How to make do-it-yourself snowballs from cotton

Getting ready for the winter holidays? Want to decorate your interior with something unusual? If you are tired of colorful tinsel and want to create a stylish neat composition, make snowballs with cotton wool with your own hands and use them as a decor. Gentle fluffy balls will add zest to any winter decoration.

How to make snowballs. Options

The simplest thing is to make snowballs from cotton wool with your own hands, but there are other ways that will make it possible to get original elements of a winter decor. Modern materials will create white balls with sparkles, and with overflows, and even fluffy. So, in addition to cotton wool, snowballs can be created in the following ways:

• made from crumpled paper or papier-mâché;
• crochet and fill with padding polyester;
• use balls of white yarn;
• stitch from a fabric, such as fleece;
• made of kapron pantyhose or socks, decorating the surface of the ball with silver tinsel or grass-type yarn;
• twist from threads on a round basis.
  

In a word, there is a choice. You can try different options. This will be especially interesting for children.

Do-it-yourself snowball made of cotton: a method without glue

This technology is simple, but you can make different types of jewelry using it. In this case, you will need to sew a ball of any material, and decorate the surface with just cotton or with additional decor. Materials needed are:

• old tights;
• thread and needle;
• cotton wool;
• bandage;
• white or silver tinsel or other decor.

DIY snowball made of cotton in this way is done as follows:

1. Cut off a part of a suitable size from tights and twist it in the form of a ball, sew, where necessary, with a needle. You can use tights as a shell, and fill the spherical "bag" with scraps of scraps or sintepon. The color of the base is unimportant, as the surface will close.
2. Tear off a little cotton and distribute on the resulting ball so that the "insides" do not shine through, especially if they are of a different shade. Wrap a layer of cotton wool with a bandage and sew with thread so that it does not turn around.
3. To give the decorative properties of the surface, wrap the resulting workpiece with white or silver tinsel or grass-type yarn.

There is nothing complicated. The only negative is the use of a needle with a thread, that is, a small child himself will not be able to make a product using this technology.

Cotton wool and glue

If you want to learn how to make snowballs from cotton with your own hands with a baby, then use one of the following methods. In the first case, you will need such materials:

• cotton wool;
• PVA;
• hair spray (preferably with sparkles).

Manufacturing technology consists of three steps:

1. Take a piece of cotton and drip PVA on it.
2. Turn the ball so that the glue is inside.
3. Coat the surface with hairspray.

So quickly you can make snowballs from cotton wool.

We make snowballs with our own hands in another way. Here you will need to weld a paste. You need the following:

• A glass of cold water.
• 2 teaspoons of starch.
• Heat-resistant container (saucepan).
• Tool for stirring (spoon, stick).
• Glue brush.
• Vata.
• Sequins or other decor.

The technology of work is as follows:

1. Pour water into the prepared container and gradually pour in the starch while mixing.
2. Put the composition on a slow fire until there are signs of boiling (bubbles), also stirring constantly thoroughly. If lumps nevertheless form, stir everything with a whisk or use a fork.
3. Roll the balls of cotton while the glue cools.
4. Apply evenly with a brush to the surface of the ball the prepared composition and sprinkle with sparkles.
5. Put the items to dry to the battery or use a hairdryer. It is advisable to turn the balls over during the drying process.

The second technology with a paste is suitable even for young children, since safe materials are used, and the composition is applied cooled down. The paste, of course, will be made by adults.

How to use artificial snowballs

So, before you are finished white balls. What can be done with them further:

• Make a garland on the wall.
• Run Christmas tree toys.
• Arrange under the Christmas tree.
• Collect snowmen or animal figures.
• Make a beautiful composition in a basket in combination with colored balls.

These are just a few ideas for using snowballs. Use your imagination and you will get great decoration for the interior.

As you can see, do-it-yourself snowballs made of cotton can be made in many ways. Choose the right one and create an original winter decor yourself or with your children.