Do-it-yourself foam balls are easy to make. And if you beautifully decorate the blanks, you will get beautiful and exclusive Christmas decorations, souvenirs.
Styrofoam
So, how do you begin to make foam balls with your own hands? First you need to answer the question, why is it important to give preference to polystyrene? Firstly, it is the most accessible material for any kind of creativity. Toys made from it are light, durable, and can be processed in any way. Secondly, the foam does not absorb moisture. A toy from water will not deteriorate and will not grow moldy. The material is soft, pliable, holds its shape perfectly, does not crease. Sharp objects, all types of glue, tapes and paper are used to decorate foam balls.
Do-it-yourself foam balls are not alike. So much individuality is invested in each such toy that it is impossible to repeat it one to one.
Making the foundation
You can consider several options for how to make a foam ball with your own hands. You should first prepare some tools, such as: a knife used in construction, a plastic pipe, glue, sanding paper and a regular brush. To make the ball beautiful, scissors, threads, sequins are useful for its design. You can use other decorative elements.
How to make a foam ball with your own hands? Half of the tube cut along, you need to paste over with sandpaper. Insert the second, untouched, half into the foam sheet and turn it clockwise several times. Get a cylinder. Then turn this workpiece over and scroll again, but already counterclockwise. You will get a ball, but, unfortunately, until its surface is perfectly smooth. The ball can be sanded. Its diameter can be changed as desired. Large balls are perfect for decorating a country or suburban area. Even larger products can be obtained by simply gluing several thick sheets of foam. After their final drying by simple technology using a large tube, you need to cut a large workpiece. The surface of large balls is treated with stucco for the facade.
Small balls made of polystyrene, made with their own hands, it is enough to simply paint, picking up the original drawing and pattern. You can use any finishing material found in the house. For example, a sequin or button-up ball looks great
In addition to any gift, you can make a souvenir ball for any reason and without. Then you can brag to your friends what you learned to make foam balls with your own hands. A photo of these souvenirs will be an excellent proof of the craftsmanship of the person who made them.
And with the advent of a fun and fabulous New Year holiday, balls for the Christmas tree can be made by the whole family with their children. From them you can make snowmen, symbolic animal figures and decorations for the Christmas tree. These New Year crafts will last a long time. And the symbols of the coming year (monkeys, sheep and horses) will appear every year, replenishing the collection. Each such Christmas ball made of polystyrene foam, made with your own hands, will decorate your Christmas tree with special charm. Only one safety rule must be observed: do not allow foam toys and decorations to heat up.
For annual flower shows, you can use live or artificial flowers and polystyrene products (simple balls painted in rainbow colors). These elements are perfectly combined in any composition.
By the way, polystyrene balls are often used to decorate a wedding ceremony or to meet the bride and groom in the house of one of the parents. To such a product you just need to add to the two pigeons on top or two gilded rings.
Interesting ideas
The decor that will decorate the New Year's ball made of polystyrene foam, made by yourself, is limited only by the flight of your imagination. You can wrap the ball with threads, making it monophonic, and then embroider unique patterns and symbols on it.
Fans of applications will not fail to stick the original picture on the ball. Beads, beads, sequins, Christmas tree tinsel and rain - all come in handy for a person with a rich imagination.
Beautiful ball
Who would have thought that a ball glued with circles of fabric would look exquisite. And this design is done very simply. A circle is cut out of the cardboard - this is a pattern for a rag blank. The fabric is selected by color, by the quality of the material. The circles are attached only from one end of the circle, the other end hangs freely from the ball. It is fastened according to the principle of fish scales.
You can decorate Christmas balls with artificial snow by mixing semolina, white paint and glue for this. This mass is applied to the ball. After that, it will begin to sparkle in the light, like real freshly fallen snow.
If a real artist took up making such a toy for the New Year, then it is not a sin to show it to everyone. And for this, do-it-yourself Christmas tree balls made of polystyrene must have a device in the form of a thread fixed on the ball so that it can be hung on a tree branch.
Alternative
If a guy wants to impress his girlfriend, he can cut his heart out of polystyrene foam and paint it bright red. You can buy beautiful beads as a gift and attach them to a heart. Offer her your heart as a gift and present at the most romantic moment of a date. The girl should appreciate not only the gift itself, but attention and fiction, the originality of thinking presenting the gift. And if the occasion is also interesting: a certain number of months from the date of acquaintance, the first kiss, first came to the park - you are doomed to admiration.
Decorate balls
Here are some tips for those who want to make foam balls made of polystyrene with their own hands even more interesting. What can be used to make the craft unique and as original as possible? Beautiful fabric, which is perfectly attached with safety pins or pins, will change the look of the ball and make it festive. Buttons, coins, original decorative cords, beads, ribbons and lace, beads will transform the ball. It will become a real decoration of any holiday. Some decor elements cannot be painted with a brush. You can turn to the foam sponge by gently applying paint to the product.
To get the ball to everyone for envy and a sight for sore eyes, one will have to be patient.
Conclusion
It is best to attract every member of the family to decorate the Christmas tree. Kids can be entrusted with the easiest job, grandparents with rich experience can always give useful advice. And the winter evenings spent at the round table with the whole family will remain in memory for a long time and become the most precious memory. And the family will rally the balls to the Christmas tree, made with foam from their own hands . It may seem unbelievable, but it is. Guests attending the holiday will appreciate the uniqueness of such a New Year decoration.