Learning how to make a ball of thread with our own hands

Surely you have repeatedly seen bright pendants of a round shape of threads, decorating the interiors of shops, cafes, beauty salons. They look elegant and original. These decor elements are called spider webs. Everyone can learn how to make them at home. This lesson is so interesting that, having performed one ball of threads with your own hands, you will want to make them more and more. To master the technology of their manufacture you will be helped by the step-by-step master class presented in this article.

How to make balls of threads with their own hands?

To make a ball-spider you will need such materials:

• balloon;
• Thread;
• PVA glue;
• starch;
• water;
• A container for diluting the glue;
• Vegetable oil (or Vaseline, cream, massage oil).

To make a ball of threads with your own hands, you need to follow these steps:

1. Air balloon to the desired size. Tie the tail. To further, he did not interfere with the winding of the thread, attach it with tape to the wall of the ball.
2. Grease the whole round shape with oil. This should be done so that after the product dries the rubber base is well separated from the threads.
3. In the boat or any other flat container, mix the glue (150 g), water (50 g) and starch (100 g).
4. From the total coil unwind the thread about a meter long (do not cut it off) and dip it into a container with a sticky mass, soak it there and wind it on the ball. Then unwind another cut of thread and fasten in the same way on the rubber backing. Rinse the yarn in random order, trying to distribute it evenly over the entire surface of the balloon.
5. Leave the finished product to dry in a warm room for 24 hours.
6. Using a needle, pierce the rubber ball and pull it out through the hole between the threads.

The ball of threads is made by hand. Zadekorirovat it at your own discretion and in accordance with the purpose of this product.

The application of thread balls: interesting ideas

Spider-balls of thread can serve simply as pendants. They can be made different in size and color. Original wall garlands of small round figures look original.

Chandeliers made of string balls. Such lighting devices are not uncommon in modern interiors. They pass the rays well and look very impressive.

Christmas trees are another direction where a ball of threads is used. With your hands, you can decorate the finished round design with bows, beads, artificial flowers. Get an exclusive Christmas decoration.

Threaded souvenir-toys. Particularly relevant on the eve of the New Year are figures of snowmen, bunnies, bears made of cobwebs. Having mastered the technology, you can independently prepare original and unique gifts for relatives and friends.

Today on sale it is possible to meet balloons in the form of a heart or a flower. Using them as a basis, you can perform very interesting models of pendants or souvenirs.

In this article, we have thrown a bunch of ideas for inspiration and instructions for making thread balls. Then it's up to you. Handle with pleasure, and let in your house there will be unique handicrafts from spider-balls.