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DIY transparent ball on the Christmas tree. How to make DIY Christmas balls at home? - Original ideas and master classes. Christmas ball made of paper

Good afternoon. Today we will make Christmas balls with our own hands (and children too). I will show you how you can decorate simple Christmas balls, turning them into a beautiful Christmas craft. In one article I collected SEVERAL technicians at once- so that you yourself can choose the version of creativity that you like best ... seems easier ... or for which you have a suitable material and idea. I made a very large selection of ideas ... and I will not only give you photos (they say, figure it out for yourself how and what is done) ... but I will give INSTRUCTIONS for creating all the ideas I found with my own hands.

Today I will tell you -

  1. what can be made from a TRANSPARENT Christmas ball (six ideas at once) ...
  2. several ways to decorate Christmas balls with SPARKLING SPRAY ...
  3. decorate the New Year's ball with MANNA GRAPE and SAND WITH SHELLS ...
  4. how to glue the ball with BEADING AND RHINESTONES ...
  5. what can be made from FOAM BALLS (and where to buy them) ...
  6. how a rubber STAINED GLASS PAINT can decorate a designer Christmas tree ball ...
  7. how to make a VINTAGE ball WITH LACE.
  8. how to decorate Christmas balls with PLASTIC (and bake them in the oven)
  9. how to make a Christmas ball with a MIRROR MOSAIC with your own hands.

So let's get started and start decorating the balls for our Christmas tree.

PUMP in transparent balls.

Our first DIY Christmas ball decorating idea is simple. You have probably seen on sale often TRANSPARENT Christmas balls... They are made of clear plastic or glass and have a little wider NECK, than standard balls. This is not done in vain - the manufacturer implies that you want to put something in such a ball ... a shiny brooch ... a scattering of buttons or glass ... rhinestones with sequins ... candies in bright candy wrappers ... congratulatory notes or others. Here in the photo below we see options with sweet caramels.

And the main thing - The SURFACE of the ball can also be decorated... you can draw snowflakes paint(or nail polish) .. and cover them also with glitter nail polish with glitter or sparkling sprinkles.

Or you can glue such a ball with elegant pieces of tape... (as on the red-green ball below) ... and also glue rhinestones and sequins to the ribbon.

Can I have such a ball fill with something white(cotton wool or airy sweet marshmallows-pastilles). And then such a ball will turn white ... and the drawn eyes, mouth and nose of the SNOWMAN will stand out well against the white background.

And you can fill such a transparent ball notes with a wish for happiness... or just print any New Year's rhyme ... cut his lines into strips... and load it all inside the Christmas ball. First-graders will be happy to read fragments of such a New Year's poem.

Another great idea is that it is possible in such a ball drip a BEAD OF PAINT- and rotate the ball with your hands to let the paint run in a fancy pattern…

Then, when the first color dries up, repeat the procedure with other paint colors. As a result, we will get a very bright multicolored Christmas ball of the author's work. Your kids will love this Christmas tree craft.

Here ... these were ideas for transparent balls ... And now I will also show an interesting technique for balls of a solid color (that is, balls without patterns, and we will draw patterns on them ourselves).

GOLDEN DUST + GLUE - as a way to decorate a Christmas ball.

This is a very simple technique ... We use a ball, a tube of pva glue, and gold sprinkles or sparkles.

  • The Christmas ball needs a one-color(MATT is best) ... that is, non-shiny, without gloss ... dull colors.
  • It is better to take PVA glue in a jar with a narrow nose(because it is with such a nose that it is convenient to apply patterns on the ball). Or you can use a brush.
  • Gold Sprinkle can be obtained in three ways.: FIRST - to buy in those departments of the store where kits for children's creativity are sold ... SECOND - to buy a manicure dressing for nails ... IN-THIRD - you can buy a fluffy shiny garland-broom for a Christmas tree and cut the fringe from this garland finely, finely with scissors, so we get a huge amount of sequins.

And now that you have all this in you can start decorating the New Year's ball.

Glue straight from the tube draw a line resembling a herringbone(photo below) ... and immediately, while the glue is fresh, sprinkle it with gold pollen, count the remaining pollen off the ball until 10:00 (just let the pollen fall on a sheet of paper) ... and leave the ball to dry for 1 hour.

You can choose any drawing (not only a Christmas tree) ... a star ... a snowflake ... an inscription ... the initials of the author of the craft ...

To make a shiny sprinkle spent sparingly... There is one simple trick.

We shake off the pollen on a sheet of paper (which we first bent in half, and then unfolded). This is convenient so that later on from such a sheet it is very convenient to RETURN the extra sparkles back to the JAR. To do this, simply fold the sheet with the sprinkle in half again (along the fold line it already has) and all the sprinkling is collected in the fold groove ... and right along this groove, it flows back into the jar with the sprinkle in a smooth stream.

The sprinkling looks beautiful, matched to the color of the ball ... for example, gold pollen on a matte gold ball ... or silver pollen on a metallic gray Christmas tree ball (as in the photo below).

And by the way you see simple ideas on HOW TO DRAW A SNOWFLAKE on the ball simple lines and dots. You see (you don't even need to be smart) just splatter lines ... and at the ends of the rays we slap dots (see the photo with the golden ball above)

And you can also add to GLUE RHINESTONES ... and beautiful stylish pattern in the form of a cell and a hanging teardrop-ice(see the photo with the silver ball above). You can repeat on the ball the same patterns that frost paints on the glass ... stripes and curls.

You can just do islets of sparkling dust... dry them ... and then draw on top of the island more strips of glue in the form of a snowflake... and sprinkle them sprinkling of ALREADY ANOTHER COLOR(this is how we see in the photo below the snowflakes made of red sprinkles against the background of gold sprinkles).

So what ... if your children are not quite smooth... Do not even try to scold them ... But carefully preserve these masterpieces ... in twenty years when a grown-up playboy brings his bride to the house ... one day at the family New Year's table you will show this whole New Year's collection of crooked stars, shaggy snowflakes and fat-ass horses, which he drew on balls at 4 years old ... it will be so cute ... will cause a lot of smiles ... and funny banter " good "friends like ..." well, already in his youth, he understood that a good mare should have a good ass))) ...

SPRAY MATERIAL - beads ... rhinestones ... sequins ... cereals

And you can also use MANNA KRUPA as a sprinkling ... it looks great against the background of blue balls ... an imitation of loose snow is obtained ...

YOU CAN MAKE beautiful STYLED BALLS ... with a simple pattern in the form of FLOWERS-STRIPES... as if casually applied to the ball ... Only each strip is sprinkled with ITS sprinkling ... or small beads.

Or you can simply put drops of glue on the ball - and put a sequin or rhinestone on each drop

GLUE FOR BEADS AND RHINESTONES is needed more seriously than PVA ...

Here it is better to use SHOE GLUE - it holds well and does not stink as much as the Glue-moment - even children can work with it without harm to their health.

Or you can use a glue gun.

AND ETHER, you can use RIVER SAND for sprinkling ... fragments of shells ... mother of pearl ... and beads with the same color as sand. Against the background of a blue or turquoise ball, this decor looks very beautiful ... like a piece of swimming against the background of sea water (photo below with a blue Christmas ball)

And you can also buy large rhinestones and stick them on a Christmas ball (with strong glue, shoe or moment) ... Wait until they stick - and then apply around the fear of the CIRCLE from PVA glue ... and cover these circles with sparkling sprinkles ... you get a ROYAL New Year's ball (photo below with a golden ball)

Balls can be pasted over with small beads ... sprinkled sequins ... beads and even bugles (bugles are long transparent tubes).

NEW YEAR BALL - made of foam blanks ...

And here is an idea for you to create a New Year's ball from scratch. That is, for zero we take foam ball blank.

You ask: where can I get it? The answer is - you can buy it in a craft store - type in Google FOAM BALL to buy in your city - and you will immediately find a bunch of addresses where you can find such a ball. And also such foam balls can be ordered on the Internet with home delivery - for example, they are always available on the ALI-EXPRESS website (one ball costs a couple of cents) for a dollar you can buy a whole pack.

The fastest way to decorate foam balls is this is the LOOP METHOD... we take decorative tinsel ... it can be BUTTONS or cut out flowers FROM FELT.

And just pin it all with hairpin pins... In a chaotic manner. We get a bright decorative Christmas ball with our own hands.

In the sewing departments of the store, you can find many textile flowers. If you buy pins of the same color (for example, red) and buy white flowers ... you get a very beautiful New Year's ball.

You can also use SMALL FOAM-PLASTIC loose beads for this decoration purpose. They pierce easily. then the beads can be dyed directly on the ball.

Or you can take plastic beads (they already have a hole) and dot the whole ball with them.

Or you can go to a hardware store or a hardware store - buy special decorative nails for upholstery(or for upholstery of a leather door) and stick them with a foam ball. Let's get a beautiful high-tech Christmas ball.

Or maybe from CREPE PAPER(it is sold in rolls in stationery - at a dollar per roll) - make these are such small roses... And just stick the roses on the foam ball ... here and there you can add a rhinestone or bead for the piquancy of the decor.

And also such foam balls can be decorated with the SAME SPRAY that we used in the previous paragraph of our article. We coat the ball in PVA glue - and sprinkle it with sprinkles (finely cut "rain-garland" from the Christmas tree) ... or sparkling sprinkle for nails ... or a special one bought in a store.

If large elements are planned on the ball (rhinestones or lace edging) then FIRST we glue these elements onto good glue (shoe or moment) ... dry ... then fill the rest of the space with a coating of PVA glue and sprinkle with shiny sprinkles.

You can use a thin braid on the ball (left photo below) ... or large oblong rhinestones. You can glue the ISKOSOK beautifully - sequin tape… and metalized cord(photo with a blue ball below). You can find among the decorative Christmas tree things small beaded cord... and braid part of the ball with it.

NEW YEAR BALL DECOR- CHILDREN'S STAINED GLASS PAINTS

For this method we need children's stained glass paints ... (not adults)... Children's paints for stained glass crafts, when dried on polyethylene, easily detach from it ... and then easily stick to the glass of a window or mirror ... and just as easily detach from it. And adult stained glass paints in iron tubes are already indelible and indelible (they are not suitable).

ESSENCE OF THE WAY- stained glass droplets (for example, white + red) mix on a plate - after drying ... remove these stained glass cakes from the plate (they become like rubber and easily stick off). And now we put these cakes on the Christmas ball - they are sticky and easily stick to it. Finally, you can cover the product with varnish (acrylic for crafts or hairspray).

Any child will gladly do this work with his own hands. It's simple and fun.

DIY Christmas ball

in the LACE technique.

You can also make a Christmas ball with beautiful lace elements. Lace is simple stick on on the ball ... or pull-sew like a spider web... that is, first cut the lace into elements ... then sew each element back to each other ... but with LAYING OF THESE ELEMENTS AROUND THE BALL ... (just like that, without glue, lace is laid on the yellow ball with the photo below).

Another option is to buy ELASTIC LACE - one that stretches like a stretch ... And pull a strip of lace over the WOOL BALLS (as in the bottom photos of red and pink balls). The lace was pulled tightly on the ball .... and the fact that the balls have a non-slip rough surface prevents the lace strip from slipping off the New Year's ball).

And here I also found for you MASTER CLASS for creating a VINTAGE New Year's ball.

To do this, we need to buy a beautiful lace in the store (preferably RELIEF, it will look textured). We glue the PVA glue the lace on the ball ... let it dry and, if desired, apply PAINT to the lace with a BRUSH ... AND IMMEDIATELY wipe off excess paint with a SPONGE or SPONGE ...

We get a beautiful VINTAGE EFFECT - an antique stylized New Year's ball.

DIY Christmas ball WITH MIRROR MOSAIC.

And also these balls with mirror fragments look very nice. Such a ball can be made very simply - and you don't even have to break the mirror.

All we need is simple diskCD. We cut it with scissors (it is easy to cut) ... you can cut it into triangular fragments ... you can cut it into squares (first into long strips ... then chop the strips into squares).

And when we get our mirror-cut tiles... All we have to do is put it on the glue. Shoe glue can come in handy here ... or a glue gun (the gun is sold in hardware stores for 7-10 dollars).

These are the ideas I have for today. But that's not all - I have found for you a bunch of more ways to make a Christmas ball with your own hands. And so we will continue this topic in our next articles.

And in continuation ...

Good luck with your New Year's crafts with Christmas balls.

Olga Klishevskaya, specially for the site ""
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Happy New Year to Olga Klishevskaya, the author of this article.

New Year is rushing to us! Christmas ball parade!

New Year is rushing to us! Christmas ball parade!
Christmas balls made of fabric

To create a New Year's ball from fabric you will need:

Foam ball with a diameter of about 7 centimeters;
- colored synthetic fabric;
- a lot of safety pins;
- a thread of white beads;
- scissors, thermal gun.

Christmas balls made of fabric step by step:

Cut the fabric into squares with sides about 5 centimeters. For a special texture, it is advisable to use squares of two shades (photo 2).

To simplify your workflow, draw median lines directly on the styrofoam ball. In total, you need to make eight lines located to each other at an angle of 45 degrees (photo 3).

Take a square of fabric and fold it in half, then in half again. Attach the square to the axis of the intersection of the median, pin with a safety pin (photo 4).

Also, fold the squares of a different color into four parts and each pin the balls crosswise to the surface (through one median) (photo 5).

This is followed by a layer of squares that need to be pinned in the same way as the first, but stepping back a little from the center and closing the gaps (missing medians) (photo 6). Continue pinning the fabric squares to the ball until you cover exactly half of the ball's surface (photo 7). It is advisable to make the other half a single color (photo 8).

On the back side of the surface of the ball, glue a string of beads using hot glue, twist this element in a spiral (photo 9). During work, a cobweb of glue may remain on the beads - this is not a problem. After a few minutes, when the glue is completely dry, the cobweb can be easily removed (photo 10).

The fabric Christmas ball is ready! As you can see, there is nothing difficult in this technique. With a great desire and perseverance, you will receive an originally decorated Christmas tree.
Author of MK: Madame Gritsatsuyeva (Margarita)

New Year's patchwork ball.

To make a New Year's patchwork ball, you will need:

Scraps of fabric;
- blank foam ball (any size);
- pins;
- felt-tip / pen;
- tape measure / centimeter;
- glue stick;
- wooden skewer;
- model knife, compasses, scissors;
- lace, ribbon, etc. for decorating the ball.

New Year's patchwork ball step by step:

Take a foam ball as a basis, in this case 60 mm in diameter. Using a centimeter, mark the center line on the ball, halve the circumference, mark with pins - this will be the lower and upper points of the ball (photo 1). Draw another line through these points using a centimeter, dividing the ball into four uniform parts (photo 2). Similarly, halve each bead of the ball, so you divide the bead into eight equal beads (Photo 3).

Now draw a cross line down the center of the ball. To do this, divide each line from the lower and upper points of the ball (where it was marked with pins) in half, and draw a transverse line along the marks (photo 4-5).

Next, take a compass, set it first at the top point of the ball, draw a circle, then do the same on the other side (photo 6). As a result, you will receive a blank, as in photo 7. Make cuts along all the lines (which were marked) with a clerical knife approximately 1-2 cm deep (photo 8).

You will need two templates, one in the shape of a triangle and the other in the shape of a trapezoid. Draw the templates on the paper, adding an allowance of about 7-8 mm. We advise you not to rush and not cut out all the elements at once. First, try to cut out one piece, and fix it on the ball. It is likely that you will need to adjust the template, increase or decrease the stock.

In this case, only two types of fabric were used, therefore, 8 triangles and trapezoids were cut from a plain red fabric and the same number of elements from fabric with branches (photo 9). To fix small elements, use a glue stick, which fixes the fabric parts and prevents them from moving (photo 10).

Then, using a wooden skewer, begin to carefully tuck the excess fabric into the slots, paying due attention to the corners. For convenience, use a large, blunt needle. For large items, a sandwich knife with a rounded tip is suitable (photo 11-12).

By analogy, fill in all the parts (photo 13). And after a couple of hours admire the result (photo 14-15). Now all that remains is to decorate the ball with ribbons, cords, beads, bells, pompoms, bead hats (photo 16).

Christmas balls made of threads.

To create Christmas balls from threads, you will need:

Air balloons
- dense decorative threads or thin multi-colored cords
- PVA glue + container for glue, in which you will need to make holes
- needle, scissors

Christmas balls made of thread step by step:

Take a balloon and inflate it to a suitable size. Tie up. You can wrinkle the ball a little in your hands to give it a more rounded shape.
Thread the decorative thread through the needle and poke through the empty plastic container for glue. It is better to do this closer to the bottom of the container.

When the thread passes through, pour PVA glue into the container, which will take quite a lot. It is not advisable to dilute it with water.

If using a thin ribbon, you can soak it completely in the glue (Figure 3).

Pull the thread through the container with PVA, saturating it entirely with glue, and wind it around the base ball. When winding the thread, the ball must be turned frequently. At the same time, do not forget that the balloon will need to be removed in the future, so leave some space in the area of ​​the balloon tie.

When the desired tightness of the ball is achieved, cut the thread, leaving a small tail to create a loop (for suspension).

Next, the ball must be left to dry completely for 1-2 days or dried with a hairdryer for about 5-10 minutes. After the glue is completely dry, pierce the balloon with a needle and carefully remove it. It is more convenient to do this through the place of its tie. Make a loop from the remaining tail of the thread, tie it to the ball.

Decorate the resulting ball as you see fit. You can paint it, trim it with sparkles and sequins, or leave it without decor.
The ball is ready!

Christmas ball made of fabric

To create these Christmas balls, you will need:

Styrofoam ball with a diameter of about 10 cm
- tailor's needles with a metal cap
- three types of fabrics (three colors).

The process of creating Christmas tree balls from fabric:

First thing you need to do is cut a lot of fabric squares. If your ball will be 10 cm in diameter, then cut the fabric into squares with sides 3 inches. Make 8 squares from one fabric and 16 squares each from 2 other fabrics.

You can also use two small pieces of the first type of fabric so that the foam ball does not show through the first layers. First, we will make one half of the ball.

Pin one of the 2 fabric squares to the center of the ball, it may bulge a little, but in any case it will be completely covered by the next layer (Figure 2).

Then take one square of the first material and fold it 4 times to determine its center (Figure 3). You need to stick a pin into the center of the square from the inside out (Figure 4). Stick a pin with a cloth square into the styrofoam ball (Figure 5). The fabric must again be folded in half, pinning the corners (Figure 5).



You need to pin three more fabric squares to the ball (first material). The result should be a completely closed fabric tip (Figure 6).

Take squares from the second cloth and start pricking them onto the ball (Figure 7).

Start with 4 squares, which are like a continuation of the previous layer. Make the distance between the layers as desired. In this case, it is about 1 cm. Use something like a template to keep the same distance for all pieces of fabric.

Attach four more fabric squares between them, as in Figure 9-10.

You can stop at two layers or make a third layer by analogy with the previous one (Figure 12).

Next, the ball must be turned over and the above described actions must be repeated with the second half of the ball. However, when placing pieces of fabric on the second side of the ball, the first half must be taken into account, but 100% compliance is not necessary, since the joint will be covered with fabric.

So, the excess material at the junction of 2 sides can be cut off. Then you can close the joint with the material of the second layer, decorate with organza ribbon. Pin one end of the tape and sew on the other.

You can also make a bow from a ribbon, for which the ball can be hung on a Christmas tree.
Glue or sew on as desired.

Ball made of fabric using artichoke technique. Master Class.

An excellent master class on creating a completely textile ball with your own hands from scratch.

To create a fabric ball using the artichoke technique, you will need:

Base fabric;
- template paper + pencil;
- needle + thread, sewing machine;
- stuffing (sintepon / cotton wool).

To decorate a fabric ball:

There are two red squares on the lining, 8 beige squares measuring 5 * 5 cm, 16 squares of the same size, but of a different color (in this case with green stars), 16 squares of the third color.
- beads for decoration.

Artichoke fabric ball step by step:

1. Creation of a tissue ball - the basis.

Prepare a pattern out of paper (Figure 1). Transfer to the wrong side of the fabric (Figure 2). You will need to create 4 petals. Cut out, remember to leave a seam allowance (Figure 3). Sweep the petals together in pairs (Figure 4-5).

Sew on a typewriter on one side (Figure 6). As a result, you will get "pockets", as in Figure 7. Fold them together with the front side (Figure 8-9).

Sweep or pin off. Then we grind (Figure 10-11). Leave a hole on one edge of each petal through which the future ball will be turned inside out and stuffed (Figure 12-13).

Fill the ball with filler and then blind-stitch (Figure 14-15). As a result, you will get a ball, as in Fig.16.

2. Ball decoration:

Take all the squares for decoration (besides those for the lining), fold in half and iron (Figure 18).

Lining squares - place in the middle of the ball, and pin with pins so that they do not fidget (Figure 19).

Then take the ironed beige squares (rectangles) and fold them into triangles (Figure 20-21).

Place such a triangle in the middle of the future fabric ball, as shown in Figure 22 and pin it with pins.

Pin the 4th triangles and get a blank, as in Fig. 23. Start sewing the corners of the triangles. Sew the opposite corners of some triangles (Figure 24) and then others (Figure 25).

Sew on a beauty bead at the junction (Figure 26). Withdraw the needle under the triangles as shown in Figure 27. And carefully sew the triangles along the edge to the base of the ball (Figure 28).

As a result, you will get, as in Fig. 29. Proceed by analogy with the rectangles with asterisks. Fold them into triangles first, then place them on a ball and pin them. Arrange the triangles in the correct order (Figure 30-31). Sew in the same way as in the previous steps (Fig. 32-34).

Apply triangles of the third color (Figure 35-38).

As a result, you will get just such a half of the ball (Fig. 39), by analogy, make the second one.

After that, cut the strips 5 * 10 cm in size and fold them, as in Fig. 41. Iron everything. Attach to the ball and pin with pins (Figure 42). This must be done in order to decorate the sides of the ball.

Cut the strips 5 * 10 cm long again and fold them as in Figure 43-44.

Place these triangles on top of the previous ones, as in Figure 45. Overlap (Figure 46). Scalle everything with pins (Fig. 47) and sew on (Fig. 49-50).

The ball made of fabric using the artichoke technique is ready!
Thanks to the author Natalia Semenova for the excellent MK.

Bump using the kanzashi technique. Master Class.

To create a bump using the kanzashi technique, you will need:

Satin ribbon about 2.5 cm wide (two colors);
- ball-base for ping-pong;
- thread, monofilament or thin line;
- thermal gun;
- tweezers;
- a bead or attachment to Christmas tree decorations.

Kanzashi bump step by step:

Initially, cut squares of ribbons of two colors with a side of 2.5 cm and fold them in half into triangular modules (photo

1). One fabric square needs to be fixed on a ping-pong ball, having well glued the center and edges (photo 2). The base ball must be placed on a small jar, for example, from under the cream - this way it will not roll on the working surface.

Fold the triangular modules in half again (photo 3). Then make the first row - glue four modules at once on the surface of the ball so that it looks like a square (photo 4). Subsequent rows should consist of 2 parts, four modules each.

Glue the second row of modules. Glue the first part of four modules between the details of the first row (photo 5). And glue the second part between the parts of the first part so that the lower part of both parts of the second row is on the same level (photo 6).

Also glue all subsequent rows, alternating the colors of the modules (photo 7-8).

After gluing the penultimate row of modules - glue a piece of satin ribbon, hiding the surface of the ball (as well as at the beginning of the working process) (photo 9-10). Next, glue the last row of modules (photo 11-12).

An almost finished kanzashi cone needs to be decorated, starting from the top of the Christmas tree toy. For this, collect a satin ribbon on a thread and pull it off, forming such a bow (photo 13). Hide the middle of the bow by gluing the holder for the Christmas balls to it (photo 14).


A pine cone using the kanzashi technique is ready to decorate the New Year tree.

Ball on a Christmas tree using the kanzashi technique.

To make a ball on a Christmas tree, you will need:

Satin ribbon 2.5 centimeters wide in the main color (about 2.7 m) + ribbon for spirals (about 1.1 m);
- ping pong ball;
- wire, awl;
- decor: sequins, beads, pin, string for hanging;
- thermal gun and all other tools for kanzashstroyeniye.

Christmas tree ball using quillig technique step by step:

The base will remain inside the Christmas tree toy, so inexpensive ping-pong balls that are very light are best suited. The ball tolerates hot glue well, so there is no need to wrap anything and you can glue the "petals" directly onto it.

You will also need to securely attach the hanging strap. Of course, you can just glue the bead, but you can also fix it more securely, for which roughly mark the middle on both sides and pierce it through with an awl (photo 1). Then fix the wire with the fixed bead (photo 2). Try on the top (photo 3).

Glue on a sequin or other decoration, form a top (photo 5). And start glueing the petals.

1st row: 2 white, 2 red, 2 white, 2 red
2nd row: 1 white, 3 red, 1 white, 3 red
3rd row: increase, glue 2 petals. 2 white, 6 red, 2 white, 6 red

Continue in the same spirit without increasing the amount.

In photo 10, it is noticeable that the petals are starting to "crowd" too much, it is clearly necessary to reduce to the original 8 petals. And the last row is also 8. It took 144 petals to make this ball.

You can, of course, take not 8, but 10 petals in the first row, and then the ball will turn out to be more magnificent, since the petals will be attached in a more dense way.

The ball on the Christmas tree using the quillig technique is ready!

New Year's toys from sequins and beads.

To make Christmas toys, you will need:

Foam ball (about 6 cm in diameter);
- sequins and beads;
- needles with a pearl.

Christmas toys made of sequins and beads step by step:

Sequins on a foam base can be fastened in a chaotic manner using accessories of various colors. So, take a sequin and put it on your pearl needle. You can also fix several sequins of different shapes at once. For example, first put a blue sequin in the shape of a snowflake on the needle, and blue and / or purple on top.

Begin to gently stick the needle into the foam ball, trying to fill its entire surface without gaps. You can go with one sequin on another, but in this case, you need to make sure that all sequins are located at an equal distance from each other.

Christmas toys made of sequins and beads are ready!

DIY unbreakable Christmas balls

To create shatterproof toys you will need:

Floss threads of different colors + needle
- a foam ball, you can cut it yourself from foam or make it from foil, newspapers, tightly tied with threads. You can use different materials, just be careful not to make the balls too heavy.
- all kinds of decor (you can even use ready-made New Year's applications)

Unbreakable Christmas balls step by step:

The first things you need to do is wrap a round workpiece with threads, for which take it and start winding it crosswise several times. You need to rewind tightly enough. Finally, lock the end of the thread to prevent unraveling.

Now we start decorating the ball (everything here will depend on your imagination and the availability of decorations). If you know how and love to embroider, then you can embroider all kinds of New Year's ornament. You can also sew a suitable applique to the toy, decorate with beads, beads, fabric flowers.

In the end, do not forget to make a holder for the finished Christmas tree toy in the form of a rope, for which the ball will be hung on the tree.

Sweet Christmas balls. Master Class.

To create Christmas balls, you will need:

Chocolate glaze;
- Balloons;
- kandurin;
- soft wide brush;
- baking paper;
- mastic / marzipan;
- wire;
- a colander.

Sweet Christmas balls step by step:

Fill a balloon with water, tie and send to the freezer for 24 hours. Melt the chocolate frosting and fill the baking paper bun with it. Remove the ball from the freezer and remove it from the ice ball formed from the water in the freezer.

Place the ice ball on a piece of baking paper and paint the ball on all sides with chocolate icing. Any glaze that accidentally fell not on the surface of the ball, but on the baking paper, after hardening, remove from the paper and use again.

While the ice is melting and flowing through the holes in the chocolate painting, prepare the top for the balls. Twist a loop out of the wire, and blind the top from mastic or marzipan. Cover everything with silver / gold canandurine. Combine the tip with the ball using melted chocolate.

Note: For pearlescent and silver balls, we recommend using white chocolate icing.

New Year's openwork paper balls.

We suggest that you make such bright, openwork Christmas balls for the New Year, which will perfectly fit into the interior or help you decorate the New Year tree.

To create openwork Christmas balls, you will need:

A4 sheets of thick colored paper;
- knife for artistic cutting;
- a needle and thread;
- glue, scissors;
- beads for decoration;
- template (presented at the end of the article).

The process of creating Christmas balls from paper:

First thing you need to do is print the templates on paper. If desired, you can resize the template proportionally.

Next, start cutting out the patterns using your breadboard knife. Part of the paper with a pattern can be covered with a sheet of paper in order not to accidentally overwrite the circuit during operation (Figure 2-4). After cutting the pattern, start cutting the sweep of the ball along the contour (Figure 5).

Now you need to give each part of the cut out scheme a rounded shape, for which you can use a round pencil (Figure 6-7).

Then poke holes on both sides at the end of each petal (Figure 8).

Roll the cut paper into a ball and glue the edges of the reamer (Figure 9).

It remains to make a loop from the thread - and the New Year's ball is ready for hanging.







Author of MK: Olga Kachurovskaya

Christmas ball made of fabric and foam.

To create these Christmas balls, you will need:

Foam ball with a diameter of about 7-8 cm;
- satin fabric or other at will;
- braid or ribbon, decorative beads;
- glue pistols;
- scissors, knife.

Christmas ball made of fabric and foam step by step:

First, mark the ball. To do this, take a thread, wrap it around and tighten it so that a small groove forms on the ball for further work. The ball can be divided into any number of parts - 4, 6, 8, etc. In this case, it was divided into 4 parts. You can draw the lines with a pencil, for convenience.

Then, using a knife / scalpel, make cuts along the marked lines, with a depth of about 7-8 mm. This should be done quite carefully so that the ball does not disintegrate in the hands, especially with its small diameter (less than 6 cm).

Cut a petal out of the fabric that is larger than the wedges on the styrofoam ball and start tucking the edge of the satin fabric inward in a neat way. Insert to a depth of about 3-5 mm first. After going around the entire contour, cut off the excess fabric, and hide the edges. Thus, cover the entire surface of the ball wedge by wedge.

Then start decorating. Tuck the ends of the beads into the inside of the ball. Secure the loop with drops of hot glue. From glue of the "Moment" type, the foam can begin to melt. Pull the beads tightly so that they do not dangle when finished. And also with the second half of the beads.

Cut the eyelet to the desired length, drip glue, insert the ponytails, press down.

The New Year's ball made of fabric and foam is ready!

You can tie a bow, paint snowflakes, or glue on sequins!

Such a ball will be a great gift for the New Year!

Decoupage of Christmas balls.

To decoupage Christmas balls, you will need:

Plastic balls with a diameter of 8 cm;
- three-layer napkins with a pattern;
- acrylic paints of different colors: white, blue, yellow + brush;
- PVA glue;
- acrylic lacquer;
- a little semolina;
- sparkles;
- contours for ceramics and glass;
- a piece of a sponge for washing dishes;
- plastic board for modeling.

Decoupage Christmas balls step by step:

You can purchase simple balls without a pattern in any color (gold, purple, silver, matte or glossy.

Take a ball and a piece of sponge, put a little white paint on the board, blot it with a sponge in the paint and apply it with dotted movements on the ball. Make sure that there is always paint on the sponge, then you will get the effect of a snow deposit on the ball.

Paint in this way, hang all the balls to dry for about an hour.

In the meantime, prepare napkins. To do this, separate the upper bright layer from the white one. Cut out the design carefully.

Dilute PVA in half with water and glue the drawing to the ball. Begin gluing from the center of the pattern, gradually working towards the edges. Do this action with all motives.

For the balls with bunnies, make a light yellow paint and apply it with “banging” movements around the motif on a white background.

After the paint is dry, cover the ball with varnish.

Next, we will create a winter effect, for which take a small amount of white paint and mix it with semolina until you get a thick porridge. Using a thin brush, apply to the ball in the places where we will have snow.

Let dry. Then take varnish and small silver sequins, and cover the semblance of "snow" first with varnish, and then apply sequins.

The decoupage of Christmas balls is over!
Author of MK: Slastina Elena

Woolen Christmas ball.

In this master class, you will see the process of making New Year's wool balls. The process is quite simple and does not require you to master the skills of felting from wool.

At first glance, it may seem that it is very difficult to learn how to felted felt toys. But such beautiful things can be done without certain skills and special tools. However, in this case, you still need to purchase wool from a needlewoman store, and then you can make exactly the same woolen Christmas ball. Children will be delighted with such balls - they can be removed from the branches and played with snowballs right in the apartment!

To make woolen Christmas balls you will need:

Felting wool of different colors;
- synthetic winterizer (other filler ");
- sewing needle + thread, scissors;
- pins with pearls;
- nylon stocking;
- optional decor: beads, sequins.

Woolen Christmas ball step by step:

Form a ball of padding polyester, tie it with threads so that it keeps its shape. Then evenly wrap a padding polyester blank with colored wool for felting, fix it with a felting needle or ordinary pins.

After you completely wrap the ball with wool, put it in a nylon stocking and tie a knot. All you need is to wash the workpiece in hot water (in a washing machine) on the "boil mode" and squeeze it out at maximum speed. Then remove the ball from the stocking and dry it.

Start decorating - mark the future drawing with pins. Decorate the ball with woolen threads, securing them with pins with pearls, thereby laying out the desired pattern. Fix the resulting decor using sewing threads, while decorating the ball with beads and sequins in the places where the pattern is fixed.

Attach a loop of beads on top of the Christmas ball and you can hang it on the Christmas tree.
Happy Holidays!

Painting a glass ball on a Christmas tree.

To paint the ball you need:

Glass bowl;
- contour for glass and ceramics;
- lacquer-based stained glass paint (here from Hobby Line);
- paint to create pearls (here from Viva Dekor);
- thin synthetic round brushes number 1 or 2 (ideally, each color has its own brush);
- the most inexpensive nail polish remover (acetone);
- cotton pads, rag.

Painting a glass ball on a Christmas tree step by step:

First, think about what you will represent on the ball. Here, lace elements were used as inspiration (photo 2). Draw with a silvery outline. Previously, you can draw a schematic drawing using a washable marker and make sure that the outline is located next to the line, and not on it. During painting, the ball can be put on a mug or glass - this way it will be fixed and will not turn over (photo 3). Since the ball is round in shape, first paint one part and let it dry (so you do not happen to overlap the drawing in the process) (photo 4).

After you have painted the entire surface of the ball and let it dry completely, proceed directly to painting. White and blue stained glass lacquer paints were used for this ball. For the third color, they were mixed together in the lid (photo 5). Gently drip paint onto a section of the drawing and stretch to the edges. The advantages of varnish paints include - quick drying and the complete absence of air bubbles on the surface, which is quite important when painting small elements (photo 6). Let the paint dry before starting to paint the adjacent element so that the colors do not mix (photo 7).

Take your time to paint the entire surface of the glass ball. Let it dry by hanging it somewhere, just make sure that the paint does not flow (photo 9). Decorate the balloon with pearl paint (Pic 10). Place droplets in different sizes wherever you like. Let dry.

Clean paint brushes with nail polish remover and cotton pads. By changing the color of the outline and paints, you can paint a couple more balls.
Author MK: Hamster Paradise (homorai)

Decorating a Christmas tree ball with polymer clay.

To create such a ball, you will need:

Clay of two colors (in this case red + white);
- glass ball;
- two 18-inch strips about 2x4 long;
- extruder;
- waxed paper;
- glue;
- rope / ribbon for suspension.

We decorate the Christmas ball with polymer clay step by step:

Drill a hole at the top of the bar, which should be slightly larger, of your extruder. Fasten the two planks with a connecting loop. Next, you need to close the planks and create a shallow hole in the lower plank in the same place. This will prevent the piston from slipping. To use this design, simply insert the clay extruder into it.

Then put together two pieces of clay of different colors and wrap them in waxed paper, the ends of which should be slightly longer than the "sausages" (Figure 8-9).

Now, using the extruder, you need to extrude the two-color stripes of clay (Figure 10). Then clean the piston from the extruder and proceed to the next step (Figure 11).

Take one of the thin resulting strips and lay it out on your work surface. Cut one end and start twisting into a spiral (Figure 13).

Then place the twisted spiral of clay in the lower center of the glass ball and gradually begin to wind this strip around the ball in a spiral (Figure 13-14). Use glue to hold the clay to the surface of the ball. When you have covered half of the ball, carefully cut the end of the sausage.

Clay is easier to work with when not raw, so hang the ball on a wooden stick or toothpick and place the ball in a glass container and bake in the oven for 30 minutes at 265F. After the ball has cooled down, remove its iron top-mount and continue wrapping it with clay.

Continue until you completely cover the surface of the ball with clay. Try to connect the "clay sausage" as clearly and evenly as possible. Then replace the iron ball mount and bake for 30 minutes.

Decorate the finished ball with a beautiful bow!

New Year is associated with a Christmas tree, and she, in turn, with beautiful toys. Christmas balls are the most common outfit for a forest beauty. Today, homemade Christmas balls are very popular. They are used to decorate a festive tree and are presented with pleasure to loved ones. These toys are very diverse, ranging from size to material of manufacture. Priority is given to paper.

Christmas balls made of paper

Option number 1

On colored paper, using an improvised object with a round shape, draw 12 circles. We take scissors and cut out circles along the contour. Then we fold the blank circles one by one in half and fold them together. We fasten the circles along the fold lines with a stapler or sew them up with a machine. This line will be exactly in the middle. Next, we apply markings on the semicircles, mark 1/3 at the bottom and 1/3 at the top. We straighten the circles and glue them in a checkerboard pattern. Each half will be connected to the adjacent half at the top, and the other at the bottom.

Colored paper toy

Option number 2

This job will require scrapbooking paper and glue. From it we cut out 8 circles of the same diameter and 2 circles of a smaller diameter. Set aside 2 circles, and add the remaining 8 into four. We take small circles and glue 4 large quarters on each one with an angle in the center. Next, glue the upper parts of the quarters together, and then the lower ones.



Ball on a Christmas tree made of paper for scrapbooking

Option number 3

Original ball using kusudama-origami technique


Video of a master class on making a ball using the kusudami technique

Option number 4

A Christmas ball made of napkins looks very impressive. To make such a toy with a diameter of 22 cm you will need:

  • newspapers;
  • Scotch;
  • scissors;
  • napkin, you can have several colors;
  • glue;
  • pencil;
  • stapler;
  • tape 25 cm long;

First, we make a base of crumpled newspapers, wrapped one in the other so as to get a round ball. We wrap the resulting "lump" of newspapers with tape, leveling the corners and roughness. We glue the ribbon. Now we take a napkin and fold it in half in 4 layers. We fasten the resulting square of napkins in the center with a stapler, cut out a circle according to the template. Next, we make roses. Carefully lift the top layer of the napkin and crush it slightly. Proceed in the same way with the rest of the napkin layers. The result is a "fluffy" flower that looks like a rose. We make the right amount of such roses. The larger the base, the more flowers you need. We glue the flowers to the ball, starting with the ribbon. We attach the roses tightly to each other. If the flowers are multi-colored, then we alternate shades.


Ball on a Christmas tree made of napkins

Option number 5

To make balls from paper tubes you will need:

  • foam ball;
  • glue gun;
  • old magazines, books, newspapers;
  • ribbon

We make thin tubes from sheets of paper and roll them into a spiral. We take a ball and apply glue, to this place we attach the tip of our tube. After the end is glued and "grabbed", we apply glue along the length of the spiral and glue the rest of the tube. And so we continue to glue the spirals over the entire surface. At the end we will attach a ribbon.


Volumetric ball of tubes

Christmas balls from textiles

Soft and shaggy balls are obtained from the fabric. For the base, we take a cropped sock, tightly stuffed with rags, in the shape of a bun. We make ruffles from scraps. To do this, we sew small rectangular pieces of fabric tightly to each other.


Christmas tree toy

It is even easier to make a ball of threads. This workshop will require a balloon, thread, glitter, and glue. First, inflate the balloon of the desired size. We tie a thread to it, wrap it in any shape. Then we dip the workpiece into the glue solution. After a while, when the glue dries, pierce the balloon with a needle and carefully remove it from the case. We decorate the finished creation with paint in a spray, glitter, beads and other materials at our discretion.


Ball of threads

A ball of ribbons and paper flowers can be made according to the step-by-step instructions from the photo below.


Master class: a ball of ribbons with step-by-step instructions

Christmas ball from a plastic bottle

For making, we take an empty white bottle. From the middle part we cut rings 1 cm wide. We glue the resulting rings together, for this we apply a drop of glue from above and below. Then we carefully push the rings into one another perpendicularly. Let the glue dry and start decorating with improvised means.


Balls from plastic bottles

Decoupage: Christmas ball with a photo

Decoupage is a technique for decorating Christmas tree balls using appliqués. We will consider this technique in the following example. We take a foam base and paint it with white paint, for this we blot the paint with foam rubber and apply it to the surface. When dry, a beautiful snow coating will be obtained. While the base dries, cut out the photo, edited to the desired size and printed on photo paper. Then, with wet fingers, carefully roll the white layer off the back of the photo. It must be done carefully so as not to damage the top layer where the image itself is located. When we get to the top film, we will make cuts so that when the photo is superimposed on the curved surface of the base, there are no wrinkles. Next, we grease the white side of our photo with glue and press it against the ball. When dry, decorate and fix with acrylic varnish.


How to make a Christmas ball using the decoupage technique with your own hands

On the eve of the New Year and Christmas holidays, work on the manufacture of decorations for the Christmas tree becomes relevant. No exception are made of polystyrene, a master class on the manufacture of which will show what interesting Christmas tree toys you can make yourself.
Since the foam is taken as a 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, any decor.

A ball of the required size cut out of polystyrene 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 wind up in a chaotic manner until the foam ball is completely hidden under the threads.

When the winding is already finished, the end should be well fixed.

The decoration of the resulting ball depends only on your imagination and imagination. Various patterns can be embroidered.

Sew on an invented applique and decorate with beads.

Sew on sequins in the form of flowers.

Be sure to come up with and fix a string for which the resulting ball can be hung on the Christmas tree.

Another option for a foam New Year's crafts in the kimekomi style. The technique is quite interesting and originated in Japan for making dolls. In this master class, kimekomi is used to decorate foam balls.

We prepare in advance: a foam ball, multi-colored scraps of fabric, lace for decoration, various colored ribbons, beads, buttons, sequins, sewing pins, a stationery knife, scissors and other improvised sewing tools.
Since the pattern on the ball is usually symmetrical about its poles, they must be marked at the very beginning of the work.

We outline lines from the poles that are equidistant from each other. You can use a pen, pencil, or a disappearing marker 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 done very carefully and carefully.

We start working with the first part of the pattern, for which we coat it with glue in the form of a pencil.

Take a piece of the selected fabric and apply it to this part of the pattern. At this point, the fabric should be positioned correctly 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 stuck into the slots along the entire contour of the selected part of the pattern. Make sure that the fabric is flat and not distorted.

After all of the fabric has been stuck in around the perimeter of the pattern, the rest of the fabric can be trimmed 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 pattern segment 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 in a decorative lace at 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 at your discretion.

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, sequin or something else.

Using a sewing pin, we pierce our ball, while the pin must first be coated with glue.

For the pendant, we use the same decorative lace.

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 to pierce with a pin.

To fix it more and more securely, 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 flat foam ball, which is quite difficult to cut 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 length of the ball diameter.
In the prepared tube, cut off a part of it, the length of which is equal to two diameters of the ball. Next, we glue a zero sandpaper in the cut out part from the inside. On the back of the tube, the sandpaper should be glued in the same way as shown in the photo.

Summary: Christmas balls on the tree. Making Christmas balls from paper. How to make a Christmas ball with your child with your own hands. Schemes of Christmas balls made of paper, photos of decorations on the Christmas tree.

1. DIY Christmas ball (option 1)

To make this New Year's decoration, you will need colored paper, thin wire, stapler, glue. The balloon you see in the photo above was made from paper in three different colors (pink, blue, and cyan).

Work plan:

1. Take a small glass or glass (wine glass) and trace 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 illustration below. We use three colors of paper (A, B and C) to make this Christmas ball. Stack the mugs 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 had to be folded in the following sequence - ABBAABBAABBA.

3. Secure the paper circles together using thin wire wrapping around them along the fold line. Twist the ends of the wire together. If you don't have wire, you can use a regular stapler to staple the circles together.

4. Straighten the circles and glue the adjacent halves of the circles together. Each half should be connected to one adjacent at the top, and to 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 heavy paper. In the first of them, cut a cross (Fig. A), in the second circle, make a horizontal incision in the middle and two cuts perpendicular to it 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 along direction from the circle to the center (Fig. c). Pass the circle "c" into the circle "b". In the circle "a", bend the corners formed as a result of its notch; you get a square hole. Pass the circles "b" and "c" into it, having previously folded them. Then unfold the corners again (Fig. D). Attach a thread to the resulting ball.

3. Paper Christmas balls (option 3)

From old postcards or colored paper, you can make such cute Christmas tree toys - Christmas balls. Detailed instructions for making this New Year's decoration can be found at the link >>>>


It is not at all necessary to make a large, complex ball, you can make a small Christmas ball from fewer parts.



5. DIY Christmas ball (option 5)

To make these wonderful Christmas lanterns, you will need to cut colored paper into strips of equal length and width. The length and width of the stripes 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. For a detailed New Year's master class, see the link >>>>

When making Christmas balls, you can use strips of paper of different colors and beads to decorate Christmas toys with your own hands. See link >>>>

If the strips of paper are bent in the middle, then you get such a New Year's decoration. Link to the New Year's master class >>>>

6. How to make a New Year's ball (option 6)

We invite you to make such a cute and easy-to-make New Year's craft from old postcards together with your child.

1. Using a small glass or glass, draw and cut out eight identical circles.


2. Using another object with a round base, but with a smaller diameter, draw and cut out two small circles.

3. Fold each large circle in half and then in half again. See the photo below.


4. Glue the four folded large circles onto one small circle and the remaining four onto the other. As a result, you will have two halves of your future Christmas tree ball.

It is very IMPORTANT to correctly position the quarters of the large circles on the small circle. Try to gently unfold the "pockets" of the folded circles and estimate the correct location before gluing. In this case, be guided by the very first photo, which shows a ready-made ball.


5. Now you just have to glue the two finished halves together and, when the glue dries, straighten all the pockets. The Christmas ball is ready!


7. DIY paper balls (option 7)


Making balls from threads:

1. You will need: scissors, balloons, fat cream (petroleum jelly), any yarn, PVA glue, a bowl.
2. We 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. Spread the ball with fat cream and wrap it with yarn, leaving a large distance between the thread to begin with.
6. Gradually reduce the distance between the threads until the ball is completely wrapped in yarn and resembles a cocoon.
7. Cut the thread and glue it to the ball. We leave it to dry (for at least a day).
8. Gradually untie the balloon, gently blow it off, then remove it from the thread cocoon; we tie a rope for fastening to the thread ball from above.

9. The ball is ready!


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, stars. Hang small balls on the Christmas tree, decorate the room with large ones. Dream more daringly!

If you are unable to wind the glue-soaked thread around the ball, you can wind the dry thread, and then thoroughly saturate it with glue using a brush or sponge.

Sugar syrup or starch paste can be used instead of glue. 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 a ball in the same way.

9. New Year's do it yourself. New Year decoration

Old Christmas balls can be updated by wrapping each of them in a piece of beautiful fabric and tied with a ribbon.