How to make a ball of paper with your own hands? New Year paper balls

How to make a paper ball yourself? Very simple. But to get a beautiful Christmas decoration, you need to make a fraction of the effort and imagination. We offer you some ideas on how to make original Christmas balls with your own hands.

Tools and materials

To make paper balls with your own hands, you will need:

1. Sheets of paper: plain, color, corrugated, decoupage, packaging and so on.
2. Ruler.
3. Pencil.
4. Glue.
5. Scissors.
6. Beads, beads, sparkles and any other decor;
7. Lace or ribbon.

Kusudama paper ball

Master class on how to make a paper ball with your own hands:

1. Lay a sheet of paper in front of you.
2. Fold it in half to make a triangle.
3. Fold the two opposite corners of the figure to the third (picture 1).
4. Turn the resulting figure upside down.
5. Fold each wrapped triangle in half (picture 1).
6. Wrap in the looking corners.
7. Fold the leaf so that the folded parts are connected to each other.
8. Glue the part (picture 1).

You have the first petal ready. Make four more things and glue them together, with the center folded inward (picture 2 and 3).

Now, using the above technology, make twelve flowers. When they are ready, glue them together so that a ball is obtained. It is better to make one half of the sphere, and then the second. Before gluing the two parts, put the lace inside, by which you will then hang the flower ball.

Decorate the middle of each resulting flower with a bead.

A handmade Christmas ball made of paper is ready!

Air balloon

Instructions on how to make a ball out of paper (a step-by-step diagram is attached below):

1. Cut a circle with wavy edges. To simplify the task, you can use special scissors for crafts.
2. Cut the circle in half.
3. Cut a small piece from half, about 1/6 part (picture 3).
4. Fold what happened into a cone and glue the edges (picture 5).
5. Make a total of thirty-four such curly cones.
6. Start gluing the cones together to make a row (pictures 7-9). Leave the middle empty.
7. Glue two more on top of the finished first row (picture 10 and 11).
8. Put the cord in the middle, and on the other hand, where the bundle is, tie the ribbon.
9. Finish gluing the details by adding another row or two on top of the finished ones, and make as many rows below.

The balloon is ready!

Paper ball on christmas tree

To create a three-dimensional Christmas ball, a bit of perseverance will be required, since the parts do not stick together, but are assembled. Therefore, with careless attitude, the components of the ball may burst.

Master class on how to make a paper ball with your own hands:

1. Cut out twelve pieces of flower with five petals from a square sheet of paper.
2. Stack all the resulting flowers and make a small incision at the junction of the petal and the middle with an office knife . The length of the cuts should be equal to half the size of the petal. The direction of the cuts for each petal should be the same, that is, only to the right or left.
3. Attach a lace to one of the flowers. To do this, make a hole in the center of the sheet and stick the rope there. Tie a knot on the lace and seal it with tape. The side of the petal with the knot is the inside of the 3D ball.
4. Start collecting the ball. To do this, take two flowers and connect them by the petals. Add a third flower and so on. Gradually carefully, so as not to tear off the petals, connect all the flowers among themselves.

3D Christmas ball is ready!

Christmas ball spiral

Instructions on how to make a paper ball with your own hands:

1. Take two kinds of paper.
2. Cut nine strips of each type. The width of the tapes is about a centimeter.
3. Fold all ribbon strips in half.
4. Cut two circles out of paper.
5. Thread one bead.
6. Fold the thread in half and thread it into the needle.
7. Next, string one paper round thread.
8. Then string paper strips onto the thread, observing the color alternation. For example, white and orange. In this case, the strips should be bent inward.
9. Do not cut the thread, but just make a knot.
10. Measure a small piece of thread, which will mean the size of the finished ball, and tie a knot.
11. String on the thread the other side of the stripes (as in the picture above).
12. Spread the strung strips, give them a shape.
13. String the second round bead and bead.
14. Tie a knot.
15. Hook the drawstring.

The two-color spiral ball on the Christmas tree is ready!

Paper ball pompom

To make such a pompom ball, tissue or corrugated paper is required. Alternatively, you can take napkins.

Master class on how to make a paper ball with your own hands:

1. Take a few sheets of paper and stack them in a stack. The more sheets, the more magnificent the finished ball will turn out.
2. Put the accordion from the whole pile.
3. Connect the resulting accordion in the middle with a paper clip, wire or dense thread.
4. Shape the ends of the paper with scissors. Trim them in a circle or obliquely (angle).
5. Begin to separate each layer of paper from each other, gently spreading it. First fluff one side of the accordion, then the other.
6. Give the leaves a spherical shape.

The pompom ball is ready!

Tips for creating original paper Christmas balls

1. If you use white paper, decorate the finished balls with beads or glitter glue.
2. DIY paper balls will be truly unique if you use paper to print pictures from your photo archive.
3. Choose bright ribbons for your ball as a lace for the Christmas ball, not ordinary threads.
4. Use paper of a different color and composition to create one ball.
5. For some types of paper balls, it is more convenient to use glue-pencil or double-sided tape.
6. Using a special stapler, you can make figures (for example, flowers, leaves, butterflies and so on) and decorate them with a finished paper ball.
7. You can collect several pompom balls together - you get one big ball, which can be used as a crown for a Christmas tree.
8. A Christmas ball-spiral can be made truly New Year’s by making stripes with a pattern. For example, cut the silhouettes of Christmas trees, stars, bells or a snowman.
9. To decorate the Christmas tree, select balls of one or two shapes. For a change, make balls of different sizes.
10. For some types of balls, cardboard can be used.

Involve children to create paper balls for the Christmas tree. Thanks to their imagination, the crafts will be even more original and interesting.