How to make paper Christmas balls. How beautifully you can decorate Christmas balls with your own hands using cords and beads. A wreath of balloons and an old hanger
There are many ways to make beautiful volumetric balls for the new year. In this material, we will consider several understandable and accessible for everyone to create unique jewelry. There is still time to make beautiful crafts with your own hands to decorate the Christmas tree, at home and just for gifts in honor of the New Year and Christmas to relatives and friends.
The ball is still the most popular Christmas tree toy. If a few years ago it was customary in many families to buy a new ball for the holiday, today a hand-made Christmas ball is especially appreciated. Christmas paper balls are beautiful and stylish, but you should also pay attention to other options for decorating this craft. For example, it can be old disks, fabric. Consider how to make Christmas balls in stages using different materials, and not just paper.
DIY Christmas balls: diagrams and explanations
From paper No. 1
The first toy is made from colored paper (choose three colors that go well together), you also need wire and glue, a stapler, a glass. It is necessary at the initial stage of work to take a glass and draw a circle on each sheet. Then cut out four circles and fold in half in a pile, alternating colors. First, it is better to take one color, then two others, then the one that was at the beginning. That is, the point is to stack the stack in such a way as to avoid repeating the colors one by one. Fasten the circles together, for this, wrap them with wire along the fold line. Connect the ends of the wire together.
Advice! If there is no wire at hand, then it is recommended to use a stapler to fasten the ends. In general, it is recommended to work with those materials with which it is more convenient, it is not necessary to strictly follow what the instructions say step by step. How to do it yourself.
After that, straighten the circles and glue the joints between them, glue is already used here. You need to glue the circles in such a way that the top of the circle of one color coincides with the bottom of the circle of another color. After the end of the gluing process, attach a satin ribbon to the wire and a paper ball will be ready, which is perfect not only for decorating a Christmas tree. Such crafts will perfectly decorate the interior of any room, they can be hung on windows, on a chandelier, on the ceiling: such balls raise a festive mood anywhere.
From paper number 2
Another interesting option is how to make your own unique paper ball with your own hands. This version of the craft is voluminous, the master class is perfect for the process of needlework with a child. The product is as simple as possible to make, but in appearance it turns out to be stylish.
What you need for work: paper of different colors (you can also take wrapping paper with various New Year's drawings), glue and scissors, a glass and a satin ribbon. Again, you will need to use a glass to cut out eight circles from different paper. But the size of the circles should be different - from small to large enough.
Bend each circle in half, while focusing on the front side inside, glue everything. Be sure to glue additionally on the bend and after each such process, allow the crafts to dry at least a little. Pass a satin ribbon inside, and then glue the final voluminous paper ball. By themselves, these balls look stylish and pretty, they are also suitable for creating a beautiful and stylish garland, decorating a child's room or living room.
From pieces of discs
Two options for how paper balls are made were considered. In conclusion of this material, I would like to talk about another and original way to create beautiful spectacular balls for the Christmas tree. They will look especially stylish at night.
To work, you will need an old Christmas ball or just a foam blank, an old CD, satin ribbon and scissors, silver spray paint, glue. Carefully cut the disk into small pieces (this is the most difficult process, it is better to ask a man for help).
Now take the ball and paint it with spray cans, leave it to dry completely (in principle, the spray can be with paint of any color at your own discretion). After the workpiece dries, you can begin to glue pieces of the disk to the ball. Glue the entire ball, but there will still be gaps between the pieces. After that, attach a satin ribbon and you can already hang the ball on a Christmas tree or in another place where a unique New Year's decor is required.
This is how beautiful do-it-yourself paper balls are made step by step. Following simple and understandable schemes, as well as carefully viewing thematic photos and videos, there will definitely not be any problems with how to make a New Year's paper ball unique, neat and original. Happy holidays and pleasant preparations for the New Year and Christmas.
On the eve of the New Year and Christmas holidays, work on the manufacture of Christmas tree decorations becomes relevant. Styrofoam is no exception, a master class on the manufacture of which will show what interesting Christmas toys you can make yourself.
Since the foam is taken as the basis, the resulting Christmas balls will be unbreakable, which will delight the parents of the kids.
So, for such unbreakable balls, we need multi-colored threads, polystyrene foam, any decor.
A ball of the required size cut out of foam must be wrapped with thread. Having fixed the beginning of the thread, it is necessary to wrap the ball crosswise, gradually moving over the entire area of the ball.
At a certain stage, you can already wind in a chaotic manner until the foam ball is completely hidden under the threads.
When the winding is already completed, the end should be properly fixed.
The decoration of the resulting ball depends only on your imagination and fantasy. Various patterns can be embroidered.
Sew on an invented appliqué and decorate with beads.
Sew sequins in the form of flowers.
Be sure to come up with and fix a rope for which the resulting ball can be hung on a Christmas tree.
Another version of the kimekomi-style foam New Year's crafts. The technique is quite interesting and originated in Japan for making dolls. In this master class, kimekomi is applicable for decorating foam balls.
We prepare in advance: a foam ball, multi-colored shreds of fabric, a lace for decoration, various colored ribbons, beads, buttons, sequins, sewing pins, a stationery knife, scissors and other sewing tools at hand.
Since the pattern on the ball is usually symmetrical about its poles, they must be marked at the very beginning of work.
We outline lines from the poles that are equidistant from each other. You can use a pen, pencil or a disappearing felt-tip pen for this.
Now all the lines of the pattern should be cut with a clerical knife to a depth of one centimeter. The work should be carried out very carefully and carefully.
We begin to work with the first part of the pattern, for which we coat it with glue in the form of a pencil.
We take a piece of the selected fabric and apply it to this part of the pattern. At this stage, you should correctly position the fabric depending on the direction of the pile.
Next, the kimekomi technique itself begins - with the help of a thick needle or knitting needle, the fabric is inserted into the slots along the entire contour of the selected part of the pattern. Make sure that the fabric lays flat and does not warp.
After all the fabric is inserted around the perimeter of the pattern, the rest of the fabric can be cut with scissors, so that two to three millimeters remain.
The resulting allowances can now be completely hidden in the slots.
This is what one finished segment of the pattern looks like.
We do the same with the rest of the segments.
In principle, at this stage, the ball already looks finished, but if you wish, you can continue the work further.
Using glue and the same large needle, we will glue and stick a little decorative lace on the borders of the pattern elements.
First, we coat the place with glue, and then insert the lace there.
In some places, the lace can be completely hidden, but this is up to you.
In our case, such a cap for large beads will give the finished look to the New Year's ball, but you can just use a bead, sequins or something else.
Using a sewing pin, we pierce our ball, while the pin must first be coated with glue.
We use the same decorative cord for hanging.
To slightly dilute the usual lace, we suggest decorating it with such a bow. To do this, you need to wind the ribbon around several fingers, literally five turns, without straightening it, pierce it with a pin.
To fix everything more reliably, we also coat the pin with glue and stick it into our ball. Now the bow can be straightened in all directions, and the petals themselves can be grabbed a little with glue for reliability.
For all the proposed foam crafts, you need a perfectly even foam ball, which is quite difficult to cut out yourself. However, for such work, you can make a special device that will greatly facilitate your task.
First of all, you need a pipe, the diameter of which is a couple of millimeters larger than the diameter of the future ball. The length of the pipe must be at least four times the diameter of the ball.
In the prepared tube, cut off a part of it, the length of which is equal to two ball diameters. Next, glue sandpaper-null in the cut-out part on the inside. On the reverse side of the tube, sandpaper should also be glued as shown in the photo.
Do-it-yourself foam balls are easy to make. And if the blanks are beautifully decorated, you will get beautiful and exclusive Christmas decorations, souvenirs.
Styrofoam
So how do you get started making styrofoam balls with your own hands? First, you should answer the question, why is it important to give preference to foam? Firstly, it is the most accessible material for any kind of creativity. The toys obtained from it are light, durable, amenable to any processing. Secondly, the foam does not absorb moisture. The toy from water will not deteriorate and will not grow moldy. The material is soft, pliable, keeps its shape perfectly, does not wrinkle. Styrofoam balls are finished with sharp objects, all types of glue, tape and paper.
Do-it-yourself foam balls are not similar to each other. So much individuality is invested in each such toy that it is impossible to repeat it one to one.
We make the basis
You can consider several options for how to make a foam ball with your own hands. It is worth first preparing some tools, such as: a knife used in construction, a plastic pipe, glue, sanding paper and a regular brush. To make the ball beautiful, scissors, threads, sequins are useful for its design. You can use other decorative elements.
How to make a foam ball with your own hands? Half of the tube, cut along, must be pasted over with sandpaper. The second, untouched, half is inserted into the foam sheet and rotated several times clockwise. Get a cylinder. Then turn this workpiece over and scroll again, but already counterclockwise. You will get a ball, but, unfortunately, until its surface is perfectly even. The ball can be sanded. Its diameter can be changed as desired. Large balls are perfect for decorating a summer cottage or a suburban area. You can get even larger products by simply gluing several thick sheets of foam. After their final drying, using a simple technology using a large tube, you need to cut a large workpiece. The surface of large balls is treated with plaster for the facade.
Small do-it-yourself foam balls are easy to paint, choosing the original pattern and pattern. You can use any finishing material that is found in the house. For example, a ball in sequins or buttons looks great.
In addition to any gift, you can make a souvenir ball for any reason and without. Then you can show off to your friends what you learned to make foam balls with your own hands. A photo of these souvenirs will be an excellent proof of the skill of the one who made them.
And with the onset of a fun and fabulous New Year's holiday, balls on the Christmas tree can be made by the whole family with the children. From them you can make snowmen, symbolic animal figurines and decorations for the Christmas tree. These Christmas crafts will last a long time. And the symbols of the coming year (monkeys, sheep and horses) will appear every year, adding to the collection. Each such New Year's foam ball, made with your own hands, will decorate your Christmas tree with a special charm. Only one safety rule must be observed: do not allow foam toys and decorations to heat up.
For annual flower shows, you can use fresh or artificial flowers and foam products (plain balloons painted in rainbow colors). These elements are perfectly combined in any composition.
By the way, foam balls are often used to decorate a wedding ceremony or a meeting of the bride and groom in the house of one of the parents. To such a product, you just need to add two doves on top or two gilded rings.
The decor, which will be a foam ball made with your own hands, is limited only by the flight of your imagination. You can wrap the ball with threads, making it monophonic, and then embroider unique patterns and symbols on it.
Application lovers will not fail to stick an original picture on the ball. Beads, beads, sequins, Christmas tree tinsel and rain - everything is useful to a person with a rich imagination.
beautiful ball
Who would have thought that a ball pasted over with circles of fabric would look elegant. And this design is done very simply. A circle is cut out of cardboard - this is a pattern for a rag blank. The fabric is selected by color, by the quality of the material. Circles are attached only from one end of the circle, the other end hangs freely from the ball. It is attached according to the principle of fish scales.
Christmas balls can be decorated by mixing semolina, white paint and glue for this. This mass is applied to the ball. After that, it will begin to sparkle in the light, like real freshly fallen snow.
If a real artist undertook the manufacture of such a toy for the New Year, then it is not a sin to show it to everyone. And for this, made of foam plastic, made with their own hands, must have a device in the form of a thread fixed on the ball so that it can be hung on a tree branch.
Alternative
If a guy wants to impress his girlfriend, he can cut a heart out of Styrofoam and paint it bright red. You can buy beautiful beads as a gift and attach them to a heart. Offer her your heart as a gift and present it at the most romantic moment of your date. The girl should appreciate not only the gift itself, but the attention and invention, the originality of thinking of the person presenting the gift. And if the occasion is also interesting: a certain number of months from the date of meeting, the first kiss, the first time you came to the park, you are doomed to admiration.
Decorate the balls
Here are some tips for those who want to make Christmas tree balls out of Styrofoam with their own hands even more interesting. What can be used to make the craft unique and as original as possible? Beautiful fabric, which is perfectly attached with safety pins or studs, will change the look of the balloon and make it festive. Buttons, coins, original beads, ribbons and lace, beads will transform the ball. It will become a real decoration of any holiday. Some decorative elements cannot be painted with a brush. You can turn to a sponge made of foam rubber, gently applying paint to the product.
To get a ball for everyone to envy and feast for the eyes, you have to be patient.
Conclusion
The best way to decorate a Christmas tree is to involve every member of the family. Toddlers can be entrusted with the easiest work, grandparents with rich experience can always give useful advice. And the winter evenings spent at the round table with the whole family will remain in the memory for a long time and become the most precious memory. And the balls made of polystyrene will rally the family. It may seem unbelievable, but it is true. Guests who come to the holiday will appreciate the uniqueness of such a New Year's decoration.
Christmas balls can be used not only for their intended purpose. Today we will tell you how to make very beautiful New Year's compositions out of them with your own hands: an unusual hanging ball with various elements, a wreath, a bunch of grapes, a bouquet, and even the Christmas tree itself. We offer you several master classes, each of which is very easy to repeat.
Composition one: a ball of balls
This decoration can be hung from the ceiling, on the door or on the wall, and also placed in the center of the festive table. Plus, it's a great gift!
What will we need?
- Five small plastic Christmas balls
- decorative straw or balls of thread
- satin ribbon
- cones
- Christmas tree beads
- any decor
How to do?
We take five Christmas balls and tie them together by strings (those that always come with balls).
In the center we place a piece of foam or crumpled paper the size of our balls. You can replace the ball, which is not a pity.
So that the balls do not hang out, we glue them to a single base placed in the center. There we also glue balls of decorative straw, which we previously rolled up.
You can additionally fasten everything with a fishing line - it is not visible.
Cones, felt flowers, small figurines, etc. we will also “seat” on the glue, conveniently attaching them between the balls.
From above, we decorate the entire composition with a ribbon, tying it into a bow. The finished craft can be coated with a spray in the form of frost or sparkles.
Composition two: Christmas tree made of balls
How to do?
Thread the wire through the hole where the thread is usually inserted, and then twist it tightly to form a kind of “stalk”. Additionally, wrap the resulting stems with tape, which is best secured with glue.
Make as many flowers as you need: it all depends on the size of your vase and the number of spruce branches.
Now just make a composition of twigs and balls. Tie the base with a pretty ribbon and place it in a vase. Ready!
Our site publishes materials for those who want to make Christmas and New Year a real holiday for their children, a holiday that they will remember for many years. Here, to help parents, we publish articles and materials on the preparation and conduct of the New Year holidays. This includes New Year's master classes on making original Christmas tree decorations and Christmas decorations with your own hands. If you start making Christmas decorations, Christmas decorations and gifts for friends and relatives in advance, then by December 31 your house will turn into a real New Year's fairy tale! We suggest making Christmas balls for the Christmas tree. You will learn how to make a Christmas ball with your child with your own hands, get acquainted with the schemes of Christmas paper balls, photos of Christmas tree decorations.
1. DIY Christmas ball (option 1)
To make this Christmas decoration, you will need colored paper, thin wire, a stapler, and glue. The balloon you see in the photo above was made from three different colors of paper (pink, blue and light blue).
Work plan
1. Take a small glass or glass (glass) and circle it on paper with a simple pencil 12 times. You should have 12 circles (4 circles of each color). Cut out the circles with scissors.
2. Fold each circle in half and stack them together as shown in the picture below. We use paper in three colors (A, B and C) to make this Christmas ball. Stack the circles in the following sequence - ABBCCAABBCCA. If, when making a New Year's ball, you used paper of two colors (A and B), then in this case the circles should have been folded in the following sequence - ABBAABBAABBA.
3. Fasten the circles of paper together with a thin wire, wrapping it around them along the fold line. Twist the ends of the wire together. If you do not have wire, then you can fasten the circles with a regular stapler.
4. Spread the circles and glue the adjacent halves of the circles to each other. Each half must be connected to one adjacent at the top, and with the other - at the bottom.
2. DIY Christmas balls (option 2)
Cut out three circles of the same size but different colors from colored cardboard or thick paper. In the first of them, cut a cross (fig. a), in the second circle, make a horizontal cut in the middle and perpendicular to it two cuts in the direction from the circle to the center of the circle (fig. b), and in the third - four cuts in the form of a cross, also in the direction from the circle to the center (fig. c). Pass the circle "c" into the circle "b". In circle "a", bend the corners formed as a result of its incision; you get a square hole. Pass circles “b” and “c” into it, having previously folded them. Then straighten the corners again (fig. d). Attach a thread to the resulting ball.
3. Christmas paper balls (option 3)
From old postcards or colored paper, you can make such cute Christmas decorations - Christmas balls.
You can print ready-made colored circles for making a colorful Christmas ball using this technique.
4. Making a Christmas ball (option 4)
Very easy to make Christmas paper ball. To make it, you will need colored paper and glue.
Work plan:
1. Cut out eight identical circles from paper of different colors. Although, in fact, the number of circles can be any, but not less than three.
2. Fold each circle in half, right side inward.
3. Glue the halves of the circles together as shown in the photo below. Glue is applied to the wrong side of the halves of the circle.
4. Before finally sealing the New Year's ball, thread a thick thread or ribbon through it. You can also make a wonderful Christmas tree garland from a large number of paper balls.
Note: such a Christmas decoration can be made not only in the form of a ball, but also in any other shape. To do this, use different stencils.
5. DIY Christmas ball (option 5)
To make these wonderful Christmas lanterns, you will need to cut colored paper into strips of the same length and width. The length and width of the strips depends on the size of the flashlight you want to make. To make one paper lantern, you will need an average of 14-16 strips of paper
When making Christmas balls, you can use strips of paper of different colors and beads to decorate Christmas toys with your own hands.
If the strips of paper are bent in the middle, then you get such a New Year's decoration.
6. How to make a Christmas ball (option 6)
We suggest you make such a cute and easy-to-make New Year's craft from old postcards with your child.
1. Using a small glass or wine glass, draw and cut out eight identical circles.
2. Using another object with a round base but smaller in diameter, draw and cut out two small circles.
3. Fold each large circle in half, and then in half again.
4. Stick four folded large circles on one small circle, the remaining four on the other. As a result, you will get two halves of your future Christmas ball.
It is very IMPORTANT to correctly place the quarters of the large circles on the small circle. Try to carefully straighten the "pockets" of the folded circles and in advance, before gluing, estimate the correctness of their location. At the same time, focus on the very first photo, which shows a finished ball.
5. Now you just have to glue the two finished halves together and, when the glue dries, straighten all the pockets. Christmas ball is ready!
7. Do-it-yourself ball of threads (spider web balls)
Thread balls look very attractive, do not require special skills and money. Many did them at school in labor lessons. And the use of these gossamer balls is limitless: just as an element of decor, and as a lampshade, and as New Year's toys. From several of these balls of thread, you can make all kinds of toys: snowmen, birds, fish. In general, everything that is enough for imagination.
Making balls from thread:
1. You will need: scissors, balloons, fat cream (Vaseline), any yarn, PVA glue, a bowl.
2. Dilute PVA glue with water, approximately 3:1.
3. Inflate the balloon to the desired size, give it a round shape, tie it with a thread.
4. After unwinding the required amount of yarn, put it in a bowl and leave for 5 minutes.
5. We smear the ball with a fat cream and wrap it with yarn, first leaving a large distance between the thread.
6. Gradually reduce the distance between the threads until the whole ball is wrapped with yarn and resembles a cocoon.
7. Cut the thread and glue it to the ball. Leave it to dry (at least a day).
8. Gradually untying the balloon, gently blow it off, and then remove it from the thread cocoon; tie a rope to the thread ball on top for fastening.
When making a ball, you can use yarn (threads) of any color or paint with any paint or sparkles (spray). Especially for the New Year, you can decorate this thread ball with tinsel and stars. Hang small balls on the Christmas tree, decorate the room with large ones. Fantasize more!
If you are unable to wind the glue-soaked thread around the ball, you can wind the dry thread, and then carefully soak it with glue with a brush or sponge.
Instead of glue, you can use sugar syrup or starch paste. To prepare the paste, take 3 teaspoons of starch in a glass of cold water, mix thoroughly and bring to a boil. Instead of a thread, you can take a thin copper wire and wind it around the ball in the same way.
Old Christmas balls can be updated by wrapping each of them in a piece of beautiful fabric and tying it with a ribbon.
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