We are all accustomed to Christmas tree decorations from early childhood. The combination of "Christmas balls" has long been an integral part of the New Year celebrations. At the same time, you can decorate an apartment or a Christmas tree not only with standard shiny balls, but also with beautiful paper crafts made by yourself. The master classes presented here will help you create Christmas balls from paper for home decor on your own.
Content:
- Paper balls from small curly pieces
- Long paper balls
- Christmas balls from paper circles
- Balls folded from folded and curled paper
- Christmas balls made of paper - kusudama
Paper balls from small curly pieces
To create such toys you will need:
- paper;
- scissors;
- glue;
- thread and needle.
The photo below shows several variations of crafts. For example, a New Year's craft can be made from several semicircles.
No less beautiful balls are obtained from paper accordions.
Flowers with five petals can be excellent initial details - the ball will turn out to be more diverse in volume.
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Toys made from circles folded into triangles will also look bright enough, especially if you choose paper of unusual colors for them.
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New Year's toys made of rectangles glued together at the corners look very nice and stylish. The photographs show the oriental version, but no one bothers to use in the same way a different color, a different theme.
Triangles in a circle with curved sides glued together are a kind of classic. It is not difficult to make such a ball, but it will delight with its appearance no worse than factory toys.
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Long paper balls
Two-color balls of stripes with a drop-shaped pattern are a great solution for a New Year's interior, decorated for the holiday in two colors. Small toys can be hung on the tree, and large ones on the walls, or you can arrange them without hanging. In such a craft, the main color can be the color of the symbol of the coming year.
Balls made of stripes with a pattern of circles of different sizes look a little curled towards the bases and with small gaps in the body itself. Hand-made, they can even become a decoration for the New Year's table setting.
By increasing the distance between the circles in the strip, you can get a ball with perfect circles as a pattern. Perfectionists will be delighted to see a piece of jewelry like this!
You can also make a handmade Christmas ball from straight, even strips of paper. In this case, templates are not even required - it is not difficult to cut even strips on your own, and their length will determine the dimensions of the finished product, which also depends on the creator.
Smooth stripes can be glued by themselves; make circles out of them and glue them; fix the composition by stitching; attach bows made from the same stripes on top; sew the details by putting a bead on top of them.
Straight stripes can be either perfectly flat or patterned - just draw the pattern you like, enclosing it in an oval, combine several such ovals, cut out this paper “queue”, then round it a little with a pen or pencil and fasten it to the edge and upstairs. If you use special stencils, this is one of the easiest ways to create a New Year's ball.
Fans of more “magical” figures will surely appreciate the beauty of a ball made of paper with curved stripes.Such a ball will turn out with small gaps, but only three wide strips are needed to make it.
Balls from paper circles
New Year's crafts are often very logical in their manufacture. Also here - the ball is assembled from circles. Small rounds cut from paper can be folded in half, cut, glued, folded, stitched, secured with or without strings. In gluing, you can combine two or three circles to give the finished product a different shape.
Balls folded from folded and curled paper
With such balls, everything is simple at first glance. However, various difficulties may arise during work, therefore, in the photos below, the whole process is described step by step. For folding in certain places, you will need a ruler, for curling the paper - a pencil or pen. The charm of such balls is in their advantageous difference from other models.
Balls with curled edges made of gif.webpt wrapping or scrap paper look especially unusual.
By gluing Christmas balls from cone-shaped parts, you can place one inside the other, thereby obtaining additional volume.
Kusudama paper balls
Paper Christmas balls can be made using the kusudama technique. Schemes of such work are provided below. The kusudama technique is wonderful in that it does not require any additional tools besides paper, but decorations for a finished toy can also be created from scrap materials - the same beads, strings, and much more. The resulting ball will look great on a Christmas tree with its volumetricness both outside and inside.
We hope you enjoyed our collection of ideas! Have a fun holiday and a boring New Year!
