Let's make New Year’s decorations by hand! A collection of ideas you can create with everyday materials.
As the New Year approaches, are you thinking about brightening up your space with handmade New Year’s decorations? Store-bought pieces are lovely, but decorations you craft yourself carry a special warmth and sense of attachment.
In this article, we’ll share easy, DIY New Year’s decoration ideas you can try using familiar materials.
From yarn and felt to origami paper, you can create a wide variety of projects with items that are easy to find.
Try making them with your children, or finish them with your own favorite designs for decorations full of originality.
How about preparing for the New Year with heartfelt, handmade items?
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Let’s make New Year’s decorations by hand! A collection of ideas using everyday materials (61–70)
New Year’s wreath with young pine branches
Simple yet strikingly dynamic design is the charm! It’s an idea we’d love even beginners or those who feel they’re not good at handmade crafts to try.
You’ll need three branches of young pine (wakamatsu), three sprigs of nandina berries, ten stalks of rice ears, three strands of club moss (hikage-no-kazura), a 15 cm shimenawa wreath, garden shears, and floral wire.
You can find these at florists and similar shops, so gathering the materials should be exciting too.
The video carefully explains the key points and steps, so be sure to use it as a reference.
Kagami mochi made with artificial flowers
Kagami mochi made with artificial flowers has the appeal of lasting a long time without wilting or losing its shape.
You can easily get the materials at 100-yen shops, and you’re free to choose the colors and types of flowers, so you can arrange it to your taste—whether traditional Japanese style or muted tones.
It’s lightweight, easy to place anywhere, reusable each year for great value, and increasingly popular as a photogenic New Year’s decoration.
It blends well with interior decor and makes an impact even in small spaces.
It’s also easy to create a seasonal atmosphere and approachable for beginners.
The handmade touch adds warmth, making it a charming New Year’s ornament.
A cute battledore decorated with a small ball
A gorgeous piece that combines a decorative ball (temari) and a battledore (hagoita), perfect for celebrating the New Year.
The base is made by cutting thick paper into a hagoita shape and applying Japanese-patterned fabric to create a smooth foundation.
Nishijin-ori and Japanese-style ribbons with gold thread are fanned out for decoration, while mizuhiki cords are arranged like an obi to add splendor.
Braided cords are wrapped to create a temari and positioned like feathers to accentuate the beauty.
Washi paper is applied to the back to give a crisp finish, resulting in a high-quality interior piece.
By thoughtfully adjusting the placement of each component, you can achieve a well-balanced look.
This is an auspicious hagoita idea that will add even more festivity to celebratory occasions.
Horseshoe-shaped New Year’s wreath
Decorate your room or entrance with an elegant, beautiful wreath to welcome the New Year! You’ll need a paper shimenawa, four peonies, a mum, two micro rose spray nuances, cotton, two dancing orchids, golden enkianthus, wire, and more.
You can find all the materials at a 100-yen shop, so feel free to give it a try.
It’s built on a U-shaped wreath base, and the charm is that you can keep it up as interior decor even after the New Year! It also looks fun to play around with the arrangement and balance of the flowers.
A festive battledore decorated with cranes and the auspicious trio of pine, bamboo, and plum
This is a New Year’s hagoita paddle, perfect for the season, featuring a crane flying above auspicious pine, bamboo, and plum motifs.
You’ll assemble it by attaching decorative parts to the paddle; using craft kits for hagoita available at 100-yen shops makes it convenient.
Apply fabric to the paddle and attach the crane.
It’s also nice to use a crane ornament you’ve made yourself.
Please also add pine, bamboo, and plum made with mizuhiki cords or tsumami-zaiku (pinched-fabric) techniques to the paddle.
You might even replace the crane with a part representing that year’s zodiac animal.
By crafting something intricate with easily found materials sold at 100-yen shops and the like, you can create a wonderful piece.
