There are various reasons why you should paint Christmas balls yourself. For example, would you like to add a few new ornaments to your Christmas tree this year or maybe your children will have their own tree in their room for the first time? Or maybe you just want to pass the time for yourself and your children and are looking for fun activities to get you in the Christmas spirit. If you paint Christmas balls together with children, you can also give them as gifts.
So as you can see, DIY balls are a practical thing. We would like to give you another great idea before we get to our ideas and instructions: If the painted Christmas tree balls are intended as a gift, you can also hide other things in them: After you have painted the Christmas balls with children, you can also decorate them with confetti , glitter or tiny stones that give them extra charm. Or how about oneBaking or cocoa mix? The choice is yours!
Tipp:You can label the Christmas balls and make your own Christmas ball with a name and also add the date. If you then paint Christmas balls with children every year, you will gradually receive a unique collection and memory.
Painting Christmas balls with children – choose simple patterns
If you are painting Christmas tree balls with children, it is a good idea to choose simple patterns and motifs so that the little ones do not lose their interest in painting and, above all, so that they are not ultimately disappointed with your work, but rather hang up the homemade Christmas decorations with pride. Therefore, simple patterns are an important requirement. Dots, wavy and zigzag lines, snowflakes or simple snowmen made of large circles - it doesn't have to be anything more. There are numerouspractical techniquesthat simplify implementation.
You can use cotton swabs to create dots or create splashes on the ball using paint and a toothbrush. In this way, the Christmas tree baubles can be painted in a short time and can decorate the tree as soon as the paint has dried. How about the following colorful ones, for examplehomemade Christmas tree balls?
Colorful brush strokes
- Christmas balls to paint (in the example made of transparent plastic)
- Acrylic paint in any color
- paper plate
- Brushes (preferably in different sizes)
- Cup of water to clean the brush
Remove the metal caps and set them aside. Then add any colors you like to the paper plate. Now take your first color with a wider brush and paint it over the surface of the ball in different places. Then put the ball down and let the paint dry. Then repeat the whole thing with the next and all other colors until the entire Christmas tree ball is covered. You can also alternate wide and narrower brushes.
Of course, you don't have to make the ball colorful. Instead, two or three colors are enough if you are painting the Christmas balls with children. Likewise, the entire ball doesn't necessarily have to be covered with paint. Transparent models in particular look pretty if color is only used here and there.
Colorful striped pattern and other ideas
A simple idea for how you can beautifully paint Christmas balls with children is the following one with a striped pattern:
- Kugel
- Acrylic paint
- Mod Podge
- Paint brush
- paper plate
- Cup of water to clean the brush
Remove the metal caps and place a few blobs of the chosen colors on the paper plate. Now take the first color and paint a stripe from top to bottom on the ball. Then rinse the brush in water and repeat the process with the remaining colors. Each color strip may need to be repeated again to cover.
Then let the colors dry. Finally, apply a coat of Mod Podge to seal your colorful pattern. The glue is initially whitish, which doesn't have to scare you. As it dries, it becomes transparent and allows all the bright colors to come into their own. As you saw in the picture above, other patterns can also be usedpaint with the children. Let your imagination run wild.
Design your own Christmas balls with hand and fingerprints
Hand and fingerprints look pretty on the Christmas baubles. But you can also process them further and use them as a basis for Christmas motifs. For example, the print of an entire finger can be made into oneDesign a snowman. You can turn the classic fingerprint into a reindeer, Santa Claus or other characters.
Painting reindeer
And while we're on the topic of fingerprints, we'd also like to show you this cute reindeer that only has oneFingerprint requiredbecomes. To do this, use the following things:
- Christmas ball to paint (made of glass or plastic as desired)
- brown color
- red color
- black Edding
- Paint brush
If you would like to use these cute motifs as inspiration and paint Christmas balls with children, first remove the metal hat with the eyelet. Then paint your thumb (your own or your child's) with the brown paint and make an imprint on the ball. Then let the paint dry. Then draw the eyes and antlers with the Sharpie. The best way to get the red nose is to dip the tip of the brush into the red paint and dab a red dot on the fingerprint.
