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Dried oranges on the tree. Dried oranges for decoration

I went to the store today, looked at the oranges and for the first time in a long time I wanted to buy them. The fact is that I practically do not buy citrus fruits as soon as seasonal berries appear, and then fruits. This in no way applies to orange juice or juice, which I can drink at any time of the year and at any time of the day. But as soon as it starts to get colder, there is a desire to break off one or two sunny orange juicy orange slices.

Unfortunately, oranges do not grow in our country, but there are many other fruit trees, the seedlings of which can be purchased directly from the monitor here https://florium.ua/ru/fruit-seedlings/. The Florium store is just a lush garden of a wide variety of plants and not only trees, flowers, berries, ornamental shrubs - a lot of things!

And oranges are already in every store. And the orange time begins not only in the gastronomic theme, but also in the home, decorative and cosmetic. I myself use oranges for needlework. The truth is very modest, based on how they can be applied. I dried orange slices, dried small cubes of orange peel and added to soap self made, and also made roses from the zest. Actually there is great amount ideas using this popular citrus.

How to dry orange slices

To use dried circles of orange, lime, grapefruit or lemon in the decor, they must be properly dried. I once spoiled the whole picture when I dried it in the oven over low heat. It is best to use a cunning and simple cardboard fixture. To do this, you need two strips of cardboard about 10 by 30 cm in size. On the narrow edges of one strip, you need to stick the sides of the same cardboard 2 cm wide. Now you need to pierce holes with an awl, without fear - more and all the tricks. Cut the washed and dried fruits into slices three or four centimeters thick and put them in an impromptu dryer (on a cardboard with sides and cover the second one). Pinch the structure along the edges with binders (clerical clips) and place it on the battery or in the openings between its sections. Usually two to three days are enough for complete drying. Can be dried in the oven on low heat with the lid ajar. This will take several hours.

This is what the dryer looks like.

Photo from good-decor.ru

And now it's time to admire the products that use dried slices.

In interior compositions.

For the manufacture of wall wreaths.

Also for topiaries.

For garlands.

For table wreaths, there are also candles in orange peel- beauty!

In candle making.

And this is just on topic: a gel candle in orange peel

and an ordinary candle-tablet.

Candlestick with orange peel roses.

Very beautiful handmade interior fir trees using dried oranges.

And Christmas trees, they can also be used as New Year's toys.

And so this year I plan to decorate the Christmas tree, plus my wickerwork.

The theme is very close to the New Year, so you can also indulge in a pomander, since such an orange theme turned out!

Without which it is impossible for our man to imagine New Year? Certainly without Olivier, "Irony of Fate" and the smell of juicy tangerines.

And if the first two points do not seem problematic, then citruses are an insidious thing. They are allergic. And the invigorating festive aroma is often present only in our imagination. And real fruit smells no better than plastic. But the smell is half the festive atmosphere. Therefore, we offer to show a little resourcefulness and make an original and very fragrant home decoration - a real orange garland!

Garland - the same poorly replaceable attribute winter holidays like citrus fruits. So why not combine them, and at the same time the pleasant with the useful, by making original decoration for home? Which, with its aroma, will drive away the melancholy for a long time and remind you of the festive season.

To make an orange garland, you will need:
1. 2-3 medium-sized oranges;
2. Twine or fishing line;
3. Additionally and purely optional: tangerine peels, cones or bay leaves

Step 1: Prepare oranges the right way

Cut oranges into large, dense rings. Take a baking sheet, line it with parchment and place the orange slices. Leave to dry at least overnight, or better - for two to three days. After the drying time has passed, return the oranges to the kitchen, preheat the oven to 110-120 degrees and send the citruses to bake for 3 hours.

Step 2: string

Oranges are ready for further transformation when they acquire a light golden brown rind. Let them cool, and in the meantime, prepare a long skein of twine or fishing line. With a thick needle or nail, make two holes side by side in each slice and string them one after the other in a long row.

Step 3: additional decorations

Optionally include in your fragrant garland bay leaves, pine cones or dried mandarin peels to enhance the smell and feel of the holiday. Turn on your fantasy!

Perhaps one of the most beautiful ways decorating your home for the winter holidays is bringing natural beauty and comfort into it. The scent of pine branches and cinnamon sticks, the citrus scent of oranges, the wreath of refreshing eucalyptus that greets you as you enter the house…

So today we will share an incredible in a simple way Add a "natural" touch to your holiday décor by creating dried citrus garlands that exude a deliciously spicy scent. And if you hang them on the windows, then dried oranges, letting in sunlight, will fill the room with warmth and bright orange light, serve as small “stained-glass windows” - very beautiful.

How to do?
Preparation: 5 minutes
Baking: 3 hours

We will need:
Oranges (we took 2 oranges for three garlands)
sharp knife
Parchment paper or baking sheet
baking sheet
Twine

Preheat oven to 150ºC. Place parchment paper or baking sheets on a baking sheet. While the oven is heating up, take a sharp knife and cut the oranges thinly: each piece should be no thicker than 3-4 mm. Then we put the circles on a paper towel (it is also desirable to cover the top) to allow the excess juice to soak.
Bake oranges for about 3 hours - until the circles are dry. Make sure nothing burns! To do this, do not forget to turn the oranges during the baking process (that is, after about 1.5 hours).
Note: Another recipe recommends drying over low heat (140-160ºC) for 4-10 hours.

When our oranges are dry enough, we begin to create a festive garland. To do this, you need to make two holes in the upper part of each circle. In order not to inadvertently spoil the slice, you can take a sharp nail. Thread the thread through the holes, spacing the oranges evenly apart. When the entire thread is full, make knots at each end.

Ready! Now our garlands can be lovingly hung on windows or walls. If you use them as a spruce decoration, then these fragrant slices will play the same role as lanterns, absorbing light. Christmas garlands. And no less original, they will look on the chandelier.
Another option is to add dried apple rings, lemon slices, grapefruit, lime slices to the oranges (in fact, whoever has enough imagination here :)), cones, etc., then you can surround a large beautiful candle with such a garland on holiday table. The view will be unique.

Orange candles and pomanders

On Yule, you always want the house to smell delicious. Probably, this comes from childhood, when cookies were baked for the holidays, and from the street, having played enough snowballs, one could run into a warm cinnamon-ginger house.

ᅠᅠThere are a lot of options on how to bring the Yule spirit home, starting from, in fact, making cookies and aromatic oils and ending with a Christmas tree. Our favorite method of people who do not have time to do anything is to find an orange, a carnation at home and play fruit inquisitor in the chaos of work and preparation for the holiday.

ᅠᅠ Whoever cleaned citrus fruits in the room knows that homemade people can run from the corridors and the kitchen to the smell. Orange, studded with cloves, as in horror films, gives the aroma no less strong, and a little more tart.

ᅠᅠ All you need is the orange itself, a clove and a toothpick or knife (the orange skin will need to be pricked or cut, because sticking a dried bud into the thick side of the fruit is a tricky business).
Prick an orange from pole to pole and insert a clove into the punctures. You can do it beautifully: cut strips in the skin parallel to the lines and thread ribbons into them. Tie a loop and hang on a Christmas tree, windows or any other place where the paws of your beloved cat cannot reach.

ᅠᅠ Well, my very favorite method is to make orange candles when there are 20 minutes free. You can dilute the action with warm socks, your favorite cat and a glass of mulled wine.

ᅠᅠ We take:
ᅠᅠ a couple of oranges,
ᅠᅠ cloves,
ᅠᅠ knife,
ᅠᅠ a round spoon (or just a teaspoon, but you have to tinker),
ᅠᅠ a plate for pulp,
ᅠᅠ paraffin (shards or a candle with a wick),
ᅠᅠ wick (if you take a candle for remelting, then use the one that is already inserted into it),
ᅠᅠ pencil.

ᅠᅠ1. We put on warm socks, turn on our favorite movie, prophylactically smooth the cat (then our hands will be in the juice) and cut off the top of the orange with a knife.
ᅠᅠ2. We clean the pulp with a spoon, you can eat in the process. :3
ᅠᅠ3. We break the candle, take out the wick, it will come in handy.
ᅠᅠ4. We cut the wick to the required amount / length, tie it to a pencil, put the pencil exactly in the middle of the opened orange, the tip of the wick should reach the bottom.
ᅠᅠ5. In a water bath, melt the paraffin carefully (very carefully) and pour it into the orange no less carefully.
ᅠᅠ6. Let's freeze.
ᅠᅠ7. We decorate the edges of the orange with cloves.

ᅠᅠ Who is lazy to bother, you can simply cut off the lid, "dig" a hole in the orange and put an ordinary tea candle there. Flaming up, it will heat the orange and cloves. The smell will be wonderful.

Witch balls:: DIY home amulets

Traditionally, a shiny gold or silver ball should be hung above the windows so that, gleaming with its mirrored sides, it drives away evil and negativity from you and your home. ᅠᅠDo not forget to just wipe it from dust, so as not to get the opposite effect.

ᅠᅠHowever, colored or transparent witch balls were also in honor, so do not limit yourself.

:: PRODUCTION::
ᅠᅠ
ᅠᅠ To make such a charm, you will need:

clear balls (best) / colored / gold or silver balls for the Christmas tree, not soldered and with a hook for hanging
filling depending on your purpose: herbs, essential oils and stones
acrylic gold or silver paint (optional if your balloon is transparent but you want to paint it)
wax candle
fumigation: juniper, frankincense or wormwood

ᅠᅠ First you need to buy a couple of transparent balls for the Christmas tree. Now these are sold already with filling (most often you can find fluff or feathers in them), and this filling will need to be removed.

ᅠᅠ If you want to hide the contents of the balloon from prying eyes (which is not necessary), then dissolve slightly (!) With water acrylic paint to dilute the density of the consistency, drop a few drops inside and shake well so that the paint is distributed throughout the ball. Let dry.
ᅠᅠ For those who are not lazy: the same, just paint over with a brush.

:: FILLING::

ᅠᅠFill your balloon depending on what you are doing it for.

For love and well-being on this front, rose petals, a tumble of rose quartz or rose tourmaline, and a few drops of lavender or rose essential oil will do.
To protect against negativity, use salt and tumbling of smoky quartz. Morion, wormwood, juniper or white sage are also suitable. Essential oils can be used the same as herbs: juniper, wormwood. Incense works well. Please note that essential oils must be natural.
For prosperity and well-being, citrine and pyrite, sage and cinnamon (and / or their essential oils) are suitable. However, nutmeg would be fine too.
For academic success or learning new things, don't forget rosemary (and/or its essential oil) and amethyst or rock crystal.
To improve health, use jasper and mistletoe.

ᅠᅠDo not put a lot and do not put large stones: it is very important that the ball does not come out too heavy, otherwise it may fall and break.

ᅠᅠ When filling the witch's ball, concentrate on what exactly and why you are doing it. If you see fit, read the plot. But the main thing is to create a talisman with confidence and peace inside.

ᅠᅠ Having finished filling it, put a “lid” on it, light a candle and drip wax on the junction, sealing the ball.
ᅠᅠ Light frankincense, juniper, white sage or wormwood on the incense burner and pass the finished ball through the smoke.

ᅠᅠEverything, you can hang it.

:: Arrangement on the Christmas tree or at home::

The more desirable and priority the goal, the higher we hang the ball.
Another distribution option: we hang balls of knowledge and love closer to the top of the Christmas tree, balls of protection and prosperity - in the middle.
Also, love balls can be hung over the bed, prosperity - over the workplace, protection - over windows or doors, health - in the kitchen or in the room of someone who needs this health.

ᅠᅠSome say that spent balls should be buried away from running water, but if you make them like a Christmas tree decoration, then you can store them year after year as a family talisman.

ᅠᅠ If you use them not for a Christmas tree, but for ritual purposes, then keep the ball on the altar until the desired is fulfilled, after which it must be buried away from crowded places and water.

Without what it is impossible for our person to imagine the New Year? Certainly without Olivier, "Irony of Fate" and the smell of juicy tangerines. And if the first two points do not seem problematic, then citruses are an insidious thing. They are allergic. And the invigorating festive aroma is often present only in our imagination. And real fruit smells no better than plastic. But the smell is half the festive atmosphere. Therefore, we offer to show a little resourcefulness and make an original and very fragrant home decoration - a real orange garland!

A garland is just as badly replaceable attribute of winter holidays as citrus fruits. So why not combine them, and at the same time the pleasant with the useful, by making an original home decoration? Which, with its aroma, will drive away the melancholy for a long time and remind you of the festive season.

To make an orange garland, you will need:
1. 2-3 medium-sized oranges;
2. Twine or fishing line;
3. Additionally and purely optional: tangerine peels, cones or bay leaves

Step 1: Prepare oranges the right way

Cut oranges into large, dense rings. Take a baking sheet, line it with parchment and place the orange slices. Leave to dry at least overnight, or better - for two to three days. After the drying time has passed, return the oranges to the kitchen, preheat the oven to 110-120 degrees and send citruses to bake on 3 hours.