Choosing a color for the New Year's photo zone
When starting to create a New Year's photo zone, you need to decide on the color scheme of the decorations. It is better to take one or two colors as a basis; they will dominate. And the rest of the colors will be an unusual addition. Or choose a monochrome design, when the photography corner is made in one color, and the accents are distinguished by brightness, and not by spectrum.
Classic New Year's colors:
- white;
- green;
- gold;
- silver;
- blue;
- tree;
- violet;
- orange;
- sparkles and glitters.
When organizing a New Year's photo zone, decide on the style. It could be a cozy medieval room with a fireplace, Santa Claus's house, a winter fairy tale, etc. Use various materials to make the background: cardboard, foam, balls, corrugated paper, fabric and even flowers.
For the winter photo zone, you can order or create a New Year’s banner yourself. It can depict a winter landscape or a fairy-tale plot. And if you choose a banner with New Year’s characters: Father Frost, Snow Maiden, symbols of the outgoing and new year, and cut openings for faces in it, then there will be many people who want to take a photo.
What you can’t decorate and what you can
This is another important point. Not everything in the classroom can be hung with New Year's decorations, and this also needs to be taken into account.
- You should not cover the chalkboard or visual aids hanging on the walls with decorations. A holiday is a holiday, but nothing should stop children from learning and the teacher teaching a lesson.
- You should also not cover cabinets, washbasins, the teacher’s desk and other publicly accessible places and objects with garlands and other decorations.
- The same applies to window sills. According to fire safety rules, they cannot be forced or covered with anything, including New Year’s decorations.
As a result, there are very few places left that can be decorated without breaking the law and adhering to the meaning. These are walls, ceiling, window glass, and a special New Year’s corner, which will definitely have a place in any classroom.
Decorating window glass
One of the options for decorating window glass is special themed stickers. In principle, you can make them yourself, but this is long and painstaking work. Therefore, it’s easier to decorate windows with New Year’s store-bought stickers, especially since there is a large selection, a variety of themes, and they are inexpensive.
Purchased stickers are also good because they can be easily glued to glass without any glue. And it’s just as easy to put away when the holidays are over. After them, no traces remain on the glass.
In addition, each sticker indicates its size, so you can easily match it to the size of the windows, and not have to worry about adjusting the size to the size of the window glass.
Another wonderful way to decorate window glass for New Year's is spraying. Everything is simple here:
- we buy a can of a substance called “Frost Spray”;
- We apply some kind of stencil to the window glass. For example, a snowflake, a Christmas tree, Father Frost and the Snow Maiden, etc.;
- spray on the glass from a spray can, trying not to touch the stencil;
- wait until the paint dries and carefully remove the stencil;
- As a result, the glass turns out to be dusted with artificial frost, and where the stencil was, a light transparent image remains.
It is not difficult to remove artificial frost; you just need to wipe it with a dry cloth.
Decorate the room with garlands
This is a simple and, at the same time, wonderful New Year's decoration. They are made from colored paper. They can be made in the form of snowflakes, stars, New Year's toys, outlines of animals and birds - in general, as your imagination dictates. Moreover, without much difficulty, and this video will tell you exactly how.
If you don’t have time to make them or you simply don’t feel like making garlands, you can buy them - fortunately, the choice here is huge, and such products are cheap. Hanging on threads, such decorations look very cool and give the room an elegant New Year's look.
Decorating the ceiling
This can be done in several ways. Here are just two examples.
We hang large paper decorations from the ceiling: pom-poms, forfeits, honeycomb balls, accordion balls, voluminous paper trees, etc. On New Year's shelves there are such decorations for any choice. They are sold folded, but as soon as you take them out of the package, they immediately take on three-dimensional shapes.
Hanging them from the ceiling is not difficult at all. And, most importantly, they are absolutely safe, even if they fall on someone’s head. After all, they weigh only 40-50 grams. On the contrary, it will be New Year's fun.
Another option is a variety of soft toys suspended on ribbons from the ceiling. For example, New Year's symbols, Santa Claus and Snow Maiden, balls, hearts - yes, in general, anything.
How to hang all this? The easiest way is with special hooks that are sold in stores. They are easy to attach to the ceiling and just as easy to remove.
The main thing is that all this beauty does not hang too low and does not interfere with moving around the classroom.
Christmas tree
The Christmas tree is, of course, the most important thing. You can always find a free corner for her in the classroom. In principle, it can be decorated with ordinary toys, but this is not very interesting. It will be much more exciting if these are toys with a secret. For example, with wishes. That is, inside the toy (or an envelope hanging on the Christmas tree) there is a wish written on a piece of paper. Before students leave for the holidays (you can also involve teachers in this), the envelope is opened and the wish is read out.
And it’s even better if the wish is personalized, that is, addressed to someone specific. Of course, such wishes should be kind, reasonable and festive, so there is no need to write anything negative.
Another fun option is to make a non-standard New Year tree: decorate a branch, not the whole tree, ficus, build a tree from some purely school items, etc. You can dream up anything here. The main thing is that it should be festive and fun.
In addition, these two videos will tell you about various ways to decorate a classroom for the New Year.
Classroom decoration ideas for the New Year
These classroom decorating ideas with photos will help you choose a design style and decorate your classroom at school.
Lighting
Lighting should also be considered so that all the details of the situation are visible and there are no dark spots or overly lit areas in the photo. Also consider where people will be, so that the light does not blind your eyes and shadows do not fall.
Interesting lighting ideas:
- large star lamps;
- LED garlands in the form of many multi-colored threads;
- garlands on the wall in the shape of a Christmas tree;
- paper lanterns in oriental style;
- decorative candles, lanterns in vintage style.
For candles, you can choose spectacular candelabra or candlesticks decorated with Christmas tree decorations and pine cones.
As easy as pie
A photo zone is a specially designated place for filming indoors where a holiday is celebrated. It can be arranged in a cafe or restaurant, as well as in a small office and even at home. You can set up this place very simply:
- Make a uniform background. To do this, you just need to remove unnecessary objects from the wall - what will remain is a painted or wallpapered surface. It should be clean, tidy and without traces of furniture.
- Place several different frames against the wall. Those taking pictures will hold them in their hands, imitating a portrait.
- When it is necessary to make a New Year's photo zone on the wall, a decorated Christmas tree is placed next to it. It is best if it is small (from 1.5 to 2 m) so that it fits completely into the frame. Next to the Christmas tree, an imitation window is made from foam ceiling plinths on the wall. The false window is covered with curtains, and LED bulbs are attached behind them to create the illusion of night lighting.
- You can place empty boxes decorated as gifts under the tree. They are simply wrapped in brightly colored wrapping paper and tied with ribbon. You should not use variegated paper, because... in the photo it will distract attention from people.
- So that guests can not only stand, but also sit, a chair, armchair or even a small sofa is placed against the wall. If this furniture does not match the color of the wall or does not look festive enough, you can cover it with a blanket.
It is important to ensure that there is no excess of parts. Sometimes they even do without a Christmas tree and a chair, leaving only a few frames to choose from. You can buy them ready-made or make them yourself using cardboard, old picture frames or foam construction molding.
New Year's photo zone made of cardboard
Another available material for creating decorations is cardboard:
A New Year's photo zone with a large clock will give you unforgettable emotions from the shooting process and magnificent photographs that will be stored in the family album for many years.
Absolutely any decoration can be cut out of cardboard, and, having skillfully painted the product, guests will not even guess that the item is fake.
You can also create a special New Year's banner for the photo zone, on which a certain plot will be drawn and special armholes will be cut out for the heads of everyone who wants to be photographed.
Watch
Another New Year's association for each of us is the clock. After all, we count every second at the moment of the chiming clock with special trepidation and excitement, make a wish and expect miracles.
To organize a New Year's photo zone, make a large clock. You can make such a clock from thick cardboard, which is then covered with white paper. Next, simply draw a clock face with arrows that indicate the approach of New Year's Eve.
Idea for a New Year's photo shoot with a clock
New Year's photo zone made of fabric
If often the New Year's photo zone in the office is prepared by designers who know the laws of perspective and master decorating techniques, then home photos cannot boast of such professional preparation. However, a photo zone at home for the New Year can turn out to be no less successful, and maybe even more cozy and lively, if the shooting area is decorated with fabric:
This can be a regular ironed white sheet that serves as a background or imitates snow on the floor.
Or your favorite textured blankets and bedspreads, symbolizing home comfort.
Beautiful scarves and stoles casually draped over the back of a chair or the models’ shoulders look no less impressive.
Decorative pillows
Themed sofa cushions can also be used as props for the New Year's photo zone.
If you have decorative pillows in the form of Christmas trees, Christmas deer, Christmas balls and garlands, then be sure to take a photo with them. The photos will turn out warm, cozy and family-like.
DIY garland-shaped pillows - master class
DIY pillows in the shape of Christmas balls - master class
Christmas tree on the wall
This idea is suitable for those who have little space in their apartment, but want a holiday. Also, wall-mounted trees will not be touched by pets, especially curious cats.
A small Christmas tree on the wall looks amazingly elegant. For it you need to take several small wooden blocks or sticks and fix them on the wall in the shape of a New Year's tree. Decorate with any Christmas tree decorations and garland.
The most expensive decorations
Perhaps the most spectacular and expensive decorations in photo studios are artificial fireplaces, false windows, false doors, and thresholds. But you can’t live without them, because they look so beautiful in the photo! It is not at all necessary to buy a false portal, because making a fireplace from cardboard boxes is not difficult.
You can’t do without chairs, benches and other sitting surfaces. And of course, without the beautiful Christmas tree. Naturally, all this should be consistent with the style of the entire interior.
How to design a photo zone using natural materials
Organizing an area for photo shoots is not as difficult as it seems at first. The holiday atmosphere can be created not only with purchased elements, but also with natural ones: pine cones, dried tree branches, spruce paws. It’s easy to create a unique composition for the New Year’s interior.
Unusual friends of the photo studio
Some studios collaborate with wild animal breeders and invite clients to New Year's photo sessions with lynx, foxes, owls or wolves. The results are very unusual and interesting photos. Of course, you need to take the necessary safety measures - the owner of the animal must be present during the entire session.
Sometimes our smaller brothers, who are more sociable, also take part in photo sessions. For example, huskies, purebred cats or shepherd dogs.
New Year's photo zone “Winter Forest”
Snow-covered trees decorated with various New Year's paraphernalia look very impressive in the frame.
A New Year's photo zone in a restaurant can be no less reminiscent of a winter forest than its street counterpart. To do this, you will have to add a large number of fir trees and stock up on cans of artificial snow and other materials that imitate it. The big advantage of such a zone is the comfortable shooting temperature for models, who will not need to edit watery eyes and a red nose during retouching.
Idea No. 4 Snow photo zone with sleds or skis
The main feature of this photo zone is the snowdrifts. To imitate them, you can use different materials - padding polyester, cotton wool, agrofibre. It is most convenient to work with agrofibre. Make "drifts" from pillows or other objects and cover them with white material. The remaining items for the photo zone - skis, sleds, baskets, boxes, Christmas tree - can be covered on top with padding polyester or cotton wool.
When creating a photo zone in this theme, you can use any available equipment for active winter recreation - sleds, skis, skates. In addition, to decorate a photo zone, you can create a snowman from cardboard on a stand or any forest animals (deer, bears, hares).
If there is real snow outside, then a photo zone with a sled can be created right in the yard of the house. By placing the necessary props in the middle of real snowdrifts and placing a real snowman next to it.
DIY children's photo zone for New Year 2022
You can install it in children's entertainment facilities, schools or at home. To make such a photo zone for the New Year with your own hands, just show a little creativity and keep in mind that children love magic and fairy tales.
Idea No. 2 Photo zone with a decorative fireplace
Many people associate the New Year with live fire and warmth from the fireplace, but not everyone at home has their own corner with a real hearth. It’s okay, to create an atmospheric photo zone, you can make a decorative fireplace with your own hands. Detailed master classes can be found on the Internet, but in short, a fireplace for a photo zone can be created from ordinary cardboard boxes, which you just need to assemble and fasten together, and then give the product the appearance of a fireplace using hand-painted paints or self-adhesive wallpaper with a brick pattern .
A hearth for a fireplace can be made as follows - fold logs inside, and between them place an LED garland with a warm white glow. The result will be a safe “bonfire”.
It is best to create a photo zone with a fireplace in a traditional Christmas style with a predominance of red, green and white colors. Place a wool blanket and pillows on the floor. Place a small Christmas tree nearby. Hang stockings for gifts and lush pine garlands on the fireplace. For additional coziness, you can place candles in transparent vases.
If you don’t want to take photos on the floor, you can place an armchair or poufs next to the fireplace.
The best ideas for creating a New Year's photo zone 2022: photo
New Year's decor - for everyone
Don't forget to take care of the youngest guests of the photo studio. For babies and small children, you need to prepare baskets, small benches, houses, fluffy rugs, soft toys to distract the kids. Then the session will be a joy, and bright positive photos will delight you for many years!
