No other holiday has such a joyful and magical preparation period as New Year and Christmas. Today we invite you to fill yourself with anticipation and have a lot of fun by creating New Year's balls for the Christmas tree with your own hands. Don't wait for the festive atmosphere to come to your home! Start getting inspired now for 2019 by creating some special decorations for your home!
In the last article we told you how to do it. So now it’s time to show 40 ways to make Christmas balls from ribbons, threads, fabric, beads, seed beads and other improvised means and materials. The best ideas with step-by-step photos!
How to make Christmas balls from threads with your own hands (12 photos)
How can you make a beautiful New Year's ball from threads? The easiest and fastest way is to wrap an old Christmas tree ball with thick knitting thread or twine. Use glue to hold the thread securely. Complete the result with lace, ribbons and beads. DIY Christmas balls made from thread will look very vintage and romantic on the Christmas tree.
From the same thick threads you can make your own New Year's balls in eco style. All you need for this is glue or paste, a few balloons and twine. The beauty of this method is that you can decorate the resulting toys in any way you like (with branches, electronic candles, etc.) and give them any size. Do you want to make large Christmas balls with your own hands from threads? Then just inflate harder!
Finally, you can create stunning New Year's balls with your own hands from thin sewing threads. True, the process will take a lot of time, but just look at the New Year's balls made of thread in the following photos! This is a real art, whose name is temari. We offer several ideas and schemes for beginners.
DIY Christmas tree balls made from ribbons
Each New Year's ball made of satin ribbons will look very elegant and will only enhance the sparkle of your Christmas tree. In order not to waste a lot of time and effort, you can wrap a narrow ribbon around an ordinary old ball and decorate it with beads, sequins, ribbons or lace. The method is similar to decorating balloons with threads, only the result will be more luxurious. See the New Year's balls made from ribbons in the following photos:
If you are diligent and patient, then try cutting the fabric into pieces and using needles to make chic New Year's balls from ribbons with your own hands according to the step-by-step photos below.
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It will be much easier to make Christmas tree decorations from pieces of fabric. You just have to stock up on foam balls in the store to use them as a base.
DIY Christmas balls: decoration in decoupage style, beads and more
On the night from December 31 to January 1, we not only welcome the new year, but also say goodbye to the old one. Therefore, New Year's decorations and toys in a nostalgic style are always in great demand. DIY Christmas balls in decoupage style are a great way to bring the spirit and romance of the past into your home. Read more about the decoupage technique in the article. The secret is to thin out old cards or other paper well before gluing it to the surface. Photos for inspiration:
Do you have a lot of old Christmas tree decorations? See how you can update them and decorate Christmas balls with your own hands:
At the end of our article, we offer you a few more ideas for crafts - this time using transparent balls. Delight your family members by preparing a DIY New Year's ball with a photo inside for each one.
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In addition to photographs, you can decorate transparent Christmas balls with your own hands using pine needles, finely chopped paper, scraps of old garlands, etc.
Multi-colored balls of thread are a simple and original idea for home decoration. They are very easy to make; even preschoolers can easily cope with this task.
DIY thread balls: master class
To make balls of thread you will need:
- threads (preferably cotton);
- PVA glue in a small plastic bottle;
- needle according to thread size;
- air balloons;
- rope for drying;
- narrow colored ribbons;
- rubber gloves (preferably, but not required).
1. Blow up several small balloons.
2. Thread the needle without cutting it from the spool, and put on gloves.
3. Now pierce the bottle of PVA glue with a needle. The needle can be removed and you will no longer need it.
4. Pull the thread through a bottle of glue and wrap the thread around the ball (if you have a large bottle and don’t want to spoil it, you can pour a little glue into a plastic cup and pull the thread through it). You need to wrap it in such a way as to evenly fill the entire surface of the ball with threads. To speed up the work and make colorful balls, you can pierce the bottle of glue several times and at the same time pull not one, but two or three threads.
5. Continue wrapping the ball with threads until relatively small windows remain between the intersecting threads.
6. Hang the resulting ball of thread on a rope to dry.
7. Wrap the rest of the balls in the same way and hang them up to dry. It is better if the balls hang closer to the battery - this way they will dry out faster.
8. Now you need to be patient and wait until the glue completely hardens. This will take at least a day.
9. Now deflate the ball and carefully remove it from the thread cocoon.
10. Attach a short narrow ribbon of a contrasting color to the finished balls of thread: any bright ribbon will suit white balls, dark green, cornflower blue, etc. will suit red balls.
Now your DIY thread balls are ready. They are light enough, so you can hang them from the ceiling, make garlands from them for windows, assemble a New Year’s “tree of happiness” or a composition to decorate the center of a holiday table.
Decorate New Year's balls from threads with sparkles, sequins, bows, snowflakes, glue beads to them, place shiny tinsel inside, glue funny figures of snowmen or bunnies from them - in a word, do not limit your imagination in any way!
If you have a garland that you are confident in the quality of, you can use balls of thread as mini lampshades for each bulb of the garland - you will get original New Year's lighting.
Another simple craft that you can make with your children is Finnish. Straw is an inexpensive material that does not require special skills to work with, so you can work with it even if your child is not yet very good at handling a needle and thread.
The New Year is just around the corner. A wonderful holiday for the whole family. Soon the main fragrant beauty will come to the house, the main attribute of the New Year - the Christmas tree. Fluffy needles can be decorated with various toys and garlands. But how nice it will be to make a decoration. And if you also involve a child in this activity, the result will exceed all expectations. Try making original balls from threads. This craft is very easy to make and does not require long preparations or expensive materials. There is also a huge scope for creativity here. Let `s start?
- Regular balloons, the simpler the better.
- Threads. You can use absolutely any thread available on the farm. Only for a miniature product would it be preferable to use thinner threads. And don’t take threads whose material cannot be saturated with glue.
- PVA glue. Please note that only this glue should be used. Because silicate will eventually turn into sand and crumble.
- We inflate the balloons. It is important that the balls you choose are round in shape. Pear-shaped or any other shape will not work. We inflate the ball exactly to the size of the New Year's toy you plan.
- We dilute PVA glue with water approximately 1:1. If you doubt the quality of the glue you have chosen, stick to a consistency of one part water to 2 parts glue.
- Soak the threads. They can be left in the glue solution for a couple of minutes.
- Wrap the threads around the ball crosswise.
- We wait until the threads dry completely and become “woody”. This process may take 12 to 24 hours. Depending on how many layers of thread you put on the ball.
- We remove the ball. We just pierce it with a needle and carefully remove it from the craft.
That's it. Everything is ready. You just need to attach an additional loop for fastening or add a decor of your choice. Or maybe you’ve even decided to fill it with fragrant tangerines and serve it to the New Year’s table? Everything is in your hands, the flight of your imagination is unlimited. Happy New Year!
How to make a New Year's toy from threads and glue with your own hands? In fact, there is more than one master class that talks about this in detail. If you look at the photos and thematic videos presented in this material, it becomes clear that such crafts are not only easy to make, but ultimately turn out stylish and beautiful.
Probably the most popular option in this regard is a do-it-yourself ball of thread. How to make this Christmas tree decoration so that it turns out original, beautiful and simply stylish?
DIY Christmas toys made from threads
Shiny ball No. 1
To work on this craft, you need inflatable balls, PVA glue, as well as white thread, glitter and water, and a plate to pour the glue into. Be sure to dilute the glue with a small amount of water. If during work the glue begins to run out, add water to it. They will decorate both the Christmas tree and the room.
Inflate the balls to the size that you would like to get in the end. The creation of this craft from threads begins with the fact that you will need to tie a white thread to the tail of an inflated ball and begin to wrap the ball with thread. Then dip this blank into a bowl of glue diluted with water.
Be sure to turn the craft so that the glue saturates the threads on each side. Before the ball dries, sprinkle it generously with glitter on each side. Hang the craft on the surface until completely dry. The New Year's toy will be completely ready after the ball inside is specially burst and pulled out of the blank.
Ball No. 2
In many ways, the first and second New Year's crafts are similar, but there are differences in the final version. To work, you will also need balloons, as well as thick threads (in the first version of the craft, the threads could have been ordinary), PVA glue, a cup for glue, a thick needle and scissors.
Inflate the ball, obtaining the size that you want to see in the end for your craft. Tie tightly so that the workpiece does not allow air to pass through. Now pierce the plastic cup with a needle that already has a thread threaded into it. Pour PVA glue into a glass, diluting it with a little water.
Pull the thread through a cup of glue and wind it around the ball in a chaotic manner. When the entire ball is wrapped, leave a small tail and cut the thread. Leave to dry in a vertical position for a day. When the glue is completely dry, pierce the inside of the ball and take it out.
Advice! Additionally, this ball of thread can be decorated with snowflakes, sparkles, beads or beads, and New Year's tree tinsel.
Gift packaging
The photo shows that Christmas tree decorations can be not only excellent products in themselves, but also an addition. For example, an item made in this way will be an excellent addition to gift wrapping.
To work you will need a ball, a ball of thread, acrylic paint with a brush, and glue. You will also additionally need a screwdriver, scissors, and a long piece of satin ribbon. Traditionally, you inflate the balloon and wrap it tightly with thread. Secure the thread with glue only in some places so that it does not move out in the end. Here it is extremely important to wrap the ball so tightly that nothing can be seen through the threads. Then cover the threads with a thin layer of glue.
Apply acrylic paint to the threads using a brush. Remember that the paint here not only gives color, it also additionally holds the threads together, so don’t feel sorry for it. Hang the ball overnight to dry thoroughly. Then carefully remove the balloon itself from the cocoon. Next, cut the cocoon into two parts and make symmetrical holes on both sides with a screwdriver. Now put the gift inside, and then fasten the two parts of the ball together and tie a beautiful satin bow around the circle. How to do
Things made with your own hands, or, as it is fashionable to say now, handmade, have gained popularity and confidently hold their position. Home decorations made with one’s own hand retain the warmth of the craftswoman’s hands, her love, and can bring connoisseurs of beauty and originality to catharsis.
We will take a detailed look at the technology for making a simple, but such an extraordinary ball of thread for the New Year, we will talk about its decor and ways to decorate an apartment.
Ball of thread - how to make
To make original decor, you won’t need scarce or difficult-to-work materials.
We prepare the following components:
- balloon of the required size;
- Knitting;
- PVA glue;
- cream or Vaseline;
- scissors;
- glue container;
- needle;
- materials for decoration.
Now we need to be patient and start working on a New Year’s ball made of threads with our own hands:
- Inflate the balloon to the desired size.
Please note that the size of the finished product will be almost equal to the size of the ball, and it must be round. - We treat the surface of the ball with cream so that during the deflation process, the threads easily detach from its surface and the shape is not damaged.
- At the next stage, thread the needle and thread it through the package of PVA glue.
We put the needle aside; we won’t need it anymore. Now the thread, passing through the packaging, is impregnated with glue and at the output we get a finished adhesive blank. - Next, carefully, in random order, wind the thread around the balloon.
The winding density depends on personal preference. To get a delicate airy craft, do not wrap it too tightly. - As a result, we get a blank that looks a little like a cocoon.
We cut the thread and glue its tip to the ball. - If the decoration involves the use of sparkles, then you should sprinkle them on the craft at this stage so that the glue dries along with them.
- The finished, still wet product must be placed on a glass or jar and left to dry for about a day.
- A day later, after making sure that the strings are dry, carefully pierce the balloon with a needle and remove it from the sphere.
Then all that remains is to decorate the ball to your liking: stick on beads, bows, feathers and other decorations. By attaching a rope with your own hands we will get a Christmas tree ball. You can leave it as is, in any case, even an undecorated ball looks quite complete.
DIY New Year's balls.
We decorate the apartment with balls of thread
- Many small balls can be placed in a wicker basket and decorated with Christmas tree branches.
- By adding loops to the balls, you can decorate the Christmas tree with them, hang them on a chandelier or in another place.
- You can actually build a snowman out of three balls of different sizes.
- All that remains is to cut out eyes, a nose, a bucket for the head and buttons for the chest from paper. And your imagination will always tell you how to decorate it.
- By stringing the balls on a thread at a certain distance, we get a nice garland.
- It is possible to take an electric garland as a basis and put a small ball on each light bulb.
- A bare branch from a tree standing in a vase and decorated with balls and ribbons will bring a feeling of celebration to your home.
- It is also possible to make a vertical garland by stringing balloons on a long thread and hanging several similar threads from the ceiling.
The composition hanging beautifully from the ceiling looks magical. But this idea will not work if there is a playful cat living at home. - You can cut out a window in the ball and place inside a figurine of Father Frost with the Snow Maiden and other decor.
But never put a candle inside the ball; the materials are fire hazards and can lead to tragic consequences.
Imagination will always tell you how to decorate your apartment using New Year's balls made of threads. They are appropriate in any decor because they look delicate and weightless.
Even undecorated balls made of multi-colored threads have the ability to please the eye and bring such a warm New Year's mood.
Bottom line
After spending a little time, you will not regret seeing the amazing result. DIY balloons will bring the magical atmosphere of the New Year to your home.
They look great both on the Christmas tree as toys and in the interior, giving it a festive mood. You just need to do the work carefully and show your imagination in the process of decorating the ball.
We hope the article was useful and in the coming year your home will be decorated with these wonderful things.
