Surely you have often seen bright round pendants made of threads decorating the interiors of shops, cafes, and beauty salons. They look elegant and original. These decorative elements are called spiderweb balls. Everyone can learn how to make them at home. This activity is so interesting that, having done one ball of thread with your own hands, you will want to craft them again and again. A step-by-step master class, presented in this article, will help you master the technology of their manufacture.
How to make balls of thread with your own hands?
For the manufacture of a spider web ball, you will need such materials:
- balloon;
- threads
- PVA glue;
- starch;
- water;
- container for diluting glue;
- vegetable oil (or petroleum jelly, cream, massage oil).
To make a ball of thread with your own hands, you need to follow these steps:
- Inflate the balloon to the desired size. Tie the tail. So that in the future it does not interfere with winding the thread, attach it with adhesive tape to the wall of the ball.
- Grease the entire round shape with oil. This must be done so that after the product dries, the rubber base is well away from the threads.
- In a container or in any other flat container, mix glue (150 g), water (50 g) and starch (100 g).
- Unroll a thread about a meter long from a common ball (it is not necessary to cut it off) and dip it in a container with sticky mass, soak it there and wind it around a ball. Next, unwind another section of thread and fasten in the same way on a rubber base. Winding yarn in random order, trying to distribute it evenly over the entire surface of the balloon.
- Leave the finished product to dry in a warm room for 24 hours.
- Puncture a rubber ball with a needle and pull it through the hole between the threads.
A ball of thread made by hand. Decorate it at your discretion and in accordance with the purpose of this product.
The use of thread balls: interesting ideas
Spider web balls made of thread can serve just like pendants. They can be made different in size and color. Wall garlands from small round figures look original.
Chandeliers of thread balls. Such lighting devices are not uncommon in modern interiors. They transmit rays well and look very impressive.
Christmas tree toys are another area where a ball of thread is used. With your own hands, you can decorate the finished round design with bows, beads, artificial flowers. This will result in an exclusive Christmas decoration.
Thread souvenir toys. Especially relevant on New Year's Eve figures of snowmen, bunnies, bears, made of cobweb balls. Having mastered the technology, you will be able to independently prepare original and unique gifts for relatives and friends.
Today on sale you can find balloons in the form of a heart or a flower. Using them as a basis, you can make very interesting models of pendants or souvenirs.
In this article, we threw you a batch of ideas for inspiration and instructions for making thread balls. The rest is up to you. Needlework with pleasure, and let unique crafts from balls-cobwebs appear in your house.