Approaching New Year, which means it’s time to think about stylish holiday decorations. You can, of course, go to the store and choose those balls and toys that are available. But to next holiday You will definitely want something new. So, should we go shopping again? So there won’t be enough money or free space even in the most spacious apartment. But there is a way out - you can easily make bright decorative elements yourself. This way the apartment will look new every time, and the closets won’t have to be cluttered with unnecessary boxes. Oddly enough, the brightest and most spectacular decorations come from the most simple materials: paper, cardboard and even plastic bottles. You don't need any artistic ability to make them, just follow the instructions. In this article we will tell you how to make a paper ball quickly and easily with your own hands.
We create a beautiful and voluminous ball of paper with our own hands
What materials can be used to make a ball:1) Ordinary napkins. Their main advantage, of course, is accessibility. For small balls, take napkins of a smaller format, and for large ones, take a format of 30 by 30 centimeters. The napkin can be any color, but it should not have any designs in the form of flowers or Mickey Mouse - this will not decorate our ball.
2) Corrugated paper. Balls made from this material look very interesting; the material is quite flexible and makes it easy to create three-dimensional shapes. Also a big plus is that you can make balls of a larger diameter from corrugated paper than from napkins (it all depends on the width of the roll).
3)Paper in silence. This word may seem unfamiliar to many, but you have probably already seen such paper. It is usually used to package items - for example, placed inside shoe boxes. But from paper in silence bright colors Learn very delicate and effective crafts. Its main advantage is its translucency, so it looks beautiful when illuminated. By the way, this material is also called tissue paper.
4) The last point is to highlight non-paper materials for making decorative balls. These include fabrics that hold their shape well when folded - for example, organza and tulle. White fabric balls will look very cute at a winter celebration, as they look like plump snowflakes or snowballs. And if you make balls from orange fabric, you will get tangerines! As you can see, there are no limits to imagination.
So, we looked at various types of paper (and even fabric) from which you can make three-dimensional balls. Next, in the master class we will tell you how to make a ball using napkins. Balls from other materials are made exactly according to the same principle.
To make a three-dimensional ball of napkins you will need:- sixteen paper napkins(if the napkins are two-layer, then you can take eight)
- scissors
- wire
- stapler
- ribbon (we will hang the ball on it)
1) We will need sixteen paper napkins - eight for each side of the ball. If you have two-ply napkins, carefully separate them into sheets.
2) Take one napkin and fold it into a “fan”, fasten it in the middle with a stapler.
3) We repeat the same pattern with seven more napkins.
4) Place all the blanks in a “stack” on top of each other and connect the napkins together.
5) Using scissors, carefully round off the edges of the napkins. Make sure that they lie flat when doing this.
6) We straighten the napkins in different planes. We should have half a ball.
7) Using the same scheme, we make the second blank.
8) Now you need to connect the two halves of the ball to each other using a piece of wire. Leave a small part of it free and fold it with a crochet hook.
9) We make a loop from the ribbon to hang the ball from the ceiling or on the New Year's tree. Inside the ball, the tape will be attached to the wire hook that we made in the previous step.
10) The craft is ready!
Let's look at ideas for using voluminous paper balls
The simplest option is balls of one or two colors, which are suspended from the ceiling on ribbons different lengths. Unfortunately, not every ceiling covering is suitable for such decor - for this it must have wooden or plastic slats on which ribbons can be attached. Most often, this method is used to decorate office premises.
Single balls can be turned into fantastic flowers and decorated with them festive table. Larger pieces make peonies, while smaller ones look more like bush carnations.
Volumetric balls look very stylish on various boxes and gift bags. Such crafts should be transported carefully so that the decoration does not become wrinkled.
Video on the topic of the article
See in more detail how to make a paper ball different types, you can in the following videos. With step-by-step instructions from experienced decorators, it’s easy to understand unclear elements and easily cope with the production of these stylish decorations.
To make the interior of your home stylish and original, it is not necessary to decorate it with purchased items. You can make decorations with your own hands - this will not only provide a pleasant and interesting pastime, but will also help create a festive atmosphere in the house with the right mood. At the same time, the color scheme of the holiday is thought through and exactly the decor that suits the given occasion is created. significant day. In addition, purchased jewelry is monotonous, and manufactured with my own hands- one of a kind.
One of the simplest solutions is paper balls. The technique for making these crafts is simple, it doesn’t take much time, and the cost of materials is low. And the paper balls look grandiose - they fill the entire space, amaze the imagination - it seems that it is impossible to do this by hand, the balls look so unmade.
From the history of the appearance of paper balls
China is considered the birthplace of paper balls. Flying paper lanterns have been made there for a long time; they are still very popular today - they are launched into the air by placing oil lamps inside. Glowing lanterns flying into the night sky and disappearing among the stars somewhere in the clouds illuminated by the moon are a fascinating sight. Chinese paper lanterns later inspired the idea of making paper balls. They began to decorate holiday events in America and Europe.
Today, all over the world, it is a trend to create interiors for celebrations with decor from paper garlands, flowers and balloons. Products made from multi-colored and shiny paper look elegant, fragile and weightless. It’s easy to decorate a room, because paper balls weigh almost nothing. In addition, paper is an environmentally friendly material that does not pollute the environment; it is recyclable, that is, the use of paper decorations helps to save nature. In general, paper balls are one of the directions modern fashion in the design of festive and ceremonial interiors.
Types of paper balls
Paper balls are used to decorate rooms; they can be selected thematically according to the manufacturing method and colors. For example, multi-colored balloons are suitable for a children's birthday, and a wedding hall can be decorated with balloons in pastel colors. It is considered stylish to hang balloons of the same color but different sizes in a room. Small paper balls can be used to decorate christmas tree. The technique for making paper balls is different, and they all look interesting in different ways.
Balls are made from:
- long strips of paper;
- paper circles;
- geometric shapes made of paper;
- from curled and folded paper;
- made of paper pyramids sewn together at the ends (in Japanese - “kusudama”).
You can also make a paper accordion ball and an “origami ball.” But first, you should master the two simplest techniques on small balls - a ball made of paper circles and a ball made of paper strips.
Preparing for work
In order for the work to immediately begin to progress, you first need to stock up on everything necessary for needlework. You will need the following materials and tools:
- a pack of colored paper;
- double-sided tape or adhesive stick;
- satin ribbon;
- a sheet of thick cardboard;
- spool of sewing thread;
- scissors;
- sewing needle;
- stapler;
- compass (can be replaced with a cup or saucer and simply draw circles around them);
- for decoration - shiny sequins.
When choosing materials you need to pay attention to some things. Buying colored paper, you should look at the density of the sheets - they should be of medium density. If the paper is too thin, the ball may wrinkle or tear at the folds. Sheets that are too dense are difficult to bend neatly along the lines.
Regular colored paper can be replaced with corrugated paper - the ball will seem openwork and even more airy. Interesting crafts are obtained from colored paper “in silence” - this kind of paper is used to make cigarettes, it is very thin and transparent, for each element of the ball it will need to be taken in several layers. But the balls made from silence look very gentle.
Thick cardboard is needed to make a circle template (stencil). Having decided on the size of the balls, draw a circle of the required diameter on cardboard using a compass or saucer and cut it out. Using this blank, draw circles on colored paper.
A satin ribbon in making balloons is not a small thing at all, but an important accessory that gives the craft a complete look. For small balls you will need a narrow ribbon. The color of the ribbon should be in harmony with the color scheme of the ball.
Step-by-step instructions for making a ball from paper circles
- Take a few pieces of colored paper. It is important that they are colored on both sides, then the ball will look beautiful from all angles.
- Draw circles on paper using a pre-prepared stencil of the required diameter. Carefully cut out circles.
- There should be 48 circles - 12 circles of four different colors.
- Bend each circle in half along its diameter and stack them on top of each other.
- Using a needle and thread, sew the ball blank along the joint line with a tight stitch (you can simply fasten the circles with a stapler).
- The final stage is the most painstaking: all adjacent semicircles must be carefully glued together with an adhesive pencil (easier and faster - with pieces of double-sided tape). That is, to make it clear, if only two circles bent in half were glued together, then they would have to be glued to each other only in halves so that when you straighten them, you get a base of a circle with a vertical partition in the middle of a semicircle. And when gluing a ball of 48 circles, all circles must be glued with both halves and the neighboring halves. When the last two circles remain, the workpiece will look like a fan on a round base. When gluing the halves of these last two circles, the craft will automatically straighten into a ball.
- For a satin ribbon of the required length (there will be a loop from it - you can make any length, depending on where the craft will be hung), cut the edges with a sharp hot knife so that they do not unravel. The knife can be heated over the gas burner of a kitchen stove, in the fire of a candle or lighter.
Now all that remains is to straighten the workpiece so that the “petals” are spaced at an equal distance from each other. Make a hole in one of the “petals”, thread a ribbon into it and tie it with a bow or a neat knot. The paper ball is ready.
Step-by-step instructions for making a ball from paper strips
- Take several sheets of colored paper and cut them into strips 1.0-1.5 cm wide (if the ball is small, like Christmas tree decoration) along the length of the sheet.
- You can use paper of the same color, or you can take different colors - then the ball will turn out bright, cheerful and elegant.
- Take one strip and connect its ends to make a ring. Where the ends meet, you need to make an allowance and fasten them with a stapler or glue them with an adhesive pencil (you can use a piece of double-sided tape). It's easier to work with double-sided tape, but a glue stick is cheaper. It’s even easier to use a stapler, but in a small craft, the staples will be very noticeable and the ball will look sloppy.
- Take the second strip of paper, turn it into a ring in the same way as in the previous step, and pass it at a right angle into the first ring. Fasten both rings together with glue, tape or a stapler.
- Add ring after ring in the same way to form a ball.
- Glue sequins onto the paper strips so that the ball swinging on the ribbon shimmers. As an option, you can cover the ball with appliqués, for example, if it is children's party, and the ball large sizes, figures of cartoon characters.
- Thread a ribbon through one of the strips so that the ball can be hung.
Having mastered these two on small paper balls complex techniques production, you can move on to real creative work - how to make a ball larger sizes, try more complex techniques and decorate the interior of the house.
In addition to the fact that making paper balls with your own hands is an aesthetic pleasure, it also has practical benefits. Having taught your child how to make balls, you can leave him alone at this activity for two hours and do chores around the house. In addition, the lesson develops fine motor skills hands and children's imagination. And if you make balls with your children in preparation for holiday, then they will also feel their importance - after all, along with adults, they took part in preparing the general fun.
In this article you will find popular paper balloon crafts for all occasions. For example, there is a holiday at home and you need to decorate the apartment. All crafts of varying complexity from the simplest to the most complex. Have a nice time.
Detailed instructions on how to make a ball out of paper.
1 option
In this master class we will tell you how make your own New Year's ball out of paper. To do this, you will need a sheet of white and necessarily colored paper, scissors, and glue.
1 step .
First you need to print the template in two copies (on white and colored paper) on a printer. 
Step 2 .
Then, of course, you need to cut out the templates and arrange them in the shape of a “sun”. 
Step 3 . Glue the cut circle into the middle with glue, connecting all the rays at one point.
Step 4 .
Now let's start forming the ball. Color template lies on white. First, we intertwine white rays with colored ones (see photo) 
Step 5 .
Then it should turn out that the white rays are on top of the colored ones (see photo), now they need to be hidden again under other rays. 
Step 6 . This is such a beautiful ornament you get when you intertwine multi-colored rays.
Step 7 . At the end, we connect the rays and fix them together at one point.
Thank you for your attention! We hope that you liked this DIY version of origami.
How to make a paper ball with your own hands.
Option 2
Here we will tell you how to make a beautiful ball of multi-colored paper with your own hands. For this we need 3 sheets different color, circle template, pencil, scissors. 
1.
Cut 4 identical circles from one color, and similarly with other colors. You should end up with 12 equally sized circles. 
2.
We put the circles in a certain order: 2 circles of the same color (for example, 2 blue), then put 2 circles of a different color on them (for example, 2 pink), then, for example, 2 blue, and repeat in the same order. After that, bend them in half. 
3.
You can put a thread in the middle if the ball should eventually hang. 
4. Staple the middle in two places (see photo below).
5. Divide one semicircle into 3 equal parts.
6. Apply glue diagonally to the upper 1/3 of the semicircle. Then glue it to the adjacent semicircle.
8. And so with all the semicircles, alternating, glue all sides (see photo).
This is how you quickly get a beautiful hand-made ball that you can hang on a New Year tree or decorate your interior.
Bright volumetric balls made of paper.
Option 3
To make such a bright three-dimensional ball with our own hands, we need to take colored paper and scissors.
Small printable template
Large printable template
1.
After cutting out the templates, take one of the flowers and glue a long loop of thread to it. 
How to make your own paper ball? Very simple. But to get something beautiful Christmas decoration, you need to put in some effort and imagination. We offer you several ideas on how to make original ones
Tools and materials
To make your own paper balls, you will need:
- Sheets of paper: plain, colored, corrugated, decoupage, packaging and so on.
- Ruler.
- Pencil.
- Glue.
- Scissors.
- Beads, beads, sparkles and any other decor;
- Lace or ribbon.
Paper ball using kusudama technique
DIY master class:
- Place a piece of paper in front of you.
- Fold it in half to make a triangle.
- Fold two opposite corners of the figure to the third (picture 1).
- Turn the resulting figure upside down.
- Fold each wrapped triangle in half (picture 1).
- Fold the peeking corners inward.
- Fold the leaf so that the folded parts are connected to each other.
- Glue the part (picture 1).
Your first petal is ready. Make four more pieces and glue them together, with the center folded inward (pictures 2 and 3).
Now, using the above technology, make twelve flowers. When they are ready, glue them together to form a ball. It is better to make one half of the sphere, and then the second. Before gluing the two parts, put a cord inside, from which you will then hang the flower ball.
Decorate the center of each resulting flower with a bead.
This DIY paper Christmas ball is ready!
Balloon paper
Instructions on how to make a ball out of paper (diagram with step by step execution attached below):
- Cut out a circle with wavy edges. To make the task easier, you can use special craft scissors.
- Cut the circle in half.
- Cut a small piece from half, about 1/6 of it (picture 3).
- Roll what you get into a cone and glue the edges together (picture 5).
- Make a total of thirty-four of these curly cones.
- Start gluing the cones together to form a row (pictures 7-9). Leave the middle empty.
- Glue two more on top of the finished first row (pictures 10 and 11).
- Place a cord in the middle, and tie a ribbon on the other side, where the knot is.
- Finish gluing the pieces together by adding another row or two on top of the finished ones, and make the same number of rows at the bottom.
The balloon is ready!
3D paper ball for Christmas tree
To create a three-dimensional Christmas ball, you will need a bit of perseverance, since the parts are not glued together, but assembled. Therefore, if not handled carefully, the components of the ball may break.
- Cut from square sheet paper twelve pieces of flowers with five petals.
- Stack all the resulting flowers and make small cuts at the junction of the petal and the middle. The length of the cuts should be equal to half the size of the petal. The direction of the cuts for each petal should be the same, that is, only to the right or to the left.
- Attach a string to one of the flowers. To do this, make a hole in the center of the sheet and insert a rope through it. Tie a knot in the lace and seal it with tape. The side of the petal with the knot is the inside of the 3D ball.
- Start collecting the ball. To do this, take two flowers and connect them by the petals. Add a third flower and so on. Gradually, carefully, so as not to tear off the petals, connect all the flowers together.
The 3D Christmas ball is ready!
Christmas ball-spiral
Instructions on how to make a paper ball with your own hands:
- Take two types of paper.
- Cut nine strips of each type. The width of the ribbons is about a centimeter.
- Fold all the ribbon strips in half.
- Cut out two circles from paper.
- Thread one bead onto a thread.
- Fold the thread in half and thread it through the needle.
- Next, string one paper round onto the thread.
- Then string paper strips onto the thread, taking turns in color. For example, white and orange. In this case, the strips should bend inward.
- Don't cut the thread, just make a knot.
- Measure a small piece of thread, which will indicate the size of the finished ball, and tie a knot.
- Thread the other side of the strips onto the thread (as in the picture above).
- Straighten the strung strips and give them shape.
- String the second round and bead.
- Tie a knot.
- Attach the lanyard.
The two-color spiral ball for the Christmas tree is ready!
Paper pompom ball
To make such a pom-pom ball, you need a cigarette or corrugated paper. Alternatively, you can take napkins.
Master class on how to make a paper ball with your own hands:
- Take several sheets of paper and fold them into a pile. The more sheets, the more magnificent the finished ball will be.
- Place the entire stack together into an accordion shape.
- Connect the resulting accordion in the middle with a paper clip, wire or thick thread.
- Use scissors to shape the ends of the paper. Cut them in a circle or diagonally (at an angle).
- Begin to separate each layer of paper from each other, carefully straightening it out. First fluff one side of the accordion, then the other.
- Give the leaves a spherical shape.
The pompom ball is ready!
- If you are using white paper, decorate the finished balls with beads or glitter glue.
- Paper balls that you create with your own hands will turn out to be truly unique if you use paper on which photographs from your photo archive are printed to create them.
- Choose bright ribbons for the Christmas tree ball, rather than ordinary threads.
- Use paper of different colors and composition to create one ball.
- For some types of paper balls it is more convenient to use a glue stick or
- Using a special stapler, you can make figures (for example, flowers, leaves, butterflies, etc.) and decorate the finished paper ball with them.
- You can collect several pom-pom balls together - you get one large ball, which can be used as a top for a Christmas tree.
- You can make it truly New Year's if you make stripes with a pattern. For example, cut out silhouettes of a Christmas tree, stars, bells or a snowman.
- To decorate the Christmas tree, select balls of one or two shapes. For variety, make balls of different sizes.
- For some types of balls, you can use cardboard.
Involve children in creating paper balls for the Christmas tree. Thanks to their imagination, the crafts will turn out even more original and interesting.
