We all know what a wonderful effect is obtained from a mirror ball, on which light falls and which slowly rotates, turning a darkened room into a starry sky. An ordinary hall or room is completely transformed in the moving light of many “stars”. You can easily make such a sparkling ball yourself.

Depending on the size, it can be a decoration for the Christmas tree or a piece of New Year's decor, or it can be a real discus ball (from the English Disco Ball), which will become a decoration for the New Year's holiday.

Making such a ball (small or large) is a great activity for children, both young and older. Shiny balls are a great New Year's souvenir for adults and children.

What we need:

• Foam ball(s)
• Sequins of different colors
• Pins
• Ribbon (or other device) for hanging the ball

What we do:

1. Glue the ends of the tape to the surface of the ball to make a loop.

2. Let's start decorating the ball. We take a sequin, string it on a pin all the way to the head of the pin and stick it into the ball. Using the first sequins (3-4 pieces), we additionally secure the ribbon for strength.

3. We continue to string sequins onto pins and stick them into the ball, gradually covering its entire surface.

4. We admire the result! The ball can be hung on a Christmas tree or used as a New Year's interior decoration.

The ball doesn't have to be small. A larger ball can also be decorated with sequins, but there should be a lot of sequins and pins, and you will have to be patient. If you decorate a large ball only with silver sequins, you will get a real disco ball - a disco ball. A large ball can be hung from the ceiling next to a light source - and the New Year's festive mood will be ensured for everyone, especially children!

You can use more than just ribbon to hang the ball. For example, it could be a loop of thin wire, a loop of wire with tinsel, or even a screw with a ring wrapped in thread for beauty, as you see in the photo below. By the way, you can also use different ribbons - narrow or wide, or you can use a beautiful cord.

Sequins on the ball can be arranged in the form of an ornament. In order to get such an ornament as in the figure below, you must first “lay out” sequins of the same color “belt” around the circumference of the ball. Next, close to the first row, we make a second row - this time in a different color, and so on.

• If you don't like the idea of ​​using pins (and if you want to work on the balloon with a small child, this is especially true), simply coat the surface of the balloon with clear glue and glue on the sequins.
• If you use glue instead of pins, be sure to hang the finished ball somewhere so it can dry completely.
• If you use small balls, please note that the length of the pin should not be greater than the diameter of the ball.
• If you want the ball to really sparkle, then choose beautiful shiny sequins so that they reflect the light well.
• If you want more sparkle, choose pins with a small head so that they cover less of the surface of the sequin.
• You can choose sequins of any color, the ball can be multi-colored, single-colored or with an ornament, but it will sparkle in any case!
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It’s already November, which means that there is very little left until the fabulous holiday. But you still need to buy a Christmas tree and decorate accordingly not only the green beauty, but the whole house.

To make toys you will need:

• Beads, pendants, beads of different sizes, sequins, pendants
• Glue
• Scissors
• Needles or pins
• Decorative ribbons, braid
• Plastic balls, foam balls, or seashells found on the seashore

Before work, it’s worth marking the rows on our plastic or foam ball. The width of the step here is the height of the sequin. And then everything is as simple as shelling pears - we take the sequin with tweezers, dip the tip into the glue and fit it into its place on the ball.

And in the center of the sequins you can stick one bead at a time, alternating them with small beads. This will make our ball more voluminous.

It's even easier with shells. It is enough to take a thread with beads strung on it and wrap it along the curls of the shell itself. Everything seems simple, but look how elegant the toy is.

And here are some more striking examples of New Year's toys made of beads, sequins and any materials that come to hand.

MASTER CLASS - 2

The set of necessary materials remained unchanged:

• Foam balls
• Sequins
• Pins
• Glue
• Ribbon (or wire) for hanging the ball

Please note that sequins come not only in the usual round shape, but their shape can be very diverse. Using different types of sequins you can create real masterpieces.

You can also use beads, glass beads or beads, placing the beads on stud pins. There is huge scope for imagination here!

First, we'll look at what kinds of sequins there are, besides round ones. Look at the photo: there are New Year-themed sequins, Christmas trees, snowflakes and stars.

Look at our selection of photos of crafts for the New Year - sparkling sequin balls, we hope it will inspire you to make your own masterpiece. Please note that in hedgehog balls, the sequins are located not only on the surface of the foam ball, but are also raised above the surface of the ball using bugle beads.

MASTER CLASS No. 3

What we need:

• Foam ball(s)
• Sequins of different colors
• Pins
• Glue
• Ribbon (or other device) for hanging the ball

What we do:

1. Glue the ends of the tape to the surface of the ball to form a loop.

2. We begin to decorate the ball. We take a sequin, string it on a pin all the way to the head of the pin and stick it into the ball. Using the first sequins (3-4 pieces), we additionally secure the ribbon for strength.

3. We continue to string sequins onto pins and stick them into the ball, gradually covering its entire surface.

4. We admire the result! The ball can be hung on a Christmas tree or used as a New Year's interior decoration.

The ball doesn't have to be small. A larger ball can also be decorated with sequins, but there should be a lot of sequins and pins, and you will have to be patient. If you decorate a large ball only with silver sequins, you will get a real disco ball - a disco ball. A large ball can be hung from the ceiling next to a light source - and the New Year's festive mood will be ensured for everyone, especially children!

You can use more than just ribbon to hang the ball. For example, it could be a loop of thin wire, a loop of wire with tinsel, or even a screw with a ring wrapped in thread for beauty, as you see in the photo below. By the way, you can also use different ribbons - narrow or wide, or you can use a beautiful cord.

Sequins on the ball can be arranged in the form of an ornament. In order to get such an ornament as in the figure below, you must first “lay out” sequins of the same color “belt” around the circumference of the ball. Next, close to the first row, we make a second row - this time in a different color, and so on.

• If you don't like the idea of ​​using pins (and if you want to work on the balloon with a small child, this is especially true), simply coat the surface of the balloon with clear glue and glue on the sequins.
• If you use glue instead of pins, be sure to hang the finished ball somewhere so it can dry completely.
• If you use small balls, please note that the length of the pin should not be greater than the diameter of the ball.
• If you want the ball to really sparkle, then choose beautiful shiny sequins so that they reflect the light well.
• If you want more sparkle, choose pins with a small head so that they cover less of the surface of the sequin.
• You can choose sequins of any color, the ball can be multi-colored, single-colored or with an ornament, but it will sparkle in any case!

Today you can find a huge number of different Christmas tree decorations on store shelves, so turning an ordinary Christmas tree into a real holiday beauty is not difficult. However, New Year is a special day! The day when the old year is left behind, and new adventures, new events, new victories await ahead. But the old year did not pass without a trace; warm memories, bright events, your personal victories and achievements remained from it. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to leave the past year in your memory for many years to come. And you can do this with the help of a DIY New Year's ball. Every time you decorate the Christmas tree, you will take New Year's balls out of the box, and with them, memories of the past.

Making New Year's balls with your own hands is quite simple: for this you will need inspiration, a desire to create and a little perseverance. We have prepared for you 15 master classes on making Christmas balls with your own hands.

To make such a ball you will need: a simple glass or plastic ball, old CDs, scissors, tape, glue.

#2 New Year's ball with fingerprints. Decorating New Year's balls in an original and simple way

To make such a masterpiece you will need: a glass or plastic ball without a pattern, paints (watercolor, gouache, acrylic), felt-tip pens or markers, brushes.

#3 New Year's ball made of paper tubes. Master class on making

To make a New Year's ball from paper tubes you will need: a foam or plastic ball, glue, thin paper, thread.

#4 New Year's ball made of sequins. Step-by-step master class

To make a New Year's ball from sequins you will need: a foam, plastic or glass ball, ribbon with sequins, glue.

#5 DIY fragrant New Year’s ball

New Year is a holiday of smells! Why not add a little scent to your Christmas tree? To make such a ball you will need: an orange, lemon or any other citrus fruit, ribbons, a wide elastic band, a toothpick, New Year's spices (cinnamon, cloves, etc.).

#6 New Year's ball made from old newspapers

New Year's balls decorated with old newspapers look very original. For this you will need: a foam or plastic ball, newspapers, glue, masking tape, thread, paints, felt-tip pens or a gel pen.

#7 New Year's ball decorated with felt. Making Christmas tree decorations with your own hands

To create an original New Year's ball, you can use pieces of felt or other fabric. To create such a ball you will need: a ball (plastic or foam), felt or other fabric of several colors, glue, thread, scissors.

To make a New Year's ball from fabric you will need: a foam ball, fabric of several colors, safety pins (a lot!), beads, scissors, glue.

#9 New Year's ball made of scraps

If you want to make an original New Year's ball with your own hands, then pay attention to the ball made from scraps. For this you will need: a foam ball, a stationery knife, fabric of different colors, a felt-tip pen, a tape measure, glue, safety pins, a wooden skewer or a toothpick.

#10 DIY Christmas ball made of threads

The New Year's ball made of thread is incredibly popular among needlewomen. To make it you will need: a balloon, thread, PVA glue.

#11 New Year's ball decorated with stained glass paints

An excellent New Year's decoration can be made using stained glass paints. To create such a ball you will need: a glass or plastic ball, stained glass paints. You can do this in several ways: draw directly on the ball or make preliminary blanks and then glue them onto the ball.

#12 New Year's ball made of cord and beads. Making Christmas balls with your own hands

To make such a New Year's ball you will need: a foam or plastic ball, cord, beads, glue.

#13 New Year's ball made of buttons. Decorating the Christmas tree with children

Even the smallest residents of the house can make a New Year's ball from buttons. For this craft you will need: a foam ball, multi-colored buttons, glue, thread.

#14 New Year's ball with beads

Balls decorated with beads look very beautiful on the Christmas tree. You can decorate the ball with beads on the outside or inside. Which method to choose is up to you, but we, for our part, will note that the external decoration may crumble after some time. In any case, you will need: a plastic or glass ball, glue, beads.

#15 Decorate the New Year's ball with fabric or paper

If there is very little time left, but you really want to decorate the balls, you can use a very simple and original technique: decorating the ball using wrapping paper or fabric.

#16 DIY Christmas balls using decoupage technique

If you want to make a truly unique New Year's ball, then it's time to master decoupage. To make a decoupage New Year's ball you will need: a plastic ball, themed napkins, white acrylic paint, PVA glue, acrylic varnish for decoupage; fan-shaped brush, foam sponge, glitter for decoration.

#17 DIY Christmas balls made from cotton pads

An excellent option for a New Year's ball would be a toy made from ordinary cotton pads. To make it you will need: cotton pads, stapler, needle, thread, tape.

#18 New Year's paper balls

Well, the last version of a DIY New Year's ball will be a paper ball. For it you will need: double-sided thick paper, scissors, glue, ribbon.

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Factory-made New Year's decorations will never be able to replace the warmth and soulfulness of products made with one's own hands, and even if a homemade hand-made product is not entirely ideal, but all the soul will be put into it, and this is worth a lot! Today we will show you how to make Christmas balls with your own hands, so that you won’t be ashamed to decorate the interior of your beloved home with them. In addition, you can involve children in the creative process, firstly, such work is useful for the development of children's motor skills, secondly, any common cause greatly unites, and thirdly, together you will have time to make much more unusual Christmas tree balls.

One legend says that the first Christmas tree balls appeared in Germany in 1848. In those days, Christmas trees were decorated with real apples, but 1848 was a bad harvest, and local glassblowers urgently created glass “apples” that successfully replaced real ones. Local residents appreciated the idea of ​​glass decorations, and so they gradually replaced fresh apple candies.

Christmas balls made from newspaper tubes.

We take a sheet of magazine, twist it into a bundle, if required, you can create several bundles by gluing them together. Then we take a foam ball, glue the end of a magazine strip on top, and begin winding around the perimeter of the ball, as in the photo below, gluing each layer with polymer glue.

Christmas balls made of felt.

On paper we draw patterns of flowers, one larger than the other smaller. We take tracing paper, lay it on pink felt fabric and outline a large flower, you will need a lot of such flowers, so we create the required number of them. Then we take white felt, lay tracing paper on it and outline a small flower; you will need exactly the same number of them as pink flowers. We cut out all the details with scissors, sew two flowers together, and glue a bead in the center. Using this pattern we sew the rest of the flowers. We glue the resulting flowers using a glue gun to a foam ball.

DIY Christmas balls made from paper flowers.

Using a hole punch with a flower tip, we create a variety of purple and white paper flowers. We put the white flower into the purple one, bend the edges to the center, then use pins with bead heads to pin them to the foam ball.

New Year's balls in rosettes made of corrugated paper.

We create miniature roses from corrugated paper (the process of creating roses is captured in the photo below). We tie the stem of the flower with thread so that the bud does not fall apart, cut off the long stems closer to the threads, and glue the flowers using a glue gun or instant glue to the surface of a foam ball. We fill the gaps with large beads.

New Year's balls made of sequins.

Each sequin needs to be secured to the surface of a foam ball using sewing pins (the kind seamstresses use). Sequins need to be pinned overlapping.

Christmas balls decorated with beads.

On a pin with a beaded head, we string beautiful beads of different sizes, and stick each nail into the surface of a foam ball. Don't forget to glue or pin the ribbon on the pendant.

How to make Christmas balls from paper.

First way. According to the template presented below, we cut out many parts, which we connect together as in the photo below, forming a ball.

Second way. We cut the paper into strips (4 pieces), lay them crosswise, connect them in the center with a nail, connect the ends together from the bottom, forming a ball, and fasten them with a stapler. We create a pendant from a rope, which we attach to a nail.

Third way. We cut the paper into circles, bend the sides of the circles towards the center, it looks like a triangle. Glue the parts together to form a ball.

Christmas tree balls made from cinnamon sticks.

We cut the cinnamon sticks into pieces of equal length, each of which is glued with polymer glue to the surface of the foam ball.

Christmas tree balls decorated with paper scales.

Using a large round hole punch, we create many circles, which we glue with an overlap to the surface of the foam ball using a glue gun.

DIY Christmas balls made from branches.

Let's make a ball (it's even better to take a thin rubber ball of a round shape that can be deflated and inflated), cut the dry branches into small pieces with pruners, apply the branches to the surface of the ball and glue them together with a glue gun. When the glue dries, deflate the ball and pull it out through one of the wide holes.

How to make a New Year's ball from threads.

We inflate the ball, wrap it with threads, then thoroughly soak it with PVA glue, hang it in a dry place to dry the glue. As soon as the glue dries, pierce the ball with a needle and pull it out through one of the holes. To make a ball of thread look more impressive, immediately after applying the glue, you can generously sprinkle it with coarse glitter.

How to make a “chocolate” ball.

We take any unnecessary ball, cover it with glue from a gun, creating spectacular drips, when the glue dries, paint the ball chocolate-colored with spray paint. After the paint has dried, cover the spectacular chocolate drip with a layer of PVA glue and sprinkle with large white glitter. We glue red decorative berries and twigs on top.

How to make a ball out of rope.

We inflate the medical fingertip, tie it with thread, soak the rope in PVA glue, and wind the rope around the fingertip ball. We leave the product to dry, after which we glue a hat on top for hanging. Details on creating such a ball are in the article.

How to decorate a ball with acorn caps.

We paint the foam ball brown with acrylic paint, take polymer glue, generously lubricate the acorn cap with it and glue it to the surface of the ball; according to this scheme, we completely cover the ball with acorn caps. Finally, gaps can be masked with beads and silver glitter particles.

How to make a ball of pine cones.

We take a thick garbage bag, put cotton wool tightly inside, and tie the bag. We separate the tops from the cones and glue them to the surface of the ball using polymer glue or a glue gun.

How to decorate a ball with pine cone scales.

Use pliers to separate the scales from the cone. Then we take a foam ball and, using a glue gun, glue all the flakes overlapping to its entire surface.

How to decorate a ball with decorative balls.

Such synthetic padding balls are sold in departments for creativity; we glue them to the surface of the foam ball using a glue gun, alternating simple white balls and shiny balls.

How to decorate a ball with lace.

We cut out details from lace, for example, flowers, and glue the flowers to the surface of the foam ball using PVA glue. We paint the ball with white acrylic paint, then bronze, after which we take a sponge and go over the surface of the ball with blotting movements. The surface acquires an aged effect; all that remains is to glue the hat and pendant and tie a beautiful ribbon.

10 ideas - DIY Christmas tree decorations (video)

How to make Christmas tree decorations (video master class 21 ideas):

Today we showed how to make Christmas tree balls with your own hands, without unnecessary financial and time costs; such beautiful decorations will definitely not go unnoticed, and your friends will certainly appreciate all your efforts.

How to make spectacular New Year's balls with your own hands? Easily! Nothing super complicated, everything is elementary.

You will need very few starting materials - foam as a base plus sequins.

Many people have a question - how to attach (maybe glue) decor to the ball? Secure with pins or just glue.

But the first option is preferable - the decor holds up better and looks more interesting in my opinion.

DIY New Year's toy ball - mini master class

In the picture below you see both all the items necessary for the work, as well as the New Year’s decoration master class itself. It is so simple and accessible, the photo speaks for itself that nothing more is required.

The advantage of this method is the availability, as well as the low cost of materials, the simplest technology, the balls do not break, leaving fragments.

So, I’ll list it again. All you need is:

• Balls (or other shaped objects) made of polystyrene foam
• Flat or round head pins (depending on desired result)
• Sequins (same or different colors)

All this is sold in round and square packages, as seen in the photo. It is not necessary to make everything monochromatic, but it also looks good, more elegant.

You should try to attach the sequins close to one another so that there are no gaps. Then the entire surface will have a glossy shine, and the craft itself will look almost like a real glass shiny New Year's ball, which we have become accustomed to since childhood.

For hanging, before you start working, you can attach a thin cord to the ball, by which you will hang the Christmas toy on the tree or somewhere else. It’s better to do this before you start, and it will also be more convenient to hold the ball when you pin on the sequins.

But this is optional. If you make a large ball, you don’t have to hang it on the Christmas tree; it will look good separately, as an interior decoration, on a table or windowsill. especially if there are several different sizes. You can choose the color scheme and diameter of the ball according to your taste, desire and specific goals. It's up to you to decide.

Such a ball will serve as a small New Year's gift for friends or as an addition to it for loved ones.

Foam plastic is the basis for creativity

On sale you can find many options for foam plastic figures of different shapes and sizes, which are quite suitable for this technique of creating New Year's tree decorations. These are snowflakes, cones that can be shaped like a Christmas tree, decorated in a spiral with a garland (sequins of a different color), and bells.

I already had a similar master class, very simple and doable even for small children to create Easter decorations with their own hands. The only thing that needs to be taken into account if you are working with children is that pins can get lost, and this is very dangerous. Therefore, watch this very carefully, and I also advise you to get a special magnetic stand for small metal objects (paper clips, etc.), which will keep all the pins needed for work in one place. The likelihood that one will accidentally get lost will be much less.

It is now fashionable to make Christmas decorations using natural materials. Cones - spruce, pine, even alder - can be easily found in the forest, you just need to take care of this in advance - collect them in the summer at the dacha or in the fall while walking in the parks. Once prepared, they are stored dry for a long time until it’s time to make crafts.

Original huge or very small balls for the New Year can be made by using completely unnecessary things that we get for free. Separately, using glue, two halves of approximately the same size are made, which are then joined into a single whole - a sphere that looks more than unusual thanks to non-standard materials.

Absolutely the same option, only these are not homemade New Year's balls, but eggs - only the shape is different. The sequins are secured alternately with pins to the foam, which serves as the base. The only difference is not the New Year's decor. Here you will find many different colors and other nuances that also apply to Christmas balls.