CHRISTMAS BALL OF THREAD

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New Year is a magical holiday! Not only kids, but also adults are waiting for him. Decorating a Christmas tree with toys, a garland and tinsel is a very fascinating activity. Especially when you do it with your kids.
In anticipation of the New Year 2017, a competition of Christmas tree toys has begun in our kindergarten. And so, my eldest son and I decided to take part in it. For a long time they chose which Christmas toy we should make. As a result, we decided on a Christmas ball of thread. When I was in school, we did those in the Skillful Hands circle.
To make our Christmas ball, we need the following:

balloon;
yarn or tight threads;
PVA glue and super glue;
sparkles;
tinsel;
sequins;
wide-eye needle;
fat cream;
tape.

1. First you need to inflate the ball to the size we need. Remember that the size of the future directly depends on the size of the ball.

2. Then we lubricate our balloon with a greasy baby cream. It’s even better to lubricate it with Vaseline, but, unfortunately, I don’t have it at home. This is done so that the threads easily lag behind the ball after drying, with which we wrap it.

3. Next, insert the thread into the eye of the needle and pierce the bottle with PVA glue, approximately in the middle, so that the thread of yarn gets wet through it.

4. Now we begin to gently wrap our balloon. First, leave a large distance between the yarn threads. Then gradually reduce this distance. As a result, our balloon should be well wrapped and looks a bit like a cocoon. We cut the thread and glue it to the top of the ball.

5. Until the threads are dry, you need to sprinkle the ball with sequins, which can be made from tinsel or rain. But you can do without it. My son and I decided to sprinkle so that our Christmas ball was brighter and more beautiful.

6. That's it, now you need to leave to dry for about a day.
The next day, we gently pierced the ball with a needle and removed it from the workpiece - the "cocoon".

7. So the fun begins, namely the decoration of the toy.
We make flowers out of ribbons - just twisting them. We had at home a blue ribbon in stock, therefore, our flowers are blue. And gently, using super glue, glue them to the cocoon ball in a chaotic manner.

8. The sequins we have are only silver, we glue them, also with the help of super glue, so that they are between the flowers.

9. On top of the “cocoon”, where the balloon was tied, it didn’t turn out very beautifully, therefore we masked this place at the same time and decorated it with a twisted narrow ribbon and a large shiny button.

10. And so that our toy ball can be hung on a Christmas tree, we also make a loop from a ribbon, only green, so as not to merge with the flowers, and decorate it with a small fragment of tinsel. The size of the loop should depend on the size of the toy.

11. So that our ball could not only be hung on a Christmas tree, but also placed for interior decoration, we glued a little green tinsel from the bottom. And this is what we got.

We still do not know whether our toy ball will take any prize in the competition in kindergarten, since the competition is not over yet. But my eldest son said that we made the most beautiful ball, he had never seen such a beautiful one. And for me this is the best praise.

All a Happy New Year 2017 !!!

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