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 things 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 painting color is chosen according to the shade palette of the overall New Year's table setting.
Or you can put 2-3 Christmas tree decorations on a plate. 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 a bright colored paper napkin, tie it with a ribbon, and slip 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 a New Year’s card - and a 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 New Year's caramel - and you will get an original decoration for the New Year's table.
New Year's table setting
Package of ideas No. 2
"Coniferous greenery + 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 knife. Insert a tablet candle into this recess as well.
You can place shiny Christmas balls next to the pine paws - you’ll get the effect of a Christmas 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 plan to change 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 you can glue together a fluffy three-dimensional Christmas tree from a bunch of small pine cones. It's quite simple. We make a cone out of thick paper (A3 format), and cover 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 for the 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 serving elements. 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 voluminous Christmas trees from paper with your own hands. 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 tip of the napkin sticks out to imitate his hat, and the bottom of the napkin looks like his red robe.
You can also make these pockets for cutlery from soft felt (or thick cardboard, it doesn’t matter). 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 a New Year's star, or a red New Year's flower. Detailed instructions for 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. 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 combine the white color of the dishes with the red color of 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 of the Christmas tree 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 yourself can make an 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"
Here's an interesting idea on how to decorate the table with New Year's pastries. 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 of New Year's table decoration, candles, Christmas 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. It's actually very easy to make a gingerbread house.. 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 tray 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 to have their edges sewn on a sewing machine).
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. In a sewing accessories store you can find beautiful rhinestones, ribbons and braids of a 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 your eye on 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 can easily be combined with snow-white dishes and other white attributes of New Year’s table setting.
Simple solutions are everywhere. Tie white candles with a gold ribbon. Coat the cones with nail polish and sprinkle with gold nail glitter. Buy a golden fluffy garland and golden Christmas tree toys (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, a 3-dimensional paper flower can be made by a 5-year-old child.
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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For all of us, the New Year holidays are a time of miracles, and setting the New Year's table and preparing festive dishes is a whole culinary event. Oh, what a pity that we don’t have a self-assembled tablecloth, like in the movie “Sorcerers.” So that she thinks for us what color to choose a tablecloth, what dishes to prepare. Well, we'll do this ourselves. And the symbolism of the year will give you ideas.
Mistress of the Year 2017 – Fire Monkey
The mistress of the future in 2017 is the Monkey. And not just any gray or brown monkey, but a Red Monkey, even a Fire Monkey. And it’s okay that the year under her rule will begin on February 8, 2017. You can start pleasing her now, especially since monkeys are susceptible to flattery.
The color of the table setting is dictated by the hostess of the year. Therefore there should be a lot red, gold, fiery orange, crimson. Crystal, glass, dishes with a glossy surface - take these out of the cabinets too. Even without Chinese superstitions, it is clear that such decoration is festive, bright and New Year’s.
If science is foreign to you Feng Shui and you are indifferent to such symbolism, just decorate the table beautifully, solemnly, and cheerfully on New Year’s Eve 2017. And celebrating the New Year at home will be just wonderful. This means that the coming year will be the same. So let's get started.
We decorate the table according to Feng Shui
The New Year's table setting should be done in red or shades close to it - yellow, pink, orange. Moreover, it is quite possible to put the dishes that you have, only festive ones and cleaned to a shine. But choose red tablecloth and other details.
- No red tablecloth? No problem. A red strip of fabric, called a runner in restaurants, placed on top of a white festive tablecloth is quite suitable.
- If the table is wooden, then you won’t need a white tablecloth. The bright red runner will perfectly highlight natural wood. Where do monkeys live? Right. And natural materials are not alien to her.
- Napkins can be red or white and red. It is quite possible for any housewife to trim ordinary white napkins with lace, braid, or do embroidery.
- Set aside the center of the table not for salad or duck, but decorate it with a hand-made composition of fir branches, tinsel and Christmas decorations red and gold colors.
- The color of the dishes: salad bowls, cups, plates, bowls should be white, transparent or golden. But not blue or multi-colored. Firstly, multicolor can hardly be called a festive color, and secondly, blue color is not to the taste of a resident of hot countries.
Table decoration ideas for the New Year 2017 are presented in the photo.
How to Tame a Monkey
Perfection is found in the details. Therefore, it would be useful to think through the details so that together they would please the hostess of the coming year.
- Tinsel and glitter. The central composition must certainly be with tinsel. And if there are no pets or small children in the house, then the edge of the table can be covered with it.
- Is there a serving table next to the festive table? Decorate it, for example, with a garland and preferably with warm flashing lights.
- Cut out golden or red snowflakes from felt or thick cardboard and place them on the table. However, coaster-type circles are also suitable.
- Also useful on the holiday table would be candles: small or wide, tall or floating - as space allows. The color of the candles is, of course, red.
- The monkey is a resident of the tropics. Therefore, she will like a lot of fruits. Moreover, both in its original form and as decoration - dried orange rings, ikebana made from fruits.
Advice! You can combine fruits and candles, combining them in a single composition. Take the orange and the floating candle. Use a spoon to remove some of the contents and insert a tablet candle into the void. You can insert a cake candle into another fruit. The table decorations are ready.
New Year's table setting can correspond to the family's lifestyle, its traditions and interior style. And some additions will honor the Monkey.
Classic table style
Classic means expensive item serving and subdued colors.
- The table is covered with a white linen tablecloth.
- The napkins are also white and starched.
- The tableware is available in cream or beige color.
- Porcelain, crystal, silverware, gilded dishes. Here the classics are respected, and there is sparkling dishes for the hostess of the year.
- The number and type of cutlery must correspond to the options of dishes that will be on the New Year's menu.
Have you ever had to run to the store an hour before the chimes to buy green peas, cheese or a loaf of bread? Chaotic New Year's shopping always leads to wasted time and money: you either forget something or buy too much.
To avoid this, make three detailed lists:
- How many guests will there be (including children).
- What will be on the menu (specific recipes).
- What you need to buy (from red caviar to skewers for canapés).
Based on the number of people, you will understand how much food you will need. And recipes will help you buy exactly as much food as you need.
Lists are convenient to create and edit in applications. For example, in or.
2. Stick to Simple Snacks
Holiday salads are usually very labor-intensive. For one you need to boil eggs, for the other you need to fry onions and carrots. And also sandwiches and cold cuts. But is it worth the trouble? When served correctly (in a beautiful salad bowl or in portions using serving rings), even the simplest salad will become festive.
belchonock/Depositphotos.comThe fastest way is to prepare a salad in which the ingredients do not require (or almost do not require) cutting or other processing. Here are some examples.
Salad with grapes and chicken
Take 200 g of chicken, cut into cubes, add 50 g of grapes, 100 g of feta cheese, cut into cubes, a handful of pistachios and a bunch of arugula (tear it into large pieces). Season everything with a sauce of 1 tablespoon honey, 1 tablespoon grainy mustard, 2 tablespoons olive oil and 1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar.
Salad with mushrooms and beans
Take 200 g of small pickled champignons and mix them with three chopped boiled eggs and 100 g of canned white beans (don't forget to drain the liquid). Add chopped herbs, salt and mayonnaise to taste.
Salad with fish and apple
Mash a can of canned mackerel with a fork, add a can of green peas, a diced sour apple and two boiled eggs (also cut into cubes). Season with salt and sour cream.
3. Start preparing the day before
If you can’t imagine a New Year’s table without the traditional Olivier salad, herring under a fur coat and aspic, then start cooking on December 30th.
1. Boil carrots, potatoes, beets, eggs and chicken breast. Overnight in the refrigerator they will not deteriorate and will not lose their taste.
2. Fillet herring and other fish for slicing. This can be done quickly if you use one of the . But it’s still better to finish the fish in advance so as not to smell it before the holiday. To prevent the fish from drying out in the refrigerator, cover it with cling film.
3. Marinate the meat. If there is no vinegar in the composition, then you can safely put the meat in it the night before. If there is, then it is better to start preparing the main dish in the morning.
4. Use kitchen hacks
They really make life easier and speed up the process.
1. Grate all the cheese and distribute it among containers (salad, chops, etc.). This way you won’t have to wash the grater a hundred times when starting a new dish.
2. Chop and peel the onion at the same time.
3. Cut the potatoes in a circle and after boiling, dip them in cold water to easily peel them, the wife makes salads, and the children serve and decorate the table.
If you are entertaining guests, assign each person a dish to bring. This way you will evenly distribute the pre-New Year's chores and spend a minimum of time in the kitchen.
How do you prepare for the New Year's feast? Write your tips in the comments.
The festive table for the New Year should not only be rich in all kinds of original dishes, sweets and delicacies. Also, the New Year's table simply must be beautifully cleaned and decorated. After all, as they say, “how you celebrate the New Year is how you spend it,” and everyone wants to spend this time in beauty and splendor.
Therefore, real housewives, long before the arrival of the long-awaited holiday, are looking for stylish and elegant ideas for setting the New Year's table. We've put together some great options for you, how to decorate a table for New Year 2017.
New Year 2017 - the year of the Red Fire Rooster: how to please the sign
The Red Rooster is a very serious, reasonable bird and, even if it is hot-tempered, moves away very quickly. The Rooster loves everything natural, natural and simple. Therefore, New Year's dishes should be as simple as possible, but, of course, you shouldn't go to extremes either. All food should be light, it is better to place pickles and herbs on large dishes, and use slices on small sandwiches.
The Rooster also extremely “respects” baked goods, but they must be portioned. There must be a cocktail on the table (which means “cock tail” in English). Invigorating drinks are also welcome - wine, liqueur, liqueur and tincture. It is advisable to put some sprouted grain on the table.
You need to approach decoration with imagination. In the Year of the Rooster, it is better to use a rustic table setting style - linen tablecloths and napkins, dry bouquets and vegetable or fruit arrangements as decor. The rooster will like small braided buns, a bunch of bagels on a samovar, bundles of red peppers or onions, neatly twisted bundles of straw, various ears of wheat, etc.
The dishes on the New Year's table must be real. You cannot use plastic plates and cups in the year of the Rooster. If you have Gzhel porcelain, this is what you need to put on the table. In general, bright dishes (blue-green colors are especially welcome), painted wooden spoons, bowls, and ladles are suitable. Pottery will also fit perfectly here.
Warm and elegant New Year's table setting in red colors
If you want to celebrate the New Year in a beautiful and cozy environment, the red color in details will suit you perfectly. And, since the owner of 2017 will be the Red Fire Rooster, in order to win the favor of this important animal, we need to properly decorate the table for the New Year and the use of red in table settings will help us with this.
A very simple and, at the same time, elegant serving option - a couple of Christmas tree branches with red decorations in the very center of the table, fruits, nuts and cones; several red candles, red napkins and white dishes (or, conversely, white napkins, but red dishes); along the perimeter of the table you can “seat” snowmen in red caps; Every guest will be pleased to find a small red Christmas tree on their plate with wishes for a happy year.
Decorating the New Year's table with candles
Decorative candles have always been and remain a mandatory attribute of New Year's Eve. The dancing flames of candles help you tune in to the festive atmosphere, forget about all the troubles and accept with a pure soul all the good things that await you in the coming year.
You can purchase ready-made New Year's candles in the form of snowmen, stars, Christmas trees and Santa Clauses. Or you can buy regular stand candles and decorate them with New Year-themed drawings, snowflakes and patterns. You can also use New Year's candlesticks for regular candles, and you don't have to buy them in a store - an ordinary small saucer decorated with a spruce branch, pine cones, Christmas tree decorations and tangerines is perfect.
New Year's table: festive atmosphere in detail
Of course, the festive table for the New Year should not look like a New Year tree. But he must be smart. It is enough to focus on some details to create the atmosphere of a real winter holiday, which both adults and children look forward to all year. Special New Year's socks or mittens for cutlery, themed original napkin rings, decorative New Year's candles, tinsel and Christmas tree decorations are perfect for these purposes.
Don't forget to involve children in the process of decorating the table. Every child will enjoy this enjoyable activity and will help them spend the last hours interestingly before the New Year.
Basic serving rules:
- The tablecloth is not the main attribute of the celebration, so it should not be the center of attention, but it must be clean and ironed; 20 to 40 cm of fabric can hang down along the edges.
- Serving, as a rule, begins with plates, then cutlery is laid out, and only then crystal or glass.
- Napkins should contrast with the tablecloth; cloth napkins are placed on a snack plate; It is better to hide paper napkins in a corner under part of the plate or place them in a special napkin holder.
- Knives and spoons are placed on the right, forks on the left. All cutlery lies on the table with the convex side down. Place glasses and glasses on the right side of the plates.
- It is extremely important to adhere to one style when setting your New Year's table.
The patron saint of 2019 according to the oriental style is the earth pig. She promises to bring stability and prosperity to everyone. However, it would not hurt to demonstrate your respect for the hostess of the year and think about setting the New Year's table in advance. Get the best service, don’t skimp on decorative elements, create a menu and design dishes - all this will not only help you win the pig’s favor, but will also create a magical mood on the main night of the year.
Color
First of all, you should decide in what color scheme the festive table will be decorated. The main thing here is not to overdo it, it is optimal to use 1-2 colors. The traditional palette is considered to be red, red-green, red-gold, gold and silver, but it is worth taking into account the preferences of the hostess of the year. She loves yellow, red, pink, brown and light green.
Red
The undisputed favorite of New Year's Eve is red, so this color must be present in the design. It is extremely important to feel the line between beauty and excess. You should not force the table covered with a red tablecloth with red dishes and use red candles. Did you choose a red tablecloth? Give preference to white dishes. Red plates and candles of the same color will look great against a light background.
Red color goes well with white and gold colors. Show a little imagination and you will definitely end up with a luxurious composition.
Gold/yellow
Another popular color for New Year's table setting is gold or, to please the pig, yellow. The gold color is luxurious, but at the same time very difficult to use. Therefore, if you choose it as the main one for decoration, then be careful not to overdo it, otherwise there is a risk that you will be accused of bad taste.
Lime/green
And of course, it makes sense to decorate the New Year’s table in green tones, because the Christmas tree is the main decoration of the holiday in this particular color. Give free rein to your imagination - green tablecloths, green glasses, green plates and even decorative Christmas trees in the center of each plate - all this will be appropriate.
The “Soviet” champagne, beloved by many, purchased for the banquet, will complement the green composition and emphasize the solemnity of the moment.
Textile
It is impossible to imagine a luxuriously set table without textiles. An ironed elegant tablecloth, beautiful napkins and cute capes on the backs of chairs, as a rule, are one of the most important touches when creating a beautiful picture.
Tablecloth
The tablecloth can be chosen in the same palette with the overall design, but the win-win option, of course, remains white. The pig does not particularly like pomp, so choose natural fabrics - cotton, wool, burlap, etc. As for the size of the tablecloth, its edges on each side should hang at least 25 centimeters.
An original solution would be to place a so-called runner or, as it is more popularly called, a track in the center of the table. At the same time, it can be laid either on a tablecloth or used without it.
Napkins
When thinking about how to set the New Year's table, we must not forget about napkins. They should be not only aesthetic, but also practical. Housewives often use a fabric version with gorgeous rings (for decoration) and paper napkins that match the style.
If you have a great desire for creativity, you can fold fabric napkins in an unusual way. The photo below offers some interesting ideas.
Dishes
When talking about serving, we can’t help but talk about dishes. For a festive feast, as a rule, they take out the most beautiful service. When displaying plates and glasses, remember that they must be perfectly clean, so after washing, be sure to wipe them dry with a towel. You need to cover for as many people as you invite.
Of course, if the dinner is going to be a family gathering, you may not need the entire set of forks, spoons and plates. However, if you want to impress your guests, then prepare for everyone:
- a large serving plate in which containers with appetizers, soups and hot dishes will be placed;
- a pie plate with a butter knife;
- spoon for first course;
- forks for seafood and for the main course;
- table-knife;
- dessert spoon and fork;
- glass for water;
- glasses for champagne, white and red wines.
Knives are placed on the right with the cutting side facing the plate, forks are placed on the left with the convex part down.
Next year's hostess will definitely appreciate it if you show creativity when serving. For example, if you tie the cutlery with a beautiful ribbon or decorate the stems of wine glasses.
Details
The completeness of any composition is given by details that may seem insignificant at first glance. Naturally, they should emphasize the overall style. You can use beads, Christmas tree decorations, branches of coniferous trees, as well as winter berries - cranberries, rowan, cloudberries. But remember – there shouldn’t be too many accessories!
Don't forget to place the main hero of the occasion in the center of the table. No, not a Christmas tree, but a symbol of 2019.
Living plants will also look original on the New Year's table. By the way, the symbol of Christmas and New Year is poinsettia or beautiful spurge.
For those who like non-standard solutions for serving, we advise you to experiment with wood. There are a lot of options for appropriate decor; you just have to choose the one you like and try to bring it to life.
Dishes
And now, when the table is set and you can celebrate the New Year 2019, it’s time to serve treats, because the pig loves to eat.
We suggest moving away from traditional serving and turning salads, appetizers and main dishes into decorations. Implementing this is not as difficult as it might seem - make salads in the form of New Year's toys, serve them in portions, instead of the usual fruit/meat slices, put up a Christmas tree made of fruits or meat dishes. Be sure that everyone, including the earthen pig, will appreciate your efforts.
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