Foam balls: a simple material for a charming decor

Foam plastic balls for creativity are handy workpieces for needlework. They serve as the basis for Christmas toys, topiary and material for children's creativity. From this article you will learn how to cut foam balls with your own hands. You can decorate them in different ways: paper flowers, rhinestones, beads. For those who like to learn new things, we offer kimekomi technique and a master class on creating topiary.

How to make foam blanks yourself

It happens that there is nowhere to buy them, or there is no money to buy, and the house has foam plastic from boxes with household appliances. From it, you can cut the foam balls with your own hands.

Take a thick wire and heat it up a lot. Cut it with a cube of material. Its corners need to be rounded by means of reflow over the candle. Do this until the workpiece is as round as possible. With a stationery knife, cut off any excess and bring the workpiece to the ideal state with sandpaper. First use a coarse part, and then fine-grained.

New Year balls of foam balls

Long winter evenings and pulls to do needlework. Make the whole family unique Christmas balls. Of foam balls are excellent products, even in children. They are not terrible to give into the hands of kids, unlike glass analogs.

Paper flowers and pins

For work, take a figured hole punch and a large number of pins with round tips. They will replace the middle. Cut out small flowers from paper. Attach them in turn to the base and secure with a pin. You can replace them with large paillettes. Glue a loop to the toy and decorate it with a bow.

Those who know how to knit or crochet, can tie a base. There is another option - to glue it with a ready-made knitted napkin. Pre-color the foam balls in a contrasting hue. Glue on top of the fragments of a napkin or lace.

Christmas decor in kimekomi technique

If you like unusual decor with the use of cloth, then pay attention to the Japanese technique kimekomi. "Kime" means a face made of wood, "komi" - fill. It is easy to master, and the products are cozy and charming. In the original, the Japanese use wood, but it's easier to work with a base of lightweight material. The appearance of the product will not be affected.

Master class "New Year ball kimekomi"

Prepare for work:

• scissors;
• 2 cut of bright cotton fabric;
• tweezers;
• A needle for dolls;
• Rosette for beads;
• Centimeter tape ;
• marker.

Scheme of work

Measure the radius of the workpiece. Mark the opposite sides (poles). Determine the "equator" of the base. Visually divide it into 8 parts and mark them with dots. Mark the base with shaped strips, as shown in the picture. With a knife, cut the grooves along the specified lines. A needle for dolls pierce the ball through. Thread the ribbon inside and tie a tight knot at the end. This item can be skipped, and for fastening use a pin with a tape or glue the loop to the workpiece.

We cut the material. A 3 cm diameter base will require 8 strips of cotton 7 by 3 cm. Take a glue stick and apply a little to the segments. Do not overdo it, because the excess will stain the material. Strip the strips into segments, slightly shifting them, since the lines must be curves. Fill the edges in the slots. Surplus surplus. Similarly, zadekoriruyte all the workpiece. Colors of cotton alternate. In the grooves between the strips drip a bit of glue. We glue them with a cord. The toy is ready.

Snowman made of foam balls

Fasten the three balls together. Make socks out of socks. Prepare several pairs: white for a fur coat and colorful - for a cap. Still need a pompomchik. Also eye sights for dolls are useful. For a nose we use any stick or we saw off a tip at a brush. Cut off the top of the white sock. Put it on the workpiece in the middle. The elastic should be on top.

We make a toy face. We paste the eyes, draw the mouth, insert the nose, you can make a blush pastel crayon. We put on the head cap, sew on the tip of the pompon.

Topiary with own hands

Make a topiary with your own hands is not difficult, but what a space for imagination!

Materials for work:

• A ball of foam plastic;
• Organza or chiffon;
• Decorative bucket;
• Dried flowers;
• Seashells;
• alabaster;
• Toothpicks;
• sisal;
• A stapler;
• scissors.

From a fabric we cut strips in width of 5 see. On an eye we cut them on squares or rectangles. Ensure that they are perfectly smooth do not need. We put the two elements on top of each other. Fold in half, and then again in half. You need to fasten the corner with a stapler. So we process all the squares. We take toothpicks and glue them to pieces of tissue. In the foam plastic blank we make a hole and pour there the silicone adhesive from the thermopile. We insert in advance the prepared trunk of the future tree.

Now we will fasten the blanks from the organza to the foam ball. We drip into the place where there will be a toothpick, a bit of glue and we stick an element. The same is done with the rest of the workpieces. They must be tightened so that there are no gaps. Next, we prepare the alabaster solution according to the instructions on the package. In the bottom of the bucket we seal the hole. Fill in the solution and insert the tree trunk. When the alabaster freezes, close it with sisal. Decorate the tree with dried flowers, shells, beads.

Foam plastic balls for creativity are useful in every home, where the owners want to create coziness. They can make jewelry in a single copy, because you can not repeat anything that you personally dream up.