Preparations for the New Year begin long before the winter holidays. Already in mid-November, in many countries around the world, all cities gradually begin to try on festive outfits. Bright illuminations decorate the streets and buildings, and a Christmas tree is installed and decorated in the central squares.
Educational institutions do not deviate from traditions either. Schools and kindergartens hold New Year's parties and other festive events. Most often, teachers and children are involved in decorating the classroom using toys and handmade crafts.
There are several universal ideas on how to decorate a school classroom for the New Year 2022. Using them as a basis, you can quickly and beautifully decorate your classroom for the upcoming holiday. Simple tips with photos and decoration ideas can be useful for both children and their parents. After all, creating New Year's decor with your own hands is not at all difficult.
How to quickly and easily decorate a classroom?
The atmosphere of the approaching holiday is created not only by New Year's decorations, but also by the general mood. A few simple tips will show you how you can decorate your classroom with inexpensive DIY crafts.
The classroom should look elegant without losing its intended purpose. That is why thematic design mainly concerns walls, doors, windows and ceilings. If there is free space, you can install a small artificial or live Christmas tree in high schools.
To decorate a school office for the holiday, you must adhere to certain rules:
- Place the Christmas tree in the corner of the room, apply a decorative pattern or composition to the walls or windows.
- Together with the children, prepare a thematic wall newspaper or poster.
- Decorate windows, doors, ceiling, curtains and board.
When designing a school office, consider its purpose. Do not block important areas of the classroom that are used in the learning process. Try to create a composition in the same color scheme.
In the year of the Metal Ox, traditional white and silver, as well as red, blue and green shades, will be in fashion. Don't forget about souvenirs and figurines of the symbol of the year - they can also be used in holiday decor.
Corridor decoration
School corridors, as a rule, are decorated discreetly but beautifully. The main emphasis is on staircase railings, glass, and walls. If your class has been assigned to decorate the hallway, then choose themed toys and figurines related to the symbol of 2023.
New Year's glass
Decorate the glass using themed stickers, paper figures and snowflakes, and artificial snow. If you are decorating the central corridor, then you can hang a large and beautiful Christmas wreath in the middle of the window.
We decorate the Christmas tree
The forest beauty is one of the main attributes of the New Year holiday. Christmas trees are decorated on the streets and in residential premises, in educational institutions and in the workplace. As the main symbol of the coming year, it also takes its place of honor in the school classroom.
When choosing a Christmas tree, you should consider some nuances. In the foyer, the tree can be large and take up quite a lot of space. However, in the classroom its size should be average so as not to interfere with the learning process.
You also need to pay attention to the choice of jewelry. Do not use any glass products that could injure children. Toys and souvenirs made from more durable materials are best suited.
Professional designers recommend giving preference to a medium-sized artificial Christmas tree. It can be installed on the teacher’s desk or in one of the free corners of the office.
Choose paper garlands and decorative figures made from papier-mâché or thread. Coins and animal figurines made from salt dough, sweets in shiny wrappers, cookies or decorative compositions made of fabric are suitable.
You should choose a Christmas tree in accordance with the overall dimensions, layout and free space of the office. Depending on the size, the decoration method is also selected. In small rooms, the most optimal solution would be decor on the wall or board.
You can make homemade Christmas trees together with your children, inviting them to participate in an exciting activity. It is better to select the design style and color palette in accordance with the design of the walls, windows and ceiling of the room.
There are a lot of options for decorating the Christmas tree at school. Paper lanterns, flags and garlands can be offered as toys. The tree can be decorated with photographs of students and teachers, adding souvenirs of candies and other sweet souvenirs.
Flashlights
In many countries around the world, it is impossible to imagine celebrating the New Year without bright colorful lanterns made of paper and other materials. This decoration can be used to decorate a room and as a Christmas tree decoration.
The most popular material from which lanterns are made is colored paper. It is easy to work with, so even a child can handle the craft. It is enough to cut out several parts according to a ready-made diagram or template and connect them together. If you follow the instructions and tips from the master classes, very soon you will learn how to make a wide variety of types of these decorations.
In order to decorate a flashlight with a candle or lamp, you need to remember the safety of the product. The candle is placed in a special glass where it will stand firmly. Or you can use special stands made of non-flammable materials. If colored light bulbs are used, then the easiest way is to take a ready-made Christmas tree garland for decoration.
To make your New Year's lanterns sparkle and match the holiday theme, don't forget about additional sparkling decor. Decorate them with glitter or clear shimmer paint to make them more attractive.
Fairy lights
The easiest way to decorate a school classroom is with paper garlands, fringe or glitter. Elements of pendants can have a traditional thematic shape - stars, flags and lanterns, figures of Santa Claus or Snowman.
In addition to the traditional plot, you can include details of various shapes in the design. Garlands in the form of circles, triangles and snowflakes are easy to make with your own hands together with students of any age, even elementary school. They are suitable for the Christmas tree and ceiling, windows and chalkboard.
Hanging garlands will look great on walls and near chalkboards, over curtains or on the front door. Any decorative items made of paper, cardboard or fabric are suitable for decorating a school office. Bright ribbons of different colors will be an excellent material for needlework. Small soft toys are suitable as additional elements.
New Year's decor that you can make yourself
Parents do not have to spend large sums of money on purchasing Christmas decorations for the school office. Children will be happy to make homemade decor from scrap materials found in every home.
Ideas for hand made decorations for the audience:
- garland of cones;
- Christmas wreath made of fir branches, sweets, ribbons, corrugated paper;
- garland on the wall made of felt figures;
- voluminous paper stars;
- pendants with angels;
- bells made from plastic bottles;
- composition of protruding windows;
- vertical threads with paper figures;
- paper lanterns;
- foam snowman;
- Christmas tree from textbooks.
Original and simple design ideas
Colorful posters and wall newspapers look very nice. Decorate your front door or side wall in your office with them. There are many options for making and decorating wall newspapers, so you can choose the most suitable one in accordance with the age of the children and the specifics of the class.
Use thematic applications, drawings and pictures depicting New Year's paraphernalia and symbols of the year. Beautifully designed photographs of students and teachers will also work. Be sure to leave space in the newspaper for a congratulatory inscription with wishes for the coming year.
All students must participate in the design of the school office. This exciting activity will not only fill the room with the spirit of the upcoming holiday, but will also unite the team. Invite the children to independently invent and make decorative souvenirs and toys, which can then be used to prepare the class for the New Year.
Entrance door
The design of the office should begin with the doors. The entrance to the room is usually decorated with a Christmas wreath, but in addition you can also use other decorative elements. The wreath can be made from pine cones, fir branches or paper.
An excellent solution would be a large sticker with a picture of a Christmas tree or Santa Claus, a poster with a thematic picture or a calendar. A Christmas tree made of foil or corrugated paper framed with snowflakes will look no less interesting. You can attach the volumetric composition using double-sided tape.
Blackboard
A classroom is a work space in which the main place is occupied by the blackboard. It is constantly used, so it should always remain free. When preparing, you should take this feature into account and choose decorations that will not distract children from the educational process.
Rules for decorating a school board:
- crafts should not occupy more than 1/3 of the total surface;
- elements must be firmly fixed;
- details should be bright, not too small.
The most suitable way to decorate a holiday board is with vertical garlands. They can be made from cotton wool or paper. The parts are strung on a strong thread and secured to the top of the frame.
Other types of paper crafts are also suitable - snowflakes and ring garlands. A Christmas wreath would look great. The New Year's composition may include a wall newspaper or a holiday poster. For decoration, you can also prepare traditional lanterns or rain.
Walls
The largest surfaces that are not occupied in the educational process are windows, walls and ceilings. They can be decorated in a New Year's theme with light designs and compositions. The main condition is that they should not be too bulky or heavy to ensure the safety of children in the classroom.
Hanging decorations, snowflakes and garlands can be made from cotton wool, fabric, colored threads and ribbons. You can place a decorative Christmas tree, poster or newspaper on the wall. Stylists offer interesting ideas for wall decoration - three-dimensional figures and holiday symbols.
The attachment to the wall should be strong, but easy to remove if necessary. Scotch tape or PVA glue are suitable for this purpose. If there are educational tables or maps on the walls, they are decorated in the same way as the board - with light decor, occupying no more than a third of the surface.
Window
The quickest way to transform cool windows is to decorate them with snowflakes cut out of white paper. Patterns can be different as desired. You can use ready-made templates and diagrams, which you just need to attach to the sheet and cut out the appropriate places with scissors.
Decorative hard soap is used to attach paper snowflakes. Prepare a soap solution with water and apply it to the surface of the glass. After the holiday, you can easily remove the snowflakes and wash the windows.
Decorate the window sills with light decorative compositions made of cotton wool or paper. Plastic and other flammable materials are not suitable. To decorate the frames, use artificial snow and New Year's rains.
Desks and tables
The teacher's table and desks can also be decorated for the holiday. However, you should not occupy a large part of the working surface, especially with small parts. Limit yourself to edging - rain or a snowflake glued to the top of the table.
Depending on the total area, you can also place several other thematic images on the desk. The teacher's desk will be decorated with a decorative Christmas tree made of cardboard or felt. A composition or bouquet of pine branches will look original.
The side of the table can be decorated with a garland. In the center of the table, place a Christmas tree decorated with souvenir figurines of the symbol of the year - the Metal Bull.
Balls of thread
Even such familiar Christmas tree decorations as balls can be unusual. From ordinary threads you can make wonderful toys that are completely empty inside.
For the balls you will need:
- Balloon,
- PVA glue,
- Threads,
- Ribbons, beads, cones.
To make such toys you need:
- Soak the threads in glue and wrap them around a balloon inflated to the required size.
- Let the glue dry, pierce the ball with a needle and take it out.
- Decorate the craft with beads, cones and ribbons.
- Carefully thread the ribbon through the frozen threads.
Examples of holiday crafts
All decorations for the school classroom are simple and easy to make with your own hands. To do this, just prepare a set of cardboard and paper, scissors, pencils and other craft tools. Invite students to choose their own decorations to make for windows, doors, chalkboards, or walls.
Paper lanterns
Original souvenirs that are suitable both for decorating a Christmas tree and for creating a festive interior. Lanterns can be taken both as parts for a garland and as independent decorations.
Light airy toys can be made of any geometric shape. Round, diamond-shaped, triangular or square lanterns of different sizes and colors will look great. It all depends on your imagination and desire. Don’t forget to put a piece of your soul into the craft, and the multi-colored lights will shine with real magical New Year’s light.
Necessary tools and materials:
- Colored paper - several sheets.
- Scissors, pencil, ruler.
- Scotch.
- Lace or thick thread.
- Awl, thick needle, glue.
Step by step work plan:
- Measure a distance of 7-10 mm from the rectangular sheet, draw an even line along the entire length, and cut with scissors. Set the resulting strip aside, and fold the remaining part of the sheet in two in the middle (colored side inward).
- Step back 2 cm from the edge and draw a straight line parallel to the edge. Make small cuts. You should get a longitudinal accordion or fringe up to the fold line, marked with a pencil.
- Unfold the prepared rectangle, then fold it in the middle of the fold on the front side.
- Roll the resulting shape into a tube and secure the top and bottom edges with tape. At the top, attach a handle made from the first strip cut from a sheet of paper. It can be replaced with lace or colored ribbon. Pass the cord through the hole made with an awl or large gypsy needle. If desired, you can prepare the bases for flashlights of any size.
Ready-made crafts can be supplemented with sparkles or beads by gluing them with transparent varnish or glue. Look at simple patterns and templates - with their help you can make other options for lanterns. Choose jewelry to suit every taste.
Openwork toys
You can make original Christmas tree decorations from threads and thin ribbons. They can be used to decorate a Christmas tree or to decorate windows, ceilings or boards. A simple master class will help you make a souvenir of any shape.
Prepare threads or thin ribbons, Vaseline, PVA glue and several balloons. Inflate balloons of different sizes and grease their outer surface well with Vaseline. Dip the threads into glue and let them soak well.
Wrap the balls with the prepared material to leave as few empty spaces as possible. Leave the pieces to dry completely for 24 hours. Using a sharp needle, deflate the balloons inside the craft. Decorate the blanks to your taste.
Any small accessories are suitable for needlework: floss, beads, seed beads, buttons, pieces of felt, etc. To make a Snowman or any fairy-tale figurine, connect several balls with glue.
Plastic figures
Original crafts will be made from plastic disposable cups. They will make a three-dimensional figurine that can be mounted on the wall or placed on the floor in a free area of the classroom.
You will need:
- Disposable white cups - 300-500 pieces.
- Glue or stapler.
- Colored paper, cardboard, tinsel.
- Large beads, buttons, Christmas balls.
Making master class:
- Connect the cups together so that you get two balls. For the base of the first circle, take 25 glasses, for the second, 17-18. Continue adding cups so that all subsequent rows form an even ball. Do not connect the balls at the bottom - this will give stability to the figure.
- Using red or orange paper, make a cone - a nose, which will need to be attached to a smaller circle. Use sheets of other colors to make a hat or bucket for the Snowman. For the eyes, use Christmas tree decorations or large beads. Glue all decorative parts with glue and let them dry.
- Mask the junction of the balls with a scarf. Glue large buttons along the body in increments of 3-5 cm.
A charming New Year's Snowman can easily turn into Father Frost or Snow Maiden if you add a few details. Add a cotton wool beard to Santa Claus. A charming crown framed with tinsel is perfect for the Snow Maiden. You can independently model a toy to suit every taste, decorating it with various available materials.
Wall Christmas trees
In small rooms, a decorative Christmas tree on the wall will be an excellent decoration. This method is also suitable for decorating a primary school classroom. A Christmas tree can be made in several ways: by drawing, creating a composition or applique from multi-colored fabrics, paper, plastic cups, etc.
The easiest way is to make a New Year's beauty out of paper.
A festive symbol made from pieces of colored felt will look original.
Repurpose a finished paper garland by folding it into the shape of a Christmas tree.
A craft made from pine branches will create a festive atmosphere. Be sure to make a strong frame from wooden planks or thick but flexible wire.
Take advantage of other original ideas for making a wall-mounted Christmas tree.
To prepare your school office for the holiday, it is not at all necessary to purchase expensive toys. The main rule of New Year's decor is that it should be bright and elegant, especially since this is not difficult to do. Use materials that you always find on hand. Take ideas from photos as a basis, or come up with your own special version.
Video: 14 easy holiday crafts
Decoration of the assembly hall
In the assembly hall, as a rule, the stage and walls are decorated. In addition, this is the location where the New Year tree is most often placed. Therefore, the decorations should be made in the same style as its decor. You can string garlands from the top of the tree to the walls, and you can hang homemade decorations from schoolchildren on strings on the garlands themselves.
Snowmen made of threads and balls
An easy craft that is most often done in winter during crafts and crafts classes. Making a snowman is very simple. You need to dip the threads into PVC glue and let them soak. After this, inflate the balloon and lubricate it with Vaseline. Wrap the balls with glue threads, let them dry a little, and then burst the ball inside the structure.
Bottle bells
For the bells you need to collect several plastic bottles. Size doesn't matter. Step back about 10-15 centimeters from the neck and cut off the bottle. The lower part can be thrown away, and the upper part produces an almost finished bell. It can be wrapped in thread, painted with gouache or decorated the way you want.
Decorating the ceiling
Ceiling decoration plays an important role in decorating a classroom for the New Year. Upon entering the office, you can immediately feel the festive mood. As decoration you can use:
- Large paper decorations. You can buy ready-made elements from thin paper in silence - honeycomb balls, pompoms, accordion balls, forfeits, etc. On sale there are figures in the form of Christmas trees, Christmas tree decorations, the diameter of which reaches 40 cm. They are hung on ribbons, strings, attached to lamps or tape directly to the ceiling.
- Threads with figures or ribbons on which symbols of the coming year hang. You can hang Christmas tree decorations, Santa hats, and soft toys.
- Snow made of cotton wool. Cotton pads or pieces of cotton wool must be glued to thin threads or fishing line along the entire length. Hang everything on the ceiling, creating an atmosphere of snowfall.
- Stars on strings. Paper figures are attached according to the same principle as cotton wool.
- Serpentine. You need to cut narrow strips from thin paper, roll them into a tube, wrapping them around a pencil. After the pieces of paper are unraveled from the pencil, they will look like a serpentine. Attach it to the ceiling using tape.
- Rain on the ceiling. It is necessary to pick up the rain one strip at a time and attach it pointwise to the ceiling with tape.
Volumetric snowflakes
One of the best and at the same time simple ideas is to decorate a classroom with 3D snowflakes of your own making. Three-dimensional paper cut-out decorations hung from the ceiling will instantly transform a classroom.
Making voluminous snowflakes is simple, it won’t take much time, and every student, even a first-grader under the supervision of a teacher or parents, can easily cope with their creation.
Volumetric figures
The bright decorations will be the heroes of the New Year's fairy tale, built with their own hands. In a themed corner of the classroom, you can create a whole composition: a family of snowmen, forest animals and the good Grandfather Frost, gathered together to celebrate the magical New Year holiday.
Snowmen are often made using string balloons.
Children will be interested in large three-dimensional figures of Santa Claus and a snowman made from plastic cups.
Advent calendar
Children can make a calendar that will show the time remaining until the New Year themselves under the guidance of a teacher. Each calendar element contains a task for the day. Having completed this task, children become closer to the cherished date.
It is desirable that the calendar initially contain as many days as there are children in the class. Then each student will be able to open the cell once and announce the new task to his friends.
The calendar can be a garland of Christmas boots, a wall-mounted tree with peel-off elements, a panel with cells, etc.
Window panels, volumetric compositions
A magnificent decorative item, filled with many possibilities, and creating a festive atmosphere immediately upon entering the classroom. There can be several panels - on a separate table near the board, on cabinets for auxiliary materials, on specially equipped slatted stands on the wall.
Advice!
Window sills near the windows can be used as additional exhibition space if an exhibition is planned to be held at the same time. If the panel is created in volume, you can also hold a competition for the best idea, and then distribute individual elements for production to all participants in the creation, and assemble them with the whole class.
The most unusual and memorable versions of such voluminous compositions can be born absolutely spontaneously, or found on the Internet - the main thing is not the source, nor the dubious quality of the homemade attributes. Such options unite the children's team much faster and create a festive mood than the option when students enter the classroom, already decorated through the efforts of the teacher or parents.
Standard option
Before the coming year, 2022, there will be many opportunities to carry out a number of standard decorating events at the school, for which the parent committee will allocate money with a sigh. To decorate the classroom for the New Year, a new rain shower will be purchased, toys will be purchased to replace those broken during storage somewhere in a closet in a box, a Christmas tree will be decorated, and purchased garlands will be hung.
All this is familiar paraphernalia, which, according to parents, cannot be done without, just like standard sweets, tangerines and soda, which will be placed on desks or tables on the last day of school.
