If you had an idea to decorate your house for the holiday, but you don’t have enough money for this, crafts from balls of thread will allow you to do this without harming the family budget. These decorations are made very simply. Even a child will cope with such work, and the results of his own work will bring joy to the baby. In this article, we will learn how to make a ball of thread at home and use crafts in the interior.
Necessary materials and tools
- Balloons (if the balloon is needed in a small shape, then the fingertips purchased in the pharmacy are perfect).
- Threads (any that you like - for knitting, sewing, embroidery, etc.).
- Scissors.
- Needle.
- PVA glue or clerical.
- Vaseline (if not present, then any greasy cream and even vegetable oil will do).
We make balls of thread with our own hands: instruction
The very first step will be to inflate the ball to the required size. Tie the tip with a thread, be sure to leave the ponytail authentic. This is necessary in order to hang the basis of our future craft from balls of thread for drying. Then grease the ball over the entire surface with cream or petroleum jelly. If this is not done, then the threads will be very difficult to disconnect subsequently. Impregnate selected threads with glue. By the way, when using multi-colored balls of weave will be very beautiful. Using adhesive tape or adhesive tape, we attach the tip of the thread impregnated with glue to the balloon and begin to wrap the entire surface of the balloon with arbitrary movements. We do it as if we are winding a ball. The frequency of rotation depends on the thickness of the thread: if it is thin - the density of the winding is greater, if thick (for knitting) - less.
During operation, it is necessary to ensure that the thread is well saturated with glue. Keep it during the winding of the balloon should not be very tight.
When the process of winding the threads is finished, leave another long tip and tie it to the tail of the ball. Now it’s the turn of drying future crafts from balls of thread. It usually occurs within 24-48 hours. It is necessary that the cocoon becomes completely solid. You do not need to hang blanks over heating devices to speed up the drying process. The rubber from which the balls are made can burst from hot air, and then all your efforts will be in vain. We recommend hanging them on a clothes dryer, fixing them with clothespins. After the glue becomes hard, the balls are removed. And how to do it right so that the balls of thread created by yourself do not lose their shape and what methods of applying glue exist, you will find out by reading the article further.
Glue impregnation options
- If you have to work with PVA glue, then it must be diluted with water in a ratio of 1: 1. Paste the glue in a suitable container and soak the threads in it for about 10 minutes. Entanglement should be avoided.
- Wrap the ball with a dry thread and then carefully, using a brush or sponge, soak the blank with glue.
- Using a hot needle, pierce the tube with glue so that the holes are opposite each other. Thread the thread into the needle and pull it through the resulting holes. Thus, it will be impregnated with glue. If you have glue in a large container, then you can pour it into a disposable plastic cup.
How to remove the ball from the workpiece?
- We untie the knot of the ball and let it gradually go down, then carefully remove it.
- The second way: using a simple pencil, at the end of which is an eraser, peel the ball from the thread frame and pierce with a sharp object in several places. Take out.
Now you know everything about how to make a ball of thread, and you can start decorating our crafts. Although in itself it looks original and can become an independent decoration of the house.
Air fantasy
A snowman made of threads and a ball will perfectly fit into the New Year’s interior, and it is done very simply. Three blanks of white thread, made according to our description, are connected with each other with glue. Glue the eyes, finished or made of paper, nose. It can also be made of red threads, only for this we wrap not balls, but paper, rolled up by a cone. After it dries, remove and cut to the desired length. Sew on. If you make a loop on the top of your head, then our snowman can be hung, for example, on a Christmas tree, if its size is small.
It turns out that you can make stylish and original Christmas-tree decorations yourself without spending huge amounts of money on it. Christmas balls made of thread will become an exclusive decor of the forest beauty. Having made small thread balls, we decorate them at our discretion: with beads, various ribbons, sequins, beads, feathers - do not hold back your imagination, everything in the house, even the famous decoy, is useful. Yes, yes, if you wet the ball with glue and dip it into this grits, you get the frost effect.
Little tricks
I wanted to make crafts from balls of thread, but there was no glue in the house? Do not despair and do not put off your desire for another day! It can be replaced with paste or sugar syrup. The paste is made like this: starch (4 teaspoons) is stirred in a glass of cold water and brought to a boil.
Need a ball of red color, and only white threads? It’s also not scary: we take the paint and repaint it, but we need to do this before the ball is blown out and removed from the base.
To give texture to your creation, we glue the ball with glue and roll, for example, in millet or coffee beans.