At Christmas, especially at Christmas, many decide to make the Christmas decorations themselves instead of buying.Door wreaths made of natural materials, Filz's gear from socks and garlands: a homemade Christmas decorations is something special. It gives the room an individual touch and creates a cozy and inviting atmosphere. Today we show some ideas on how to make Christmas balls from paper. Because the colorful Christmas tree balls should not be missing from the Christmas tree, in the Advent arrangement or on the windowsill. The Christmas balls are real all -round talents and can be perfectly staged both as soloists and in groups, for example as elements of a festive garland. Let your creativity run free and conjure up beautiful decorations.
Christmas balls tinker out of paper: Christmas jewelry in the origami look
Origami decorationsare real eye-catchers, but most instructions are quite complicated and are not suitable for beginners. We offer you an idea that makes up the trendy origami look. Even inexperienced handicraft enthusiasts will be easy to conjure up the Christmas balls. You need the following materials: sound cardboard in two contrast colors, binding threads and organza band. You still need the following accessories: a motif pier for large circles, scissors and universal adhesives.
This is how it works: Punch out the same number of circles from the red and the blue sound cardboard with the motif punch. You can of course also choose other colors, we recommend that you buy clay box in plain colors. Fold all the circles in the middle and put them on top of each other. Glue the first detail at the top, then the second-tight and press the details with your fingers for 20-30 seconds. Keep on until you have glued all the elements. In the end, you can cut the organza band and make it a trailer for the Christmas balls.
Tinker Christmas balls: make glittering Christmas jewelry made of paper yourself
Bring yoursChristmas tree to glow. The next Christmas balls are made of glitter paper in metal look. Your surface reflects the light of the light chain and sparkles bronze, silver or white. This Christmas jewelry is also ideal as a festive table decoration in a minimalist style. You need for this craft idea: one or more balls made of styrofoam, glitter paper, motif pantry and adhesive. First punch out the circles with the motif pier from the glittering clay box and then glue them onto the styrofoam ball. In the end, you can place a binding thread in the middle of the ball and stick it sticking.
Tinker Christmas balls out of paper strips
They are the absolute classic under Christmas jewelry: Christmas tree balls hang in all colors on our Christmas tree for Christmas and create a festive atmosphere. The next Christmas balls can not only adorn the fir tree, but also serve as a lantern on the dining table. They are so charming that they are also on the plates of the guestsplace cardscan. You need the following materials: six 15 cm long and five 14 cm wide paper strips, which you can cut out of glitter paper yourself, bind thread and 2 book screws, a hole.
First punch out a hole at each end of the paper strips. Put 5 strips of paper on top of each other and place another 6 streaks of paper on top of each other. Connect the strips to the book screws, whereby you should thread the longer below and the shorter ones. In the end you just have to flee the paper strips and the beautiful balls are ready. The handicap is really child's play and is suitable for complete beginners. You should only avoid one error: make sure that if you attach the book screws, a decent rounding is created.
Another variant for Christmas balls made of clay cardboard is to print out the template at the end of the article and to cut out of glitter paper. You can also use the finished Christmas balls asGift boxes for small giftsuse for the guests. You can even make a 3D advent calendar with it. Our tip: Experiment with the colors and create several Christmas balls in different sizes.
If you cut out the Christmas balls a little larger and decorate with rhinestones, glass beads and bells, then you have an imaginativeChristmas decorations for the fireplacemade. However, these beautiful lanterns are real transformers, because they can also manufacture similar models for Easter or even Halloween. For Christmas, you prefer to select clay box with traditional motifs such as fir trees, snowflakes or snowmen. Hang the lantern over the fireplace or the dining rash to create a festive atmosphere.
Beautify Christmas balls with a nervous technology
Do you have old Christmas balls with a stripped color? Do not throw them away because we will explain how you can beautify you with packaging paper residues. You need: packaging paper residues or napkins with Christmas motifs, spray glue, napkin adhesive and satin decorator in green and red, scissors and a brush. Before you decorate the balls, you first have to remove the two white paper layers of the napkin. Then fold the napkin or paper several times in the middle and create 20-30 details. Apply the spray glue on the back of the details and glue them to the old Christmas tree balls. If folds arise, deleted them carefully with the fingernails.
At the end, apply the napkin adhesive on the ball with a flat brush (in the trade you can find special brushes for nervy technology) and fix the paper remains or napkins. Then put a baking sheet with baking paper and place the Christmas balls on top. Heat the oven to 150 degrees without a circulating air and leave the Christmas balls in it for 20 minutes. In the meantime, cut the decorations and make fans for the Christmas balls.
If you like this handicraft idea, but you don't have old Christmas balls at home, then you can also make the Christmas tree decorations from styrofoam and then stick with napkins, packaging paper residues or glitter paper.
Christmas balls tinker out of paper: colorful balls
The classic color palette red and green is too boring for you? Bring variety with the next colorful Christmas decorations in happy spring colors. This decoration is guaranteed to conjure up a good mood and can also decorate the house after the festival. The color palette made of green, yellow, pink, pink and black fits particularly harmoniously into puristic or Scandinavian facilities. However, you are also welcome to experiment with other colors and nuances. For this handicraft guide you need the following materials: clay box with points, stripes and other geometric motifs, adhesive for paper, binding, scissors, motif punch for large circles, a pencil and an eraser.
These sweet Christmas balls are ready in a few steps, simply follow the step-by-step instructions in the photo above. On request, you can also use the Christmas balls as a gift packaging for sweets or small gifts for other occasions such as children's birthdays or weddings. Simply put the surprise in the ball before sticking the last detail. If you want to make these balls together with the children, you can buy white clay box and the children can then paint it with Christmas motifs.
Optionally, you can of course make the tree decorations from red paper in a classic manner and paint on it with white Finelin snowflakes. Of course, you can choose other classic motifs such as stars or fir trees. The possibilities are simply endless and there are no limits to their creativity. So that the beautiful shape of the Christmas ball comes into its own, we advise you to keep the Christmas balls as simple as possible.
Tinker sweet Christmas balls from crepe paper with the children
If you have toddlers, you can turn the Christmas balls together into cute animal figures. First we explain to you how you can make a paper unicorn. You need a styrofoam ball, white crepe paper and clay box in black, pink, pink, light yellow and white. You still need glue for paper, a fineliner, scissors or a cutter knife. First draw on the individual details on the tone cardboard: mouth, mane, horn, ears and eyes. Then cut them out. Wrap the styrofoam ball with the white crepe paper and then put the unicorn together.
You can also make a fox from crepe paper and tone cardboard. Wrap the styrofoam ball in orange crepe paper. Cut out the mouth of white, the eyes made of black and the ears made of orange sound carton. Tinker the tail made of white and orange clay box and glue it to the back of the ball. Present the fox with other animals such as bird figures, reindeer or polar bears, or with elves, dwarfs, Santa Claus and numerous fairies and elves.
Christmas balls tinker with paper: DIY idea for children in kindergarten
If you want to make a festive decoration for the Christmas tree yourself, you can simply cut out the Christmas jewelry from a clay cardboard. Print out templates for Christmas balls, stars, snowflakes, etc. and transfer them to colorful sound box. For this purpose, first put the template under butter bread paper and trace the template with an ironing pattern. Then place the butter bread paper on the clay box (the page just painted is pointing down). Paint the lines again. So you can also break up other complicated pictures. Then cut out the motifs from the colorful sound cardboard, punch a hole with a hole and pull a bind thread through.
Beautifying Christmas balls with newspaper, notes and packaging paper with a “world map” motif
With newspaper notes or packaging paper with “World Map”- motif you conjure up a Christmas jewelry with vintage flair. Simply follow the step-by-step instruction for service technology and stick old Christmas balls or balls of styrofoam with the colorful paper. Present the ball together with silver Christmas tree decorations, paper and glass animals angels. Small iron lanterns with LED candles will give the final grinding and make the fir tree shine.
Tinker the garland from Christmas balls
We have already told you how you can make Christmas balls out of paper strips yourself. Here is another idea for an effective decoration. If you bring some sensitivity and have several hours on the weekend, you can tie 5-6 paper balls together and make a stylish garland. It takes up very little space and can therefore beautify the hallway or serve as a window decoration. If you wish, you can attach LED lights to the Christmas balls.
If you have children of primary school age, this creative craft idea is ideal, with which you can use entire early or afternoons. It is particularly important that you can correctly assess the skill and experience of your children in order to distribute the tasks appropriately. Since this garland is finished in a manageable time, for example for 1-2 hours, it is quite suitable for small children between 4 and 6 years. Only make sure in advance that all the necessary materials and tools are ready and, for safety, first practice handling adhesive, scissors or a cutter knife. Children under the age of 6 should not work with hot glue, because there is a risk of combustion.
Tinker Christmas balls: What tasks can children take on in kindergarten and primary school?
Children between the ages of 4 and 6 can take on the following tasks when tinkering: painting, labeling, cutting out the sound box or paper, cutting out templates, transferring the templates to clay box or pausing images and gluing individual details. If you always have advice and action for the children when tinkering, then you can always notice in good time whether the child feels overwhelmed with the task and if necessary, support it. For safety, you should make the Christmas balls out of paper in advance, so that everything runs smoothly later and there are no surprises.
Beautiful Christmas balls can be made from paper. You only need a little creativity and toner cardboard and you can make origami Christmas decorations, Christmas jewelry made of paper strips or crepe paper. Let the children help and conjure up a Christmas window decoration together, beautify the hallway or refine the festive table decoration. Tinkering is not only a lot of fun and is a popular leisure activity, but also promotes concentration and memory and offers the opportunity to learn something new in a playful way.
