Western countries have long been practicing decorating for the New Year not only the interior of houses, but also streets, paying special attention to the decor of the backyard area. For example, ice Christmas decorations for the street are very popular with them, but such decor is quite suitable for our latitudes. Moreover, making street decorations from ice is very easy, as well as fun, entertaining and completely inexpensive. In fact, to make ice street decorations you will need water, a couple of decorative elements (more on this below), suitable shape, as well as a spacious freezer or severe frost outside.

How to make outdoor decorations out of ice.

How to make an ice wreath.

Festive wreaths you can decorate the branches of trees or shrubs.

Method number 1. We take finished form for pudding with a vertical insert in the center. We spread bright berries and green twigs (spruce, fir or thuja) along the bottom of the form, fill the form with water. We send the form with water to the freezer until the water solidifies completely. After the water turns into ice, pour hot water into a basin and immerse the mold with ice in it, with a sharp change in temperature, the ice inside the mold will melt along the edges, and you can easily pull out the wreath. Backwardness is only to hang the wreath on a satin ribbon.

Method number 2. We take ready-made small forms for puddings, lay out the composition from the berries and branches of thuja on the bottom, fill each mold with cold water and put in the freezer. After the water turns into ice, the mold can be immersed in hot water for literally one minute, the miniature wreaths can be pulled out and hung from the trees with ribbons.

Method number 3. In the center of a deep round shape, we place a glass or jar, spread twigs, berries, leaves, citrus peels around, and pour in water. To prevent the jar in the center from floating into it, you can pour water or pour stones. It remains to expose the form to frost, wait until the ice hardens, pull out the wreath and hang it on the ribbon.

Method number 4. Put acrylic snowflakes and Christmas balls in a baking dish with a vertical insert in the center, pour in a little water, and put the product in the freezer. When the first layer of water freezes, put a few more balls in a circle, pour in the water again and put it in the freezer, after freezing, add more balls and put the mold in the freezer for the last time, take out the wreath, tie a ribbon and hang the product on a street tree.

Photo of ice wreaths.

How to make balls out of ice.

Method number 1. We prepare the required number of balloons, pour water into them and pour in food coloring, mix the water inside by shaking the balloons. We tie the balls and put them in the freezer or outside in the frost. When the water inside the balls hardens, cut the shell with a knife and take out the colored ice balls.

Method number 2. You will need a special form for making ice balls (for drinks), on the bottom of this form you can put berries or spruce branches, as well as put in pendant ropes, pour in water and put in the freezer until it solidifies.

How to make an ice candlestick.

Method number 1. We place a glass with stones in the center of the food container (for weight). Pour in water and spread spruce or thuja twigs on top, and also add viburnum, lingonberry or dogwood berries. We put the mold in the freezer, after the water has solidified, take out the candlestick and place a lighted candle in the center.

Method number 2. We take two different-sized bottles of 1.5 liters and 0.5 liters, cut each bottle in half, put a smaller bottle in a large one, fix them with tape, put berries, leaves and tree twigs between the walls, pour in water, and send the product into the freezer. After the water turns into ice, we take out the future candlestick from the mold, and put a lighted candle inside.

Photo of various ice candlesticks.

Ice tree pendants.

Round flat pendants are made as follows, various berries, twigs or flowers are laid out on the bottom of a flat round plate, everything is poured with water, a pendant thread is placed on top, the composition is placed in the freezer, then pulled out, separated from the plate and suspended from trees.

Stars made of ice.

1. To make stars, you can use star-shaped ice cube trays or baking tins, to create ordinary stars, fill the molds with water and freeze in the freezer.
2. To create colored stars, you must first add food coloring to the water.
3. For bright compositions, you can put berries, various twigs, leaves or add sparkles into the molds.

Ice cubes.

Put various flowers or slices of fruit in square-shaped ice molds, pour water here and freeze. Then we take out ice cubes and decorate with them street flowerpots, tree branches and other yard elements.

Ice shards.

We paint the water blue, pour it into a rectangular shape with a thin layer, send the shape into the freezer, after hardening, hit the ice surface with a kitchen hammer, select beautiful fragments and put them somewhere on the street.

Icy heart.

Method number 1. On the bottom of a round plate, lay out the pebbles in the form of a heart, fill it with water and put in the freezer, then take out the product and place it with an edge on a flat surface.

Method number 2. Put berries and pine needles in a baking dish in the shape of a heart, send the form to the freezer, then take the product out of the mold and place it somewhere in a prominent place in the yard.

How to make garlands from ice.

Put a thick woolen thread in a mold for ice, pour in water, and put the mold in the freezer, after the water hardens, gently pull the end of the string, all the ice should pop out of the mold after it. To obtain a colored garland, the water must first be tinted with food coloring.

You can use the base of the box of chocolates instead of the ice mold.

How to effectively decorate your house for the New Year:

New Year decoration made of ice will help you quickly, easily and inexpensively decorate the site to upcoming holiday... If you have not yet tried to create street decorations from ice, we recommend that you urgently correct the situation, we assure you that you will definitely like this pastime.

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Ice street decorations are a unique and stunningly beautiful sight. You can decorate your personal plot with ice candlesticks, various ice garlands, bright ice balls. On New Year's holidays, the entire site will shimmer with colorful lights.

Ice decoration is very easy to make. We need two containers of different sizes, water, twigs, sticks, leaves, frozen rowan berries left over from the summer on a tree - here is a flight for imagination. Perhaps there are old beads, brooches, bright ribbons, everything will do.

We take the prepared decor and put it in a container bigger size... Inside we insert another, smaller one, fill the space between the walls with water, put it out in the cold or place it in the freezer. To remove the ice jewelry, it is enough to rinse the container with hot water.

We expose ice decorations to the courtyard, light pill candles, enjoy the incredible beauty of the charm of fire and ice. It is especially beautiful when there are a lot of ice decorations and they all shine along the snow-covered paths.

Good evening everyone))) New Year I carefully stepped over the threshold, and then more and more confidently, picking up speed, walked along my track towards the finish line, but this was not soon. Until then New Year Holidays and magic)))) Today I want to tell you about my Christmas tree and my new hobby - transparent, as if made of ice, Christmas tree decorations. It just so happened that I was born in another city and I didn't have a single Christmas tree toy from my childhood, although there were a lot of them. There is only a vivid memory of my 1st New Year. I think I was 3-4 years old, starting from the fact that dad was still healthy and handsome. My father built the house with his own hands, it was not yet completed, but we left the communal apartment, and it was the first New Year in the new house, I don’t remember anything before, but this New Year was very vividly remembered. The Christmas tree was already set up, natural, smelling, but there were no toys. We were waiting for dad from work. It was already dark, probably around 9 pm. And then dad comes, very tall and handsome, I understand that their fathers seem to all children to be tall, but my father was of basketball height - 195 cm)). In his hands he is holding 4 huge bags, folded from the spread of the newspaper, oh beautiful packages in the provincial cities then they did not even think. But these were the most beautiful New Year gifts- two bags for me and my older sister))). The packaging was the same so that the children would not be offended))) There were Christmas tree toys in one bag, candy in the other))) I remember huge lilac candies from the candies, but I remember all the toys, we admired them every New Year. Of course there were balls, and icicles, and glass beads, but what kind of figures were there on clothespins -AH !!! Santa Claus, Snow Maiden, a little man with a fingernail, a sad clown with a pipe, chickens, owls ...))) In general, it was a miracle, I will never forget the baby in a papier-mâché blanket, I asked him to unfold everything and take it out of the blanket , and could not understand in any way that this baby had nothing but a face)))) ... Then there was a New Year for my daughter, as soon as she got up on her feet, we went to buy Christmas tree decorations with her for every holiday. My daughter got married and I barely pushed her Christmas tree decorations to her, maybe later it will seem important to her)))) And I bought myself a midget Christmas tree and just decorated it with colored bulbs. But then I wanted a miracle for myself))) And now amazing toys began to appear. I didn’t want to try to buy toys from my and my daughter’s childhood. I was conquered by toys made of "ice". The first were such doves - 3 pieces in different poses.

Then there were more various toys, and more, and more))) I had to buy a bigger Christmas tree. These toys create a special mood with the play of refracted light. Of course, it's very difficult to convey this in the photo, that's what happened)). This is a fairy girl, or a thumbnail))


Cherub-angels, there are three of them and me, they play the lute in different poses, their wings are gold and silver



Two ballerinas. As the Great Poet wrote:
"... touching the floor with one foot, twirling wildly with the other
and suddenly - a jump, and suddenly - flies .... "


There are two bears from the movie "The Silver Compass", such

and such


And also such a bear (it is covered with mother-of-pearl varnish),

and like this

This is the king of beasts, he is also mother-of-pearl


Konik is the symbol of the year, although not blue, and not wooden)))


Such toys are flat and voluminous, the conic is voluminous, and the deer is flat.

The snowflake is flat, and the acorn is voluminous


Snowman skiing

This is a dolphin


and this is a shark

And these are heavenly creatures - hummingbirds, I have two of them,



and dragonfly




I also really like these exotic fruits: pomegranate and orange in ice crystals,


and a mirror bull's eye))

This is how we got a Christmas tree this year.

Boney liked her a lot)))

And finally, my girls and I once again wish everyone a Happy New Year !!! We wish you all the best, and a little more magic on these New Year's days !!!

New Year! It's great that there is such a holiday. A holiday of miracles and surprises. Winter. That frost, then a blizzard. Now snow falls, then a blizzard sweeps. In the morning, we rejoice at the patterns on the windows and unexpected snowdrifts. Yes, such that it will not seem a little. And it happens that everything is gray and mundane, and there are no changes. On such days, apathy and boredom attack. But boredom is not our way. After all, we are from boredom of all trades. Yes, and almost wizards. Why? Yes, because today we will turn water into christmas tree toy... Yes Yes exactly. This magic will take very little time and a minimum of materials. So, we make beautiful ice toys for the Christmas tree (for the street) with our own hands.

In order to make ice toys for the Christmas tree with our own hands, we need:

- water;
- silicone mold for freezing;
- threads;
- scissors;
- red gouache paint.

Put some water in a plastic cup. Just enough to roughly fill all the wells of the freezer dish.

We will touch up the water in the glass with gouache paint. Stir well. In our do-it-yourself ice Christmas tree toys workshop, red paint is used, but you can take whatever you like. bright shade: yellow, blue, green, purple, etc. The main thing is that the ice toys turn out to be bright and stand out against the background of snow-covered spruce paws.

Let's take ordinary sewing threads. Let's cut 11 pieces of 10 centimeters. These are the future loops of ice decorations for the Christmas tree. By the way, from this simple material, which everyone has at home, you can make many beautiful things. We offer you to make DIY Christmas tree made of threads in our master class to decorate your home with it.

Let's make the loops. To do this, bend the thread in half and twist the ends together. Too short loops do not need to be made so that it is convenient to hang decorations on a street tree.

Place the tabs in the cells of the silicone mold.

Take a glass of colored water.

Fill all the shapes to the brim with colored liquid.

Place it carefully in the freezer compartment of the refrigerator until it freezes completely.

After about half an hour we take our toy stars out of the freezer and rejoice. After all, everything worked out. The magic worked. The water has turned into beautiful ice toys for the Christmas tree.
We carefully remove the stars from the mold.

Here is the first star!

You can decorate a street tree with beautiful ice toys made by hand.

It is a pity that this decoration is not suitable for a beautiful home Christmas tree.

Many preschoolers and their parents are happy to support the idea of ​​decorating the trees in the yard. However, only the owners of their own backyard plots can promise that no one will take the toys away in the morning. If the yard is public, then the safety of purchased and home-made toys cannot be guaranteed, alas.

It is a pity for time, effort, money, his own child, who will surely be upset to tears. But there is a compromise option, the hunters for which are unlikely to show up - ice jewelry. They are made together with the children with their own hands, but practically for nothing and in a matter of minutes. So, using water, plants and paints, you can create dozens beautiful products literally in the evening:

1) ice discs;

2) street garland;

3) toys for a Christmas tree, pine or non-coniferous trees are also beautiful;

4) candlesticks;

5) Christmas wreath.

For making the most beautiful decorative pieces of ice large size will need disposable plastic plates, and small - plastic lids for cans. The technology is primitive: we put green or dried plants inside, rowan berries, piece unnecessary beads, twigs, cones, curly pasta- what is enough imagination. Then fill it with cold water and put it out in the cold. It is advisable that the contents do not overflow the surface of the water. If freezing occurs on a glazed loggia, you need to make sure that the air temperature there is really below zero, and if necessary, open a window.

An interesting alternative to flat ice discs is figure toys... They are obtained thanks to ice molds, for baking, for a sandbox. It is very convenient to use the insert from the candy box.

As a rope for toys and discs, it is good to take acrylic yarn for knitting... It is durable, inexpensive. Universal White color suitable for jewelry with any pattern. A piece of thread 15-25 cm long (depending on the weight and diameter) is partially immersed in the upper part of the future piece of ice, leaving free strings outside. Or they immediately tie a loop, and hide the knot inside the toy, masking it with a drop of gouache.

To do Christmas wreath using cake molds. For the manufacture of candlestick you need to take two vessels and immerse one in the other. Streetwear ice garland is obtained thanks to a long, strong rope that will hold numerous elements.

DIY ice jewelry is a non-trivial and useful leisure for the whole family. It's good for the evening and for the weekend, simple, fun and cheap. If all the trees in your yard are too tall for hanging decorations, take the result of your creativity to Kindergarten (with the consent of a son or daughter, of course). Let the kids decorate the bushes on the playground on their morning walk and admire the sparkling pieces of ice in the sun.