Hi all! Many probably already know that I really love technologically advanced, versatile decor that can be assembled quickly. It comes in very handy when I’m preparing for fairs or when I receive a lot of orders. Today I want to talk about wicker balls that I use in candy bouquets.
I wanted to make balls as a quicker alternative to pine cones and berries. Decorating with woven balls has several useful features that help not only to arrange a bouquet, but also to balance the colors.
- Choose the desired color and the ball in the bouquet can become an imitation of a cone, New Year's ball for a Christmas tree or berries.
- You can make a braided ball from the same color as the main flowers in the bouquet. And the main color of the composition will also receive support in the decor.
- The spherical shape fits perfectly into any bouquet. And due to the quick production of such balls, you can improve the layout and fill empty spaces.
- The decor can be made of any color and size, as well as from different materials.
- Well, an important point - the decor turns out to be super inexpensive!
Making a ball For work we will need napkins, glue and corrugated paper "Cartotecnica Rossi". I took No. 562, but you can choose absolutely any color. For example, balls made of orange paper will resemble tangerines, balls of red paper will resemble small apples or Christmas balls, from brown - cones, and from pale blue - snowflakes.
From paper we need to cut out one rectangle for the core 3x10 cm and three strips 50 cm long and 8-10 mm wide.
We roll all three strips into a bundle.
The tourniquet must be rolled tightly enough so that it is tight and does not unravel.
Now let's take a rectangular piece of paper. Exactly in the middle, fold it half a turn. It turns out to be a bow.
Use your fingers to stretch each half of the bow.
Feel free to stretch the paper further. The halves should take on a round shape.
So that the middle of the ball is not empty and holds its shape, we fill it with a ball from a napkin. To make it, just take one napkin, crumple it and roll it into a ball. I got a ball with a diameter of about 2 cm.
Now we put the ball into the rounded halves of the bow.
We glue the edges so that the napkin does not peek out.
We will also glue the bottom to close the ends. corrugated paper
Now we twist the ends at the base so that the napkin ball inside shrinks a little and takes on a more rounded shape.
Let's cut off the excess paper.
We start decorating with strands with a drop of glue at the base of the ball, where we just cut off the excess ends.
Glue one end of the rope and begin to wrap the ball.
We place the tourniquet on the ball in the same way as one usually winds threads into a ball.
When the length of the tourniquet ends, glue its tip.
Then we take a new tourniquet and continue working.
The ugly protruding tip needs to be trimmed.
Glue the tip with a small drop of glue.
And with the tip of the scissors we carefully hide it under the adjacent tourniquet.
I wound the tourniquets quite tightly and all three of them came off. If you did it more freely, two may be enough. We fasten the third tourniquet in the same way and hide the tip. Our ball is ready! Let's now figure out how to secure it in a bouquet. 
Methods of attaching to a bouquet The ball can be added to completely different bouquets, both with a static and dynamic arrangement, and in spherical bouquets, and in elongated ones.
IN table compositions The decor is attached to a skewer and a toothpick, or by hand - to a wire.
Apply a drop of glue to the base of the braided ball.
We firmly insert the toothpick into the glue so that it gets between the strands.
The wire attachment is very similar. Make a small loop at the end of the wire.
Place a drop of glue between the strands at the base of the ball.
We insert a loop of wire into this place so that the fastening is not visible.
The mounts are ready and the decor can be safely added to bouquets and compositions!
Material capabilities
As I already said, you can choose absolutely any color and size and imitate berries, fruits, cones, nuts... For small sizes, there is no need to prepare a napkin core. We simply roll the strands together like a ball of knitting yarn. 
You can also experiment with the material! Paper, thick threads, yarn, sisal, wire, even from natural herbs! In the photo below I made the decor from linden bast.
Experiment, create and share your decor in the comments!
Your Maria Uskova
Factory new Year decoration can never replace the warmth and sincerity of products made with my own hands, and even if the homemade hand-made product will not be entirely ideal, but your whole soul will be put into it, and this is worth a lot! Today we will show you how to make Christmas balls with your own hands, so that you won’t be ashamed to decorate the interior of your beloved home with them. In addition, you can involve children in the creative process, firstly, such work is useful for the development of children's motor skills, secondly, any common cause greatly unites, and thirdly, together you will have time to make much more unusual Christmas tree balls.
One legend says that the first Christmas tree balls appeared in Germany in 1848. In those days, Christmas trees were decorated with real apples, but 1848 was a bad harvest, and local glassblowers urgently created glass “apples” that successfully replaced real ones. Local residents appreciated the idea of glass decorations, and so they gradually replaced fresh apple candies.
Christmas balls made from newspaper tubes.
We take a sheet of magazine, twist it into a bundle, if required, you can create several bundles by gluing them together. Then we take a foam ball, glue the end of a magazine strip on top, and begin winding around the perimeter of the ball, as in the photo below, gluing each layer with polymer glue.
Christmas balls made of felt.
On paper we draw patterns of flowers, one larger than the other smaller. We take tracing paper, lay it on pink felt fabric and outline a large flower, you will need a lot of such flowers, so we create the required number of them. Then we take white felt, lay tracing paper on it and trace small flower, they will need exactly the same number as pink flowers. We cut out all the details with scissors, sew two flowers together, and glue a bead in the center. Using this pattern we sew the rest of the flowers. Glue the resulting flowers using glue gun to a foam ball.
DIY Christmas balls made from paper flowers.
Using a hole punch with a flower tip, we create a variety of purple and white paper flowers. White flower put it in purple, bend the edges to the center, then use pins with bead heads to pin them to the foam ball.
New Year's balls in rosettes made of corrugated paper.
We create miniature roses from corrugated paper (the process of creating roses is captured in the photo below). We tie the stem of the flower with thread so that the bud does not fall apart, cut off the long stems closer to the threads, and glue the flowers using a glue gun or instant glue to the surface of a foam ball. We fill the gaps with large beads.
New Year's balls made of sequins.
Each sequin needs to be secured to the surface of a foam ball using sewing pins (the kind seamstresses use). Sequins need to be pinned overlapping.
Christmas balls decorated with beads.
On a pin with a beaded head, we string beautiful beads of different sizes, and stick each nail into the surface of a foam ball. Don't forget to glue or pin the ribbon on the pendant.
How to make Christmas balls from paper.
First way. According to the template presented below, we cut out many parts, which we connect together as in the photo below, forming a ball.
Second way. We cut the paper into strips (4 pieces), lay them crosswise, connect them in the center with a nail, connect the ends together from the bottom, forming a ball, and fasten them with a stapler. We create a pendant from a rope, which we attach to a nail.
Third way. We cut the paper into circles, bend the sides of the circles towards the center, it looks like a triangle. Glue the parts together to form a ball.
Christmas tree balls made from cinnamon sticks.
We cut the cinnamon sticks into pieces of equal length, each of which is glued with polymer glue to the surface of the foam ball.
Christmas tree balls decorated with paper scales.
Using a large round hole punch, we create many circles, which we glue with an overlap to the surface of the foam ball using a glue gun.
DIY Christmas balls made from branches.
Let's think of a ball (it's even better to take a thin rubber ball round shape, which can be deflated and inflated), we cut dry branches into small pieces with pruning shears, apply the branches to the surface of the ball and glue them together with a glue gun. When the glue dries, deflate the ball and pull it out through one of the wide holes.
How to make a New Year's ball from threads.
We inflate the ball, wrap it with threads, then thoroughly soak it with PVA glue, hang it in a dry place to dry the glue. As soon as the glue dries, pierce the ball with a needle and pull it out through one of the holes. To make a ball of thread look more impressive, immediately after applying the glue, you can generously sprinkle it with coarse glitter.
How to make a “chocolate” ball.
We take any unnecessary ball, cover it with glue from a gun, creating spectacular drips, when the glue dries, paint the ball chocolate-colored with spray paint. After the paint has dried, cover the spectacular chocolate drip with a layer of PVA glue and sprinkle with large white glitter. We glue red decorative berries and twigs on top.
How to make a ball out of rope.
We inflate the medical fingertip, tie it with thread, soak the rope in PVA glue, and wind the rope around the fingertip ball. We leave the product to dry, after which we glue a hat on top for hanging. Details on creating such a ball are in the article.
How to decorate a ball with acorn caps.
Painting a foam ball acrylic paint V Brown color, we take polymer glue, generously lubricate the acorn cap with it and glue it to the surface of the ball, according to this scheme we completely cover the ball with acorn caps. Finally, gaps can be masked with beads and silver glitter particles.
How to make a ball of pine cones.
Take a tight one garbage bag, place cotton wool tightly inside and tie the bag. We separate the tops from the cones and glue them to the surface of the ball using polymer glue or a glue gun.
How to decorate a ball with pine cone scales.
Use pliers to separate the scales from the cone. Then we take a foam ball and, using a glue gun, glue all the flakes overlapping to its entire surface.
How to decorate a ball with decorative balls.
Such synthetic padding balls are sold in departments for creativity; we glue them to the surface of the foam ball using a glue gun, alternating simple white balls and shiny balls.
How to decorate a ball with lace.
We cut out details from lace, for example, flowers, and glue the flowers to the surface of the foam ball using PVA glue. We paint the ball with white acrylic paint, then bronze, after which we take a sponge and go over the surface of the ball with blotting movements. The surface acquires an aged effect; all that remains is to glue the hat and pendant and tie a beautiful ribbon.
10 ideas - DIY Christmas tree decorations (video)
How to make Christmas tree decorations (video master class 21 ideas):
Today we showed how to make Christmas balls with your own hands, without unnecessary financial and time costs, such beautiful jewelry They will definitely not go unnoticed, and your friends will certainly appreciate all your efforts.
Home decor: ball of branches + MK
DIY ball of branches. Photo
In this article we will show a simple master class on creating a ball from branches. Very unusual idea decor, right? Making such a ball is quite simple; here we use it, dipped in glue, on balloon. Only the threads need to be replaced with tree branches peeled from bark and cut (you can use smooth sea branches).
To create a ball from branches you will need:
Enough tree branches (you can use sea branches)
Inflatable beach ball
Secateurs
Hot glue
Technology for creating a ball from branches with your own hands:
Collect twigs and sticks. If necessary, peel off the bark and use pruning shears to cut the branches into small pieces, about 3 inches in size.
Use an inflatable beach ball as a base. You can, of course, use a simple balloon, but then you need to be extremely careful not to accidentally puncture it with a branch.
You need to glue the branches close to each other and try not to get glue on the inflatable ball, then at the end of the work it will be easier to remove it (fluffy) from finished ball(Figure 1-3).
When the beach ball is completely covered with tree branches, lower and remove the inflatable ball from it (Figure 4).
At the end of the work, the ball of branches can be varnished or painted in a suitable color.
Such a ball of branches can become an excellent decorative element, and can also be used in holiday decorations. For example, you can put a candle in the middle, and you will get a rather beautiful and romantic glow. Also, a similar ball of branches can be used as a lampshade or candy dish (if the hole is made a little larger).
Photo used: designmegillah.com
