How Do You Make Christmas Ornaments With Styrofoam Balls And Fabric?
A few years ago I discovered a very simple and fun technique for making beautiful and unique Christmas ornaments. These can be made for presents or for your own tree. You can make them in one afternoon with your kids or friends. Materials: Styrofoam Balls: assortment of sizes, but no bigger than a baseball. Fabric Squares: assortment of sizes and various types of fabric, try glitzy and velvets. Bits and Pieces: of ribbon, beads, sequins, buttons, rickrack, costume jewelry, ribbon roses or and anything else you would like to embellish your ornament with. Hot Glue Gun and Scissors: to cut and glue all of your bits and pieces. Thread: for tying and tightening Small Pins and Tacks: to apply ribbon and beads. Basic Techniques: Step 1: Choose a gorgeous square piece of fabric. Place a Styrofoam ball in the center of the square. Step 2: Take all four corners and gather them towards the center of the Styrofoam ball (this is also how you can decide which size square works for which size ball).T
