or vegetable.

From fish

Fish dishes can be an excellent option for a festive table. Choose what you like best: Asian dishes, Mediterranean or Russian cuisine. If you still prefer Slavic dishes, then jellied or oven-baked fish will come in handy.

Pike perch, sturgeon, trout – there are a lot of options for a tasty and festive dish. If you serve the fish whole, cut the back, insert a piece of lemon into the cuts, garnish with mayonnaise, add herbs and vegetable shapes. It will turn out very tasty.

Salads

The rooster will like seafood and shrimp salads, rice and rolls. In vegetable salads, give preference to tomatoes, sweet peppers, and fresh cucumbers. Any salad and cold appetizers can be themed in the shape of a Christmas tree or Santa Claus, most importantly, more greenery. Dill, parsley, and lettuce will make the table juicy green and bright; the host of the coming year will really like it.

Desserts and sweet table

Here you have the right to come up with whatever you want, the main thing is not to make very complex desserts, or desserts that contain alcohol. The Rooster will like everything else. For children, you can bake cookies or muffins with berries and nuts. In addition, you can make fortune cookies nice wishes for the coming year will be pleasant for your family, everyone will appreciate such a surprise with a smile and will look forward to the fulfillment of the prediction with hope.

Gingerbread in the shape of a Christmas tree, house, cockerel, etc. would be appropriate; they can be both a gift and a treat. Such delicious gift made with your own hands will be the most pleasant surprise for guests.

Fantasize and delight your family and friends.

Beverages

Do not choose very strong alcohol; it is better to celebrate the New Year with a glass of wine or champagne. Ideal choice Cocktails can become colorful and bright, like a rooster’s tail. For those who do not drink alcohol, Rooster offers natural juices and fruit drinks; drinks in red and yellow colors will especially decorate the table.

Serving

To please the Rooster, set the table in this year's colors. Preference should be given to shades of red, yellow and gold. But don't decorate the table too brightly. Choose a tablecloth light shades and from natural fabrics. The dishes on your table can be with golden patterns or bright colors; the symbol of the eastern horoscope will like this, but it is desirable that it be from natural materials: glass, wood, clay.

The Fire Rooster simply loves classics and simplicity; there is no need to invent something original. Choose napkins that match the tablecloth; if you have napkins made of natural linen, be sure to use them to beautifully set the festive table; the Rooster will be pleasantly surprised. Glasses can be decorated with natural waxed cord or pieces of burlap. Cutlery can be decorated with fir branches and tied with natural threads or gold cord. Naturalness in everything - the Rooster will really like this. Decorate your home and holiday table in a rustic style. If you have stored wooden Toys or candlesticks, wicker or clay vases, all these decorative elements will harmoniously complement the festive interior. In the center of the table place a dish with sprouted grains and a bowl with clean water, this will show how you are waiting for the owner of next year and are glad to meet him. Instead of sparklers, it is better to decorate the table big amount candles of red or gold colors, they will add warmth and comfort to the New Year's atmosphere.

The long-awaited New Year holiday should be the most memorable. Try to please Fire Rooster and appease him with your welcome for a whole year, because otherwise he can show all the hot temper of his character.

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New Year is the favorite holiday of adults and children. And I want to convey its atmosphere even through small interior details. Decorating the New Year's table is a crucial moment in preparing for the winter celebration. In preparation for the holiday, we have prepared original ideas for you.

About the features of serving in 2019

The main animal of 2019 will be the yellow pig. Chinese traditions They are ordered to treat the symbol of the New Year with respect. It is believed that the correct celebration of the holiday significantly increases success in the next 365 days. Therefore, it is best to decorate the table in white, yellowish and other warm colors. It is important that the tablecloth is bright: red, brown or golden yellow. The same applies to the preferred color range napkins.

Another trend the coming year- table decoration using natural materials and burning elements: garlands and, to a greater extent, decorative candles. But the essence does not change from time to time. How to decorate a table on a budget and aesthetically? We've divided decorating methods into two groups, so it's time to learn new things!

Creating decor from scrap materials

In order not to waste time in stores and successfully decorate the table in the year of the yellow pig, you can make the decor yourself. To do this, it is enough to use the gizmos or natural resources available in the house. Prepare them in advance or pick them on the street before starting work: the choice is yours.

To decorate the New Year's table, it is permissible to choose a natural theme. For example, nests made from thin branches will fit well into a natural interior. To make nests, prepare bendable wire, brushwood and dry grass. It is better to take willow branches: they easily change shape and are amenable to mechanical stress without breaking. Bend the branches into a ring, secure the joint with wire and bend it so that it is not visible. Weave blades of grass into the nest. This decorative element can be placed on the table, and large Christmas candles or small gifts for family and guests can be placed on top.

To set the table on New Year was perfect, don't forget to take care of the candles. They can be used both in compositions and separately. But be careful and do not forget about safety precautions when decorating the table with burning objects. Many non-standard design ideas have been developed for a long time; we have prepared five optimal ones for you.

• Cover a large white candle with sprigs of heather and tie a red satin bow around it;
• Take neat red and green apples. It is important that they are not damaged. These fruits are for decorative purposes and not for consumption. Cut out the stalk and make indentations in them, insert laconic candles on elongated legs into the resulting holes;
• Immerse scarlet candles in a glass so that they protrude by 1.5-3 centimeters. Place the material you like in the recess. Striped red and white candy canes, small Christmas tree balls, artificial snow flakes, or decorative holly berries will work well;
• Pick up candles in the store, and at home try to fashion unusual candlesticks for them from clay or salt dough. The main thing is that children like this activity preschool age and the kids from primary classes, develops motor skills and imagination. This will give you the opportunity to spend quality time with your family;
• Fill a tiny container with water. Immerse bright berries and contrasting green leaves and twigs with pine needles in it. Place a small floating candle on top.

Talented craftsmen sometimes carve decor from wood. To do this you need to use a powerful jigsaw or chainsaw. Wood cuts resemble stumps, but if you correctly integrate them into the concept of the feast, you will get an original decoration at a low cost. It is worth placing a figurine on top; animals are suitable: bears in Christmas caps, deer or a symbol of the coming year.

Ribbon decoration

The idea is not so complicated, just choose for execution satin ribbons required shades. It is better to use no more than two at one table. Their length should be 200-350 centimeters. Tie the prepared ribbons into a single tight bundle. Decorate the resulting knot with a lush bow, place the ribbons on the table so that the bow is in the middle of the table surface, and the free ribbons spread around the perimeter and go down to the floor. This will help to simply and successfully zone the place of the feast. If the room has 2-meter ceilings and a large chandelier, use the ribbons differently. Tie long ribbons to the lamp and straighten them around the table with treats. This will create the illusion of a canopy.

To decorate, you don’t have to buy a full-fledged evergreen tree. Place individual sprigs in glass vases in the middle of the dining table. Don't forget to fill the vessel with fresh water. You can complement the composition with traditional Christmas candles and pine cones. Treat them with spray paint to better integrate the cones into the decoration of the New Year's table.

It is better to display them on top of the plates of those invited to a winter celebration. Don’t fill the boxes with especially expensive things: a small symbolic surprise in the spirit of a magnet or a keychain with the symbol of 2019 will suffice. If you don’t want to spend money on gifts, just create decorative boxes. Carefully cover the boxes with brightly colored wrapping paper and tie with a ribbon. In this case, put gift boxes Needed in the middle of the set table. Serving a New Year's feast and decorating the house is a key aspect in preparing for the main holiday. In this case, a magical winter day will be remembered for many months.

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What's important in New Year holidays? Not gifts and not a Christmas tree. And not even champagne. The main thing is the mood of miracle and magic. It is best “caught” in preparations, which in themselves are already part of the holiday and New Year’s magic.

We are in website We have collected simple and cute ideas for you that will help you create the mood and turn the New Year's Eve into a real holiday for your family and guests.

Christmas tree napkins

Delicate greenery and garlands of light bulbs

A gentle and romantic mood will be created by coniferous plants in small pots or sprigs of gypsophila (all can be bought inexpensively at a flower shop) and a garland of large light bulbs.

Serving in the form of snowmen

Using plates, cutlery, a piece of carrot, olives and colored napkins, you can build a cute snowman in front of each guest.

Fir branches

Spruce, fir or juniper branches placed in the center of the table and decorated with candles are stylish and fragrant. By the way, as an alternative to candles, you can intertwine spruce branches with a luminous Christmas tree garland.

Apple candles

Paper snowflakes and candles in the snow

Another great idea is to place paper snowflakes on the table, complementing them with candles and pine cones. Please note: candles and cones are in jars with coarse salt, as if in snow. By the way, you can go even further and make a tablecloth out of snowflakes, fastening them together with small pieces of tape. Not very practical, but for one evening, to create a snowy-magical mood, it’s just right.

Personalized glasses with New Year's balls

If you have guests coming to dinner, it will be great to make festive personalized glasses for them - it seems like a small thing, but it’s nice. To do this, you need to cut out multi-colored Christmas tree balls with a slot from cardboard and write the guest’s name on each one.

List of New Year's entertainment

In the photo - an idea for children's party, but it is quite possible to transfer it to an adult party by drawing a list in front of each of the guests: write a wish on a piece of paper and eat it while the chimes are striking, dance on the table or tell Santa Claus a joke from a stool.

Glasses and balls

Why not bring together the symbols of the New Year - candles, balls and glasses, of course - and make bright, sparkling and iridescent candlesticks? In addition, the work here is about 2 minutes. And how cozy it will be to sit in this circle of warm flickering if you dim the overhead light in the room.

Candles and candlesticks of all shapes and sizes

What better way to create a New Year's mood than making a candlestick for the holiday table with your own hands?

• The “clothes” for the candles in the top left photo can be made from old sweaters (or specially knitted).
• Floating candles look incredibly impressive in a dark room - frozen cranberries and sprigs from the flower shop will help you.
• For the candle at the bottom left, I used a sheet from a music book, but you can take a beautiful magazine page or cardboard with a pattern and paste it over the jar.
• Red and green - the colors of New Year and Christmas, and cranberry with spruce branches It will look very elegant.

Christmas trees

Multi-colored Christmas trees are a fun and elegant idea for table decoration. Such a grove can be made from cones of wrapping paper or assembled from truffle candies and toothpicks, to which triangles of cardboard or colored paper with a pattern (or just green ones) are attached with tape.

Cookies

To decorate the table, you can put a personalized cookie in the shape of a heart, Christmas tree and Christmas ball with the initial letter of his name.

Cute little things

Sometimes a detail is enough to create a mood. For example, paper snowflakes on the edge of a glass or ice fortress made of sugar cubes.

Orange decorations

Oranges and cloves will fill your home with a fresh and spicy aroma, and this combination of orange and brown looks very beautiful. You can simply decorate the oranges with clove stars that can be easily stuck into the skin. Or you can make candlesticks, like in the bottom photo. They are not difficult to make - first you need to cut the orange peel in half and carefully remove both halves with a spoon. For a detailed guide with photos, see this