Strictly speaking, vytynankas are related to New Year's decorations in much the same way as apples are to all fruits :). Vytynanka (from - “vytinati” - “vitinati” - “vytsіnats” - “to cut”) is an ancient Slavic type of decorative and applied art. This is openwork cutting from paper, birch bark, fabric, leather and even wood using scissors, a knife or a cutter. Each nation has its own motives, but mainly these are plot and ornamental compositions. In Belarus - vycinanka (read: vycinanka), in Ukraine - vitinanka (read: vytynanka), in Poland - wycinanka (vycinanka), in Russia - tenderloin. But cutting is inherent not only in Slavic culture; in the homeland of paper in China, this art is called “jianzhi”, in Europe - silhouette cutting. We’ll talk to you about New Year’s cutting, because it is precisely such seemingly simple and completely inexpensive decorations that perfectly create the New Year’s mood! You can also involve children in this and create “snow” patterns on your window yourself.
What do we need?
- Scissors and a breadboard knife, or at least nail scissors for cutting out small, delicate details.
- White or colored paper
- Protected surface if you cut with a knife (kitchen board, glass, special mat)
Use a ruler when cutting straight lines. It is better to cut out the contours, as well as the largest parts, with nail scissors with a pointed tip, so that it is convenient to pierce a hole at the beginning of each cut.
To glue the finished masterpieces to the window, you need to carefully moisten them with a soapy solution (soaped sponge). In order to remove a picture from the glass, it will be enough to pull it a little, and the remaining soap can be easily washed off with a damp cloth.
Where can I get the layouts?
You can draw the template yourself or find it on the Internet by searching for “New Year’s vytynanki.” To attract children, you can download simpler templates; many children’s New Year’s coloring books are perfect for this. At the end of this article there is also a selection of piercings
We decorate the windows.
Windows are probably the most popular object for decorating with New Year's decorations. To make the composition complete and beautiful, think about it in advance and select templates accordingly. As a rule, winter landscapes are located below: snowdrifts, houses, snowmen, children, etc. The upper part of the window can be decorated with snowflakes, stars, Christmas balls and fir branches. The complete composition looks very beautiful and is downright mesmerizing.
To turn the process of decorating windows into joint creativity, children can be given templates with simpler contours: even a not very big child can cut out a simple Christmas tree, snowdrifts, or snow. And mom can take care of the details that require small painstaking work
Vytynanka in the interior
You can decorate not only windows with vytynankas, but also furniture, make hanging mobiles, and decorate paintings.
On a walk we find a beautiful branch, with the help of a special one. With a spray you can “snow” it and decorate it, for example, with mittens:
You can use the protrusions to make hanging mobiles, decorations for furniture, or even into a picture and a frame on the wall.
You can also make a whole fairy-tale town out of them, but for this you will need fairly thick cardboard. Instructions for creating such a town can be found on the website http://womanadvice.ru/
Below you can download the archived piercing templates. The pictures show some from available templates. To download full samples (more than 100 of them in total), click on the picture:
Paper figures cut out on windows and walls - vytynankas - will help create a New Year's atmosphere. This selection includes silhouettes of New Year's heroes: Father Frost and Snow Maiden, snowmen, gnomes; Christmas trees, balls and bells, snowflakes, snow-covered houses, deer, bunnies and animals.
The templates can be easily printed on a sheet of white paper, cut out and pasted on the window with soapy water, or fixed in other corners of the New Year's interior. Vytynankas are suitable for decorating cards, posters and other New Year's crafts. But most often, paper protrusions are hung on windows to decorate the room both inside and outside.
With small protrusions you can decorate a window or create a composition on a windowsill or table; with larger stencils you can decorate the walls in a room or on the stage where the New Year's holiday will take place.
Here are the stencils for the silhouette cutting of the Snow Maiden and Father Frost. You can cut with thin scissors or a stationery knife; you will definitely need a backing board so as not to scratch the table. You can use a plastic cutting board or a piece of linoleum.
Silhouette paper cutout: Christmas tree
You can cut out the Christmas tree using a stencil as a silhouette, or you can make a symmetrical cutout by folding a sheet of paper in half. We make a standing Christmas tree in one of the following ways: glue two symmetrical Christmas trees onto an oval paper stand, or fold each Christmas tree in half and glue it together.
If you cut out two figures from tinted paper using the following stencil, you can connect them and get a beautiful three-dimensional New Year's composition. This composition will look great suspended from the ceiling or a lamp in the center of the room.
Paper protrusions: snowflakes and ballerinas
Snowflakes on windows are also vytynankas, perhaps the most common and popularly loved. Snowflakes can be very different, especially if the master uses all his imagination. You can create a symmetrical snowflake by folding the paper several times. If you try, you can even cut out snowflakes with stars at the ends of the rays.
You will find more in this collection
If you cut out a large enough snowflake, you can place a completely independent composition inside it. For example, a New Year's snowman or a snowy forest.
Snowflakes can take the form of light snow ballerinas. To do this, cut out the silhouette of a ballerina separately, put an openwork snowflake on it and hang it by a thread. The result is a very delicate, airy decoration that can be hung from the ceiling or lamp.
Vytynanka: Christmas balls
Silhouettes of Christmas tree decorations can be cut out either in a symmetrical pattern or using an individual stencil. These decorations can be used to complement a composition on a window, decorate a Christmas tree, or attach them with threads to a chandelier or curtain.
Vytynanki: New Year's bells
We make carved bells using a stencil. If you glue translucent paper, for example, tracing paper, to the inside of the cutout, then such a bell can be used with a backlight effect.
Silhouette cutout: deer, sleigh, cart
Another fabulous New Year's hero is the deer. The delivery of the wizard Father Frost and the Snow Maiden is associated with it. We offer stencils for cutting out deer, carts and sleighs.
Paper cut: snowmen
Charming Snowmen are another character of the New Year holiday. It’s easy to cut out their figures symmetrically, or you can make a “family photo of Snowmen” or a composition with a Christmas tree and children.
Large protrusions look great on a plain curtain and can completely replace complex decorations.
Composition of silhouette clippings with backlight
With openwork paper cutouts you can decorate not only the window, but also create a three-dimensional panorama on the windowsill. It will be especially impressive if you put a garland or small lights inside the box.
Get involved in the design of New Year's decorations - made of paper with your children. This is not only useful for developing imagination and training fine motor skills, but will also give you a lot of pleasure from joint creativity, and then from contemplating the resulting beauty!
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Greetings, my wonderful ones! And in such an upbeat spirit, I invite you to continue decorating our home with your own hands. Let me remind you that earlier you and I made from different materials, including from, crafted and, sewed and created our own special one. But the collection of ideas for the New Year is simply inexhaustible! That's why our next step is window decoration. And we will do this with the help of stencils and protrusions.
To do this, you will need paper, a stationery knife and a backing so as not to spoil the surface of the table.
You may be wondering what to glue this beauty to. So, at home we fixed it with toothpaste. I think this is the most convenient option because it washes off easily. However, our friends glued snowflakes to the window using PVA glue. Of course, it holds up well, but it is difficult to wash off. I think that you simply need to know this. Also glued to paste. It cleans well from glass, but there is a lot of hassle with it - you need to cook it first. In general, choose for yourself.
So, what are the vytynanki that I mentioned just above. Briefly and without going into history, this is a picture cut out of paper. They can be quite simple, or they can be very delicate. Of course, this depends on the skill of the performer. You and I will not consider very complex options, because for the most part, this will be done by mothers with children. This means it should be simple, beautiful and fast.
So, the whole point of this decoration is shown in the picture: choose a stencil, cut along the lines and stick the picture on the window.
Important! The knife or stack must be very sharp! Therefore, stick to the rule: the mother cuts out the picture, and the child sticks it on the window.
Even before I give you just a huge number of pictures, I want to clarify one point. Namely, how to get the stencil itself.
- Method 1: download the picture and print it on a printer. Downloading occurs when you right-click and select the “Save picture as” function.
- Method 2: take a screenshot of the screen using the PrtSc key and save the image to your desktop. Then open a graphics editor (for example, Paint) and edit the picture there. All that remains is to print it out.
- Method 3 is not always correct, but it turns out that they also use it. Place a blank sheet of paper on the screen and trace the picture. It is important to do this without pressing on the screen so as not to damage the surface.
- Method 4: attach the diagram to the glass and draw the lines with gouache.
Now let's watch a detailed video so that you succeed the first time.
So, you are definitely ready, it’s time to move on to ideas.
Take a closer look at what beautiful images there are of winter, houses, landscapes. The lights look very beautiful at the very base of the horizontal frame.
So, we considered the biggest options. Of course, they are all winter themed.
Templates for windows in the form of snowflakes that you can download
We cannot imagine winter without snowflakes. And in childhood we immediately and forever became convinced that they were all different. There is no beauty like another. Therefore, in this section there are many interesting schemes and templates for you.
You can cut out one thing for each and you will get all different window decorations.
There are very simple ideas and the pictures can be easily cut with scissors. They are suitable for beginners.
And there are even more complicated options. When, you don’t mind the time to get such a beauty.
As you can see, there are many templates. I suggest cutting out snowflakes from colored self-adhesive paper. It’s bright and sticks well to glass.
If you haven’t found such paper, then just color the snowflake in the colors of winter and holiday: blue, light blue, silver and gold.
DIY paper window vytynankas, New Year's symbols
Of course, any holiday has its own symbolism. New Year is no exception. Let's look at what we associate it with.
For some reason I want to start with deer. These graceful and hardy animals bring Grandfather Frost to us with gifts from Veliky Ustyug itself. Can you imagine what kind of heroes these are, who fly around the whole world in a couple of hours?
Here I share with you the whole composition.
Here, this handsome man is bringing us Santa Claus. They are in a hurry, because the children of Europe are already waiting for them.
This Bambi is simply impossible to ignore.
Next, let's look at snowmen. They also come in different styles, colors and sizes.
Not necessarily, he can be alone. It will be useful for small children to know that he has a family: mom and dad.
Snowmen are often found in Soviet winter fairy tales. Remember about the postman?
Modern kids might be more into Olaf from Frozen.
Of course, we won’t ignore the Christmas tree!
The Christmas tree made from circles is very unusual!
And here is a beauty from the stars.
Decorating the corners of the window in the form of frosty patterns.
Now ideas for everyone who enjoys the holiday. Let's talk about animals.
Candles, angels. This is more suitable for Christmas.
Here are some carnival masks for you!
I’ll leave the best part for last – Santa Claus and Snow Maiden! See what they can be.
Now let’s cut out a granddaughter for grandpa.
For Elsa lovers I give this template.
Already chosen an idea? Now let's look at how you can arrange the protrusions on the window.
How to decorate windows for the New Year: beautiful templates and patterns
Simply cutting out a picture using a stencil is not quite enough. You also need to create a composition on the window so that it looks connected and beautiful. Therefore, I give ideas for the placement of stencils. I will immediately attach templates and diagrams to some of them.
Here's an idea for a snowy fairy tale about the inquisitive Umka.
The patterns here are interesting. For example, such a bear has been knocking on the door since winter.
For this composition, you will find diagrams in the article. There is such a Christmas tree and a grandfather. It was just an interesting use of vertical.
Deer add grace to any composition. 
Remember the Wolf from “Well, wait a minute!” Here they are with the bunny.
Winter landscapes are always charming.
Here is a diagram for this idea.
Window decoration based on the “Golden Key”.
You can cut out a large picture at once that will cover both window sashes.
Ideas from the popular cartoon "Masha and the Bear".
And here are the cutting diagrams.
The bright colored vytynankas are also very cute. They can be colored by hand or printed on a color printer.
Vytynanki in the form of piglets (Pig) - symbol of the New Year 2019
Now let's move on to the symbol of this year - the Pig. Her image definitely needs to be placed on at least one window.
There are ideas with numbers and letters. There are just beautiful piglets.
Let's look at ideas with numbers first.
At the same time, a couple of diagrams with inscriptions.
And now just silhouettes of cute Piggies.
Piglet also fits the theme very well.
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We continue the New Year's theme of decorating the house for the upcoming holiday. At the moment I am at work. I work on a 15 day shift basis. That is, 15 at work, 15 at home. This means that I will only get home on December 1st. And my son and I will begin to design and decorate the apartment for the New Year.
Last year we bought a new Christmas tree. Most of the toys and garlands for her were also purchased at the store. But I did some of it together with my son. At that time he was 2.5 years old and therefore most of the work was done with his wife, and he only watched the whole process with interest. It’s interesting, after all, when from a set of different pieces of paper, all kinds of ribbons and multi-colored buttons.
And the whole interest of Arthur (son’s name) lay in the fact that he hung the finished toys on the Christmas tree himself (at least where he could reach). And if he couldn’t, then he showed the place where they needed to be placed. You can probably imagine what came of it, at his age.))) Of course, after he fell asleep, we re-arranged everything.
This was the extent of our joint creativity last year. We decorated the Christmas tree for several days, including making homemade toys, and in the end we got this beauty.
Since we now have a lot of Christmas decorations, I decided to start carving with my son this year. By the way, he copes with this task perfectly, at 3.5. I always liked patterns on windows, but somehow we never decorated them. This year we will fill this gap.
That is, you don’t have to spend hours on the Internet looking for something suitable. You just need to write to me what you liked and I will send it to you. Or you can download the picture you like to your computer and then print it. To do this, right-click on the picture and select "save image as..."
Afterwards, select a folder to save and click save. It's quite simple.
Well, now, let's start looking and choosing templates, according to which we will make art with an interesting name - vytynanki.
To make it easier for you to cut, I suggest you watch a video that gives tips to make this task easier.
Window stencils for cutting out in A4 format
Let me make a reservation right away that all the pictures are of different sizes. But when printed, they will automatically adjust to the format in which you are printing (A3 or A4). If you need a small image, then an editor like Microsoft Word can easily cope with this task.
You just need to insert the picture you like into the editor field and, by dragging the mouse pointer on the corner of the picture, adjust it to the size you need.
Do not forget to place some unnecessary board under the paper so as not to spoil the table at which you will be doing your work.
That's it! And now let's begin...
Father Frost
Our selection will open with the main symbol of each year. I offer you a choice of 10 different options with his participation.
Snow Maiden
An equally important hero is the Snow Maiden. Where would Santa Claus be without her?
Kids will most like the Snow Maiden in this version - in the form of Masha)
Snowman
I really liked the option below too. And I think we can cope with this snowman.
Look at the cool work. I wonder how much time and labor was spent on such magnificence?
We glue the cut out stencils to the window. For this you will need:
- tassel
The brush needs to be soaked in water. Then rub the soap thoroughly and apply it to the template, as if with glue. Place it in the right place on the eye, straighten it and blot it with a towel. We do the same with the rest of the figures.
And then we admire the result.
New Year's decorations for windows - printable templates
Below are a variety of compositions. With their help, you can create a real miracle on the windows no worse than Frost does.
With this house you can create a picture like this on the window
There is a house with Christmas trees. All that remains is to add snowflakes that will imitate stove smoke. Cool idea, in my opinion.
Here is another example that I really liked and proves that fantasy has no boundaries.
And here is a video story that motivates, even very motivates...
Mouse stencils for windows for the New Year 2020
Since we are celebrating the Year of the Rat, let's not forget about it. Let's make her image on our windows.
All children's favorite cartoon characters will decorate the windows in the children's room.
And other cute mice can keep them company.
Rat stencil templates for window decoration
Here, without further ado, it is clear what the next cuttings will be.
Protruding New Year's balls, bells and Christmas trees
What is a holiday without toys, balls and Christmas trees? Below you will also see design examples that I found on the Internet.
Christmas balls
Christmas trees
For greater effect, you can make a whole city on the windowsill from the same cuttings, which will further emphasize the window decorations and make the mood even better. See how it's done...
Bells
Schemes for cutting snowflakes onto windows
And of course, snowflakes. Please note that in every composition on the windows there are always snowflakes. They are the ones who create the atmosphere of winter and holiday. After all, the New Year is associated with snow, and snowflakes are snow.
And now the options are a little more complicated. Although the fold lines are indicated here. So you can simply cut out a snowflake along the contour, bend it in the right places and cut it out.
Stencils for cutting out letters and numbers for window decoration
Finally, numbers in various versions and the cherished phrases “Happy New Year”
Choose, cut and decorate! I wish you good luck! If you are interested, then in the future I can post photographs of our creativity (show what we did).
Well, now I say goodbye to you and wish you creative success. With coming! Bye.
Glad to see you on the blog pages)
I really love decorating the house for the New Year, you probably do too, otherwise you wouldn’t be interested in this article))
There are many options for decoration and places for this in the house, today I suggest you learn more about window decoration for the New Year.
It seems to me that when you decorate a window with New Year’s paraphernalia, and then look through it at the street, then all these snowflakes, tinsel, glowing garlands not only add festiveness, but also bring an additional touch of magic and fabulousness.
You look and understand - it’s a miracle :)
There are not so few design methods, I divided them into points for convenience, I haven’t used them all myself yet, I haven’t tried drawing on glass, for example, I’m not much of an artist, although thanks to stencils, which are apparently not visible now, I may be able to decide )
In general, I suggest choosing a decoration option, or maybe several, that suits your liking and taste.
Window decoration for the New Year
Paper snowflakes, cutting templates
The oldest and most famous method is decorating with snowflakes. It seems simple, not a new method, but it’s so beautiful.
This is correctly called decoration with vytanankas; this includes not only snowflakes, but also various other figures cut out of paper.
Let's look at other New Year's figures in the next paragraph, but now just about snowflakes. Because cutting them out is more difficult, and this process is more creative than designing ready-made templates.
It’s amazing how much paper I ruined as a child while making something that vaguely resembled snowflakes; they looked more like they were cut out with a hatchet than cut out with scissors 😉
But then there were simply no paper snowflake templates that exist now, looking at them, all you have to do is fold the paper correctly and cut it out in the right places.
Paper snowflakes, templates for cutting.
Now you can download snowflake templates that do not need to be folded and cut out, but printed and cut along the marked lines. In my opinion, the labor costs are the same, but there is less pleasure and expectation of “what will happen”) but here, as they say, it comes down to taste and color...
New Year's symbols and paper compositions
The result is beauty - you can’t take your eyes off it))
Compositions made from New Year's symbols together with the same snowflakes look especially beautiful.
I tried this method especially actively last year. At first it seemed to me that cutting out such small details would be a long and tedious procedure, but no, everything went perfectly. The main thing is to choose free time and combine carving with watching your favorite New Year’s movie, plus involve all family members in making vytynankas 😉
Paper decorations are attached to the window either with a soap solution or with tape. I am definitely in favor of tape because if you carefully glue thin strips of tape, then after the holidays you can also carefully peel them off and save them for next year)) and then cut out new ones next year.
Last year we made different vytynankas, but these were the ones I especially liked.
This one was my favorite))
But I saw something similar to this on someone’s window, it looked very festive and magical, I liked it so much, but I couldn’t find a stencil.
This year I found something similar and am sharing it.
I’ve just picked out these decorations for windows for the New Year, there are stencils of varying complexity, it’s easier to trust the younger children to cut them out, but leave the older ones and yourself with the more labor-intensive “works.”
I’m also very impressed by the houses made of paper; from the street side they look so cozy thanks to the luminous windows.
Stickers
This option is especially suitable if you don’t have time to cut it out, this also happens, and try cutting it out for all the windows)) And stickers are quick, colorful and elegant.
