Making and decorating Christmas balls with your own hands

A Christmas tree toy made in the shape of a ball is the oldest and most beloved New Year's decoration of a fluffy beauty. Toys can be the same size or different, solid or colored. Today, the trend is to make Christmas balls with your own hands.

The easiest way to decorate Christmas tree balls is to paste them with decorative threads or bundles. To make the toy festive, you can take plaits of different tones (pink, burgundy) and add a string of beads to the winding. It is recommended to hang the ball on a thread of rain or a thread with lurex. To prevent the thread from looking too simple, you can also decorate the top of the toy. Attach a cream-colored bead to the base of the thread, then place a small fabric bow of a golden hue, decorated with lace. Place a second similar bead on top of the bow.

A Christmas tree toy entwined with a maroon plait with two wide stripes of mother-of-pearl beads and rhinestones will look gorgeous. Doing this step with your own hands is very simple. First, the tourniquet is fixed on the toy with transparent glue ("Moment" type), then a pearl thread is applied over it. The Christmas tree decoration is crowned with a golden silk thread.

You only need needles with a decorative cap and beads (materials from old beads that have been torn can be used). String the required number of beads onto each needle and fix it on the ball. It is desirable that the toy be made in one color scheme: pale pink, creamy white or blue-green. The pendant thread must be made on the toy before decorating with beads.

To decorate the ball with sequins, you will need sewing pins and a foam base in the form of a ball. No patterns are required to create a ball with sequins. It is important to correctly determine the top of the toy, from which the decoration will begin. Then, starting from this point, as from the center, pin all the sequins in a circle with an overlap.

Making balls out of buttons is as easy as shelling pears. Buttons can be taken in the same color scheme (from snow-white and milky to coffee and chestnut) or be contrasting to each other (red, pink, green, blue). In addition, if it seems to you that the holes-gaps do not look very elegant, they can be drowned out with small needles with decorative tips. The latter will add a certain charm to the general appearance of the Christmas tree decoration.

If there is an old ball lying in your toy box, which is very much loved by the household, but has acquired an unpresentable appearance, it can be restored and given a new life. To do this, you just need to wrap it with knitting threads. Mini knitting needles made of two toothpicks and two wooden balls will help add exclusivity to the toy.

You can use a small balloon as a basis for creating a toy. It needs to be wrapped with threads (preferably those that keep their shape well, for example, with a thin twine), pre-treated with PVA. From above, carefully coat the entire ball with glue again.After the substance has dried, pierce the ball and remove, attach to the toy a shiny thread decorated with a bow to match.

To create a handmade Christmas ball out of paper, you only need scrapbooking paper and transparent glue. You need to cut 8 circles of the same size and two slightly smaller ones. Fold large circles 4 times and fix them on small circles, 4 pieces each. Glue the lower and upper edges of the quarters.

Initially, the ball is covered with white acrylic paint. Then decorative elements cut from napkins are glued. However, if you want the ball to be colored, all the steps need to be done in reverse. That is, first stick the paper pieces, and then apply paint. Artificial snow will add a winter mood to the toy. It is created by adding semolina to the paint. You can decorate toys with painting and 3D elements.

Papier-mâché toys will look interesting on the Christmas tree. Materials needed:

• newspapers;
• flour - 1 glass;
• water - 5 glasses;
• polyethylene film.

First, you need to weld the paste. Its consistency should resemble liquid sour cream. A plastic ball is taken as a base. Wraps with cling film as evenly as possible, without folds. The newspaper will have to be torn into pieces. Glue the newspaper pieces soaked in paste on a ball. Make 10 layers. After each layer of newspaper pieces, go through the paste again and press firmly to the surface. After finishing the application of layers, leave the ball to dry completely. Cut the paper surface in half with a utility knife and remove the plastic ball.

The resulting incision is closed with the same newspaper pieces dipped in paste. It is enough to make 2-3 layers. The bottom is also covered with newspapers. For additional fixation, you can glue a piece of cardboard there. After complete drying, you need to go over the surface of the ball with sandpaper. Then the toy can be painted and decorated.

Pages from a glossy magazine are taken as a basis. Each page is folded into a long rope. If you can't roll a long tube, you can make several short ones, and then join them with glue. Gradually glue the foam ball with a tourniquet in a circle, starting from the top to the very base. Grease each layer with colorless glue.

To create such balls you will need:

• foam balls;
• satin ribbon;
• tone-on-tone paper;
• decorative pins;
• curly hole punch.

Glue the ball with tape, fix with glue. At the same time, form a string to hang the toy. Hole punch cut flowers. Use the pins to fix them on the ball. To make the ball more festive, you can make flowers in two contrasting shades. For example, white and purple.

A beautiful New Year's ball can be made from miniature roses, for the manufacture of which corrugated paper is taken. HTo make flowers, you need to adhere to the following sequence of actions.

1. Fold the corrugated paper in several layers and cut into small rectangles.
2. Using a needle at the top of the foam ball, make a thread for hanging the toy on the tree.
3. Roll a rose from each rectangle in a spiral, fasten it with a thread at the base.
4. Cut the flower legs before gluing onto the ball.
5. Glue large beads to match the paper in the gaps between the flowers.

To make a ball with a photo, you will need:

• foam ball;
• photo (maximum - 4 pieces);
• PVA;
• white water-based paint;
• brush;
• special contours of gold and bronze color;
• acrylic lacquer;
• foam rubber;
• scissors;
• nippers;
• water;
• needle;
• hairpin;
• decorative tape.

Edit the photo in Photoshop, create the desired size. If desired, decorate photos with frames, snowflakes and other elements. Print pictures on photographic paper. Prime the ball with white paint with the foam on the needle. Allow to dry. Pictures are cut out. With wet hands, remove the white surface of the paper from the wrong side.

Only a thin film with an image should remain. In order for the photo to grip the ball tightly, small cuts are made along the edges. Apply glue, diluted in water, to the back of the photo. Leave to soak for a few minutes. Slightly press the glued photos with foam rubber. Make a pendant rope. Pinch off half of the hairpin using pliers. Lubricate one side of the PVA and insert into the ball.

Fill the places where there are no images with contours in the form of any curls, flowers, and so on. In order for the ball with the applied decorations to dry faster, you can put it on the battery.

Lovers of home comfort will like New Year's balls covered with fabric. The material can be dense or translucent. In the latter case, it is recommended to first paint the foam base of the toy red or white. Huge Christmas balls made using the patchwork technique look gorgeous.

To make them you will need:

• foam ball;
• wide satin ribbon in white and orange;
• silver brocade ribbon;
• pins;
• scissors.

Cut the ribbons into squares. Fix the white square on the toy with a pin. Fold the orange square in four and fix it on the white square strictly in the middle. Fold the orange square in half again, and bend the "ears" on the right and left sides towards the center and fix with pins. In the same way, three more orange squares are attached, forming the top of the Christmas tree decoration.

Fix the silver square with a pin on the lower edge of one of the orange squares. Fold in half, wrap the corners to the center and fix so that a triangle is formed. In a similar way, we attach other silver squares along the orange ones in a circle. After the layer of silvery squares are white and then orange. This is how half of the ball was filled. The second half of the toy is decorated in the same way. The seam is closed with a silvery brocade tape. Last but not least, an orange loop is made, for which the toy can be hung on the Christmas tree.

Felt roses will become an original decoration of the New Year's ball. Curly edges will add sophistication to the products. It is better to use blue and white materials for creating flowers. A circle made of felt is taken as a basis, the diameter of which is 10 centimeters. Semicircular petals are cut from it in a spiral. Roll up the central part to get the core of the flower, fasten it with a pin and transparent glue. After the glue is dry, you need to wrap the remaining material around the core. Fasten the flower from the bottom. Not only flowers can be made of felt, but also charming Christmas trees.

For a master class on creating patchwork Christmas balls, see the next video.

To create a ball with embroidery you will need:

• plastic base in the shape of a ball;
• an embroidered 9x6 picture (preferably for a New Year or Christmas theme);
• braid - 1.5 meters;
• satin ribbon - 1.5 meters;
• transparent glue;
• scissors;
• crochet hook;
• decorative elements: beads, silk threads, shiny powder.

The finished embroidered picture must be washed and ironed from the wrong side so that the fabric remains slightly damp. Then we put the picture on the ball, fix it with a tape.Cut out the dried image in the form of a leaf. We cut out similar leaves from a satin ribbon. Grease the lower and upper ends with glue and fix on the ball so that the pattern is in the middle, and the satin pieces are at the edges.

In places where the slices bulge, you can gently apply glue with a crochet hook and press the fabric to the base. We cover the rest of the surface of the sphere with similar segments of the atlas. We close the joints with a ribbon. The surface of the embroidery is sprinkled with sparkles. The top and bottom of the toy are decorated with silk tassels and beads.

Toys tied with knitting needles will create a truly New Year's comfort. A beautiful knitted toy can be made by following the diagram. You will need four knitting needles. To begin with, 12 loops are recruited and distributed in 3 for each knitting needle.

• 1st and 2nd rows are knitted with front loops.
• In the 3rd row - 3 facial, 1 yarn. Repeat 3 more times.
• 4th row - knit.
• 5th row - yarn, 4 knit, yarn. Repeat 3 more times.
• 6th row - knit.
• 7th row - yarn, 6 knit, yarn. Repeat 3 more times.
• 8th row - knit.

Subsequent rows are performed according to a similar pattern: even rows are knit, and in odd rows one yarn is added on both sides. The 15th row is performed in the same way as all the odd rows, but the front loops are knitted according to the pattern, with alternating threads of different colors. From the 16th row, knitting only goes with front loops. Thread colors change according to the pattern. Starting from the 28th row in even rows, there is a reduction in the number of loops by knitting 2 knit stitches together. The 41st row is the last one. In it, the remaining 3 loops are knitted face-to-face together, the thread is tightened, the ends are hidden.

If knitting a pattern is difficult, you can take melange. As a result, the ball will turn out to be multi-colored and festive. Needlewomen with significant experience in crocheting can perform tying toys by choosing a pattern on the Internet or creating your own.

Making a woolen Christmas ball with your own hands is not difficult at all. For this, wool is applied to the knitting ball for felting. Then the future toy is placed in a nylon sock, which is tied in knots on both sides. The sock must be washed in an automatic machine with the addition of detergent at a temperature of 60 degrees. After the ball is dry, its surface will become even and dense. It is recommended to decorate a woolen Christmas tree toy with embroidery made on a piece of felt and needles with decorative tips.

White lace fabric is taken as a basis for creating a toy. Various elements are cut out of it: flowers, petals. With the help of PVA, fabric figures are attached to the ball. Then the toy is covered with white acrylic paint, the second layer - paint "bronze". Use a sponge to walk in a circular motion over the entire surface of the ball. You will get the effect of antiquity. At the end, a pendant ribbon decorated with a satin and organza bow is attached to the toy.

Cut cinnamon sticks (the amount is determined based on the size of the ball) into tubes of equal length. Glue with clear glue to the surface of the foam ball.

This Christmas tree decoration is created by analogy with a toy made of threads. You will need a small balloon. Dry branches are cut into small pieces and fixed on the base with a glue gun. Once the glue is dry, the ball is pierced and removed through the hole in the branches.

An unusual decoration for the Christmas tree for the New Year will be a ball decorated with acorn caps.

To make such a beautiful Christmas tree toy, you will need:

• foam ball;
• chestnut acrylic paint;
• transparent glue;
• acorn caps;
• shiny powder;
• beads.

Apply acrylic on the ball.After the paint has dried, generously grease each hat with glue and fix it on the ball. Glue the beads into the resulting gaps.

Fill a garbage bag made of dense film with cotton wool. Tie to make a tight ball. Stick the cones on the base. You can use a glue gun or a colorless glue base like "Moment". Perhaps the decoration of the toy is not with whole cones, but with scales. To do this, with the help of nippers, disassemble the cones into pieces. With the resulting scales, glue the foam ball around the entire perimeter. Such toys will create a warm and cozy atmosphere in the house not only for the New Year, but also for Christmas.

The balls are painted with orange, purple, black or transparent gel with the addition of sparkles (other colors can be used). You can draw absolutely anything you want. Children who dream of realizing their talent in this area will be interested in the artistic painting of toys.

The simplest option is a spot painting on a solid ball. The Christmas tree decoration turns out to be bright and original. As a base, you can use a wooden, plastic or glass blank in the shape of a ball. The plastic surface must first be cleaned with sandpaper, and the glass surface must be wiped with alcohol for better adhesion to the paint.

The toy is covered with two layers of paint and then varnish. Before applying the next layer, you need to wait until the previous one is completely dry. Further decoration depends on the flight of your imagination. Toys with the symbol of the year are always relevant. It is advisable to perform them with metallic paints and decorate with sparkles, then in the light of Christmas tree lights they will shimmer beautifully.

For information on how to make beautiful Christmas balls with your own hands, see the next video.