The design of Christmas toys, presented in stores in a huge assortment, is still tied to a certain standard, pattern, shape, size. You can create your own theme and individual plots by decorating New Year's balls using decoupage technique. With the help of decor you can realize any ideas and fantasies. Shapeless lines, circles, dots, complex paintings and whole compositions are acceptable.
Any novice craftsman can master the decoupage of balls. With careful careful work, an excellent result is guaranteed. Children can be involved in the process. Painstaking and interesting work is very useful for the development of babies, especially on the eve of the holiday.
Decoupage is a great hobby. To implement the most extraordinary ideas, it is enough to have imagination, patience, the ability to see the beautiful in the simplest things. It is not necessary to be able to draw, carve or sculpt. Using this technique, you can decorate not only Christmas balls, but also a variety of objects. It is based on attaching a picture, a picture to a surface. They fix the result and create a bright visual effect with the help of varnish, transparent glue.
According to most sources, decoupage art originated in China in the 12th century. Poor peasants pasted various objects with paper-cut patterns. This was the only way they could decorate. There is also an opinion that the Chinese adopted decoupage from the eastern Siberian peoples, who transferred ritual drawings to objects used in the burial of leaders.
The heyday of applique art came in the 17th century. Eastern motives have interested Europeans. Furniture, household items decorated with decoupage began to appear. Novelties could not afford ordinary people, so the craftsmen began to create budget versions of foreign counterparts. Varnish technology quickly conquered Europe. The British began to decorate the rooms of their apartments with panoramic drawings of European cities using the “carving” technique.
In the 21st century, decoupage came almost unchanged. As before, use napkins, paper, beads, sparkles for decoration. Modern craftswomen apply fabrics, ribbons, lace, pictures of various subjects printed on the printer, three-dimensional applications.
Materials for decoupage and Christmas balls
You can turn into a real work of art any object that has a smooth surface.Roughness and burrs in small quantities is not a problem, they can easily be cleaned with sandpaper or a rubber grater. You can work in the decoupage technique with wood, glass, ceramics, polystyrene, cardboard, metal. There are several techniques for transferring a picture (classical, volumetric, de-patch, art). It is better for beginners to start mastering master classes with a classic, napkin decoupage. To carry out the planned actions will require a minimum set of materials and tools:
Decoupage paper. Thin rice paper, multilayer napkins are suitable;
Items for the translation of the picture. You can use bottles, plain boxes. On New Year's Eve, it will be appropriate to transfer themed decor to Christmas balls;
Alcohol-containing swabs. Will be needed for degreasing surfaces. You can use cotton wool with alcohol or cologne;
Primer. Choose acrylic solutions better;
Paint. It is better to take acrylic mixtures. They dry quickly, apply evenly
Lacquer. You can use glossy, varnish. It is necessary that the composition also be acrylic;
Thermal tape. With its help do volumetric elements;
Glue. You can use special adhesive material or ordinary PVA. The latter is in no way inferior to a professional tool;
Sparkles. They are used for decoration or to mask the unevenness of the paper.
What basis to choose
Decoupage can be made on a New Year's ball from any material. But you need to understand that each surface reacts differently to acrylic varnishes and paints. The result will depend on the proper preparation of New Year decorations and the type of product. When choosing a base, you should consider the method of its processing and compatibility with various solutions:
Wooden ball. An old toy is cleaned of dust and fat with an alcohol swab. If the old paint remains, it should be removed with sandpaper, varnish the ball.After drying, the surface should be cleaned again;
Metal ball. For such a base, normal degreasing will suffice. If old images remain on the ball, they should be removed with a fine brush for metal or sandpaper. After this procedure, any acrylic material will lie flat and grasp well with the surface;
Paper ball. It is possible to give greater strength to brittle material with an acrylic primer. It should be applied in one thin layer. It is better to remove the gloss from the paper ball before the primer;
Glass bowl. The surface of the Christmas tree toy before decoupage should be extremely smooth, there should be no engraving. Before applying the soil it must be degreased;
Plastic ball. A sliding surface must be roughened. Then, for better adhesion, apply a layer of gypsum and sand it thoroughly. Before applying paint, the priming procedure must be repeated several times;
Foam ball. For such a material, gypsum, construction paint can be used as soil. The use of “Moment” glue is unacceptable. He will just eat the surface of the ball.
If a child is connected to the work, it is better not to use the glass base of the ball. Such material requires a careful attitude. With strong pressure, a fragile toy can easily collapse and injure hands.
Decoupage ideas for Christmas balls
Decoupage Christmas balls - the fastest and most effective way of decorating. You can create not only modern stylish decorations for the New Year, but also retro-copies from the childhood of our ancestors. Many styles and techniques will reveal the creative potential of an adult and a child. Dot, painted, patchwork balls, made by yourself, will help to decorate the house in an original way for the New Year holidays.
Decoupage with napkins
It’s very simple to make your own ball according to the sketch of a regular ordinary-looking toy. To do this, you need to prepare the basis and supplies.Remove the clothespin from the ball, put it on a knitting needle or wooden skewer and degrease the surface with alcohol well. If it is very smooth, you need to go over it with sandpaper for better adhesion to the varnish and primer.
As a soil, you can use paint or gypsum. Cover the ball with a thin layer and leave to dry. Drying time depends on the material of the toy. If necessary, you can make a multi-layer soil, but only after the previous strokes have completely dried.
For decor, you can take napkins with any theme. The main thing is that the drawings coincide with the size of the ball. We cut out the pictures, iron it with an iron, separate the thin paper from the base and apply it to the product. Fasten the napkins to the ball using a mixture of glue and water. With a small brush, smear the paper attached to the ball and leave to dry. With the help of paint and sparkles, you can circle the contour, for example, whiten the flame of a candle, the beard of Santa Claus, feathers of a starling. The final step of decoupage is acrylic varnish coating.
Pictures for decoupage balls
Decoupage Christmas balls with a photograph is an interesting gift idea. First of all, it is necessary to prepare the necessary materials for active creativity and pick up photos. Pictures can be any, subject, group or portrait. In a special program, we adjust their size to the size of the ball and print it on a printer. You can take color, black and white photos, edit them in a vintage style, apply any filters. It is better to take pictures of people with a margin, in case something smudges or warps. Plain office paper is not an option. It is better to print on a paper towel. To prevent it from jamming in the printer, stick its edges onto a simple A4 sheet.
The next step is preparing the ball. Remove the old coating with acetone and cotton. Gently grind so that no deep cuts remain. Then we put on a pencil and cover with acrylic paint.You can use a brush or a piece of sponge.
On the prepared surface of the ball we attach pictures of the right size and glue with PVA glue. All edges must be well spread so that there are no wrinkles and overlays. On the reverse side of the toy, you can draw snowflakes with paint, decorate with sparkles, ribbons.
Paper decoupage
You can make original any Christmas tree toy that has lost its former attractiveness. You can breathe new life into a plain Christmas ball using the most simple and affordable materials. Decorated in a specific style, they will be appropriate at any event. For example, you can decorate a music school class with toys decorated with music sheets. On a small Christmas tree, balls with newspaper headlines and text will look original. The following instructions will help make decoupage a simple paper on a ball of any size:
Degrease the surface of the toy with alcohol;
We cut thin strips of decorative paper, newspapers or sheets with musical notes;
If the paper is thick, drop in water for a few minutes;
We smear the ball with paint or plaster;
We coat strips with PVA glue;
We randomly apply decor to the toy and smooth it with a clean rag;
After complete drying, we process the ball with acrylic varnish.
Decoupage with embossed volumetric patterns
This method of decorating New Year's balls is also called a parole or 3D decoupage. It consists in creating convex elements on a round surface using a special structural paste, polymer clay. A very small amount of material is applied between the parts of the pattern, which are then glued together. It is not necessary to have modeling skills to turn an ordinary Christmas ball into a real masterpiece.
For relief decoupage, a standard set of tools and materials must be supplemented with clay or texture paste. Having studied the step-by-step master class, you can get to work.Difficulties will not arise if all the steps are performed carefully and consistently.
A Christmas ball made of any material is suitable. Its surface should be treated with alcohol and painted with water-based, acrylic paint. To create a more even foundation, the procedure should be repeated several times. While the layers are drying, you can prepare a drawing.
Cut several identical patterns from a napkin. We attach one picture to the ball and glue it. We smooth the edges with a brush and leave the workpiece to dry for several hours. It is also necessary to do with the rest. Then we varnish the toy and apply texture elements. Paste or clay, you can process the contour of the pattern, add any embossed element. After drying, the picture must be sanded and varnished.
Painting as a decoupage method for Christmas balls
Even a novice needlewoman can decorate Christmas balls with painted patterns. You do not need to have a talent for drawing and artistic skills. If you are not confident in your abilities, you can practice first on any other surface. For work, you need the following materials:
Christmas balls themselves;
A simple pencil with a soft core;
A palette of acrylic paints;
Silver, golden sparkles;
Synthetic brushes of different numbers;
Core thread;
Grater.
Before you start, you need to pick a picture. Then carefully transfer the idea with a simple pencil to the workpiece. The pattern can be located on one side or cover the entire round surface of the toy. We paint around the prepared picture. So that the contour is not lubricated, you can make it in several layers, waiting for the previous smears to dry. After the final drying, we erase the strokes from a simple pencil with an eraser.
Painted Christmas ball can be decorated with beads, sparkles. Glue the beads, rhinestones, sequins with a glue gun or shoe glue.Sparkles can sprinkle painted spots on the still not dried paint.
For decoupage painting, it is better to choose frosted glass balls. It is more difficult to work with plastic toys, as they have visible joints and too smooth a surface.
Dot Decoupage
One of the easiest decorating techniques. The finished ball with spot painting is original and very beautiful. An interesting texture is formed due to small dots merging into one pattern.
The preparatory stage of decorating includes degreasing, stripping and paint coating the round surface of the toy. The primary color should contrast with the outline and bitmap. The applied primer must be varnished and dried. A lengthy process can take all day.
The prepared monochromatic ball is decorated with special acrylic contours. These are small tubes of paint with a small hole, which makes it possible to make dots of any size, even barely noticeable.
Point decoupage is usually done symmetrically. Elements are applied alternately on both sides. Stripes of dots can be monophonic or colorful. Two colors alternating across a row look original. Also from the points you can create a picture, a flower arrangement. If you use metallic paints and contours with sparkles, the balls will be fascinatingly shimmer in the light of garlands.
Decoupage Christmas balls in vintage style
Vintage Christmas toys will fill the New Year's atmosphere with special charm. For decor, you can use old pictures printed on the printer, yellowed pages of books, newspaper clippings, lace patterns. A mysterious, romantic style carries over to the old era. The main requirements of vintage decoupage antique are the observance of a certain style, the author’s intention and personality. New Year's toys made using this technique are distinguished by grace of lines, sophistication, and unusual shapes.You can use the themes of animals, plants, insects.
For the New Year decoupage of vintage-style balls, natural materials are used. These are fabric, lace, wax, leather, paper, paints and varnishes on a natural basis. Craquelure, aged surface, textile bows are welcome.
The easiest way to decorate Christmas decorations in vintage style is to stick napkins with an aged image. To do this, you need to artificially age the selected photos in a special program, apply filters, for example, a sepia tone. Glue the printed pictures to the ball and coat with varnish. Each product must carry its own story, have significance and exclusivity.
Decoupage inside the ball
There are several ways to create an original decoupage inside a ball. There are two completely different techniques. Painting with acrylic paints inside the ball and decorating two separated halves.
For interior painting, you will need a transparent Christmas toy, acrylic paints, a brush or a cotton swab. The surface does not require additional processing. Remove the metal thread holder, pour the paint inside and create a spiral, moving in a circle. Instead of paint, you can use nail polish. The dye can simply be poured into a ball and gradually turning the toy over to create a monophonic coating.
The second way to decoupage in a ball is decorating its individual halves. We cut the plastic toy along the gluing factory line. At the place of sawing, we clean out irregularities. We paint the inside with acrylic paint, create the necessary background. At the bottom of the ball glue pieces of cotton wool and spray with hairspray. We prepare several identical pictures, cut out each element. Now these parts should be placed in the ball according to the picture, but at some distance from each other. We supplement white snow with contour paint and create snowdrifts.
Conclusion
You can create a unique Christmas toy using decoupage technique from various materials. Any ball will be stylish and original. Having tried this type of needlework at least once, he will undoubtedly become a favorite hobby. A variety of decorative elements and techniques allows you to realize the most extraordinary ideas.
The design of Christmas toys, presented in stores in a huge assortment, is still tied to a certain standard, pattern, shape, size. You can create your own theme and individual plots by decorating New Year's balls using decoupage technique. With the help of decor you can realize any ideas and fantasies. Shapeless lines, circles, dots, complex paintings and whole compositions are acceptable.
Any novice craftsman can master the decoupage of balls. With careful careful work, an excellent result is guaranteed. Children can be involved in the process. Painstaking and interesting work is very useful for the development of babies, especially on the eve of the holiday.
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Decoupage - the principle of work
Decoupage is a great hobby. To implement the most extraordinary ideas, it is enough to have imagination, patience, the ability to see the beautiful in the simplest things. It is not necessary to be able to draw, carve or sculpt. Using this technique, you can decorate not only Christmas balls, but also a variety of objects. It is based on attaching a picture, a picture to a surface. They fix the result and create a bright visual effect with the help of varnish, transparent glue.
According to most sources, decoupage art originated in China in the 12th century. Poor peasants pasted various objects with paper-cut patterns. This was the only way they could decorate. There is also an opinion that the Chinese adopted decoupage from the eastern Siberian peoples, who transferred ritual drawings to objects used in the burial of leaders.
The heyday of applique art came in the 17th century. Eastern motives have interested Europeans. Furniture, household items decorated with decoupage began to appear. Novelties could not afford ordinary people, so the craftsmen began to create budget versions of foreign counterparts. Varnish technology quickly conquered Europe. The British began to decorate the rooms of their apartments with panoramic drawings of European cities using the “carving” technique.
In the 21st century, decoupage came almost unchanged. As before, use napkins, paper, beads, sparkles for decoration. Modern craftswomen apply fabrics, ribbons, lace, pictures of various subjects printed on the printer, three-dimensional applications.
Materials for decoupage and Christmas balls
You can turn into a real work of art any object that has a smooth surface.Roughness and burrs in small quantities is not a problem, they can easily be cleaned with sandpaper or a rubber grater. You can work in the decoupage technique with wood, glass, ceramics, polystyrene, cardboard, metal. There are several techniques for transferring a picture (classical, volumetric, de-patch, art). It is better for beginners to start mastering master classes with a classic, napkin decoupage. To carry out the planned actions will require a minimum set of materials and tools:
What basis to choose
Decoupage can be made on a New Year's ball from any material. But you need to understand that each surface reacts differently to acrylic varnishes and paints. The result will depend on the proper preparation of New Year decorations and the type of product. When choosing a base, you should consider the method of its processing and compatibility with various solutions:
Decoupage ideas for Christmas balls
Decoupage Christmas balls - the fastest and most effective way of decorating. You can create not only modern stylish decorations for the New Year, but also retro-copies from the childhood of our ancestors. Many styles and techniques will reveal the creative potential of an adult and a child. Dot, painted, patchwork balls, made by yourself, will help to decorate the house in an original way for the New Year holidays.
Decoupage with napkins
It’s very simple to make your own ball according to the sketch of a regular ordinary-looking toy. To do this, you need to prepare the basis and supplies.Remove the clothespin from the ball, put it on a knitting needle or wooden skewer and degrease the surface with alcohol well. If it is very smooth, you need to go over it with sandpaper for better adhesion to the varnish and primer.
As a soil, you can use paint or gypsum. Cover the ball with a thin layer and leave to dry. Drying time depends on the material of the toy. If necessary, you can make a multi-layer soil, but only after the previous strokes have completely dried.
For decor, you can take napkins with any theme. The main thing is that the drawings coincide with the size of the ball. We cut out the pictures, iron it with an iron, separate the thin paper from the base and apply it to the product. Fasten the napkins to the ball using a mixture of glue and water. With a small brush, smear the paper attached to the ball and leave to dry. With the help of paint and sparkles, you can circle the contour, for example, whiten the flame of a candle, the beard of Santa Claus, feathers of a starling. The final step of decoupage is acrylic varnish coating.
Pictures for decoupage balls
Decoupage Christmas balls with a photograph is an interesting gift idea. First of all, it is necessary to prepare the necessary materials for active creativity and pick up photos. Pictures can be any, subject, group or portrait. In a special program, we adjust their size to the size of the ball and print it on a printer. You can take color, black and white photos, edit them in a vintage style, apply any filters. It is better to take pictures of people with a margin, in case something smudges or warps. Plain office paper is not an option. It is better to print on a paper towel. To prevent it from jamming in the printer, stick its edges onto a simple A4 sheet.
The next step is preparing the ball. Remove the old coating with acetone and cotton. Gently grind so that no deep cuts remain. Then we put on a pencil and cover with acrylic paint.You can use a brush or a piece of sponge.
On the prepared surface of the ball we attach pictures of the right size and glue with PVA glue. All edges must be well spread so that there are no wrinkles and overlays. On the reverse side of the toy, you can draw snowflakes with paint, decorate with sparkles, ribbons.
Paper decoupage
You can make original any Christmas tree toy that has lost its former attractiveness. You can breathe new life into a plain Christmas ball using the most simple and affordable materials. Decorated in a specific style, they will be appropriate at any event. For example, you can decorate a music school class with toys decorated with music sheets. On a small Christmas tree, balls with newspaper headlines and text will look original. The following instructions will help make decoupage a simple paper on a ball of any size:
Decoupage with embossed volumetric patterns
This method of decorating New Year's balls is also called a parole or 3D decoupage. It consists in creating convex elements on a round surface using a special structural paste, polymer clay. A very small amount of material is applied between the parts of the pattern, which are then glued together. It is not necessary to have modeling skills to turn an ordinary Christmas ball into a real masterpiece.
For relief decoupage, a standard set of tools and materials must be supplemented with clay or texture paste. Having studied the step-by-step master class, you can get to work.Difficulties will not arise if all the steps are performed carefully and consistently.
A Christmas ball made of any material is suitable. Its surface should be treated with alcohol and painted with water-based, acrylic paint. To create a more even foundation, the procedure should be repeated several times. While the layers are drying, you can prepare a drawing.
Cut several identical patterns from a napkin. We attach one picture to the ball and glue it. We smooth the edges with a brush and leave the workpiece to dry for several hours. It is also necessary to do with the rest. Then we varnish the toy and apply texture elements. Paste or clay, you can process the contour of the pattern, add any embossed element. After drying, the picture must be sanded and varnished.
Painting as a decoupage method for Christmas balls
Even a novice needlewoman can decorate Christmas balls with painted patterns. You do not need to have a talent for drawing and artistic skills. If you are not confident in your abilities, you can practice first on any other surface. For work, you need the following materials:
Before you start, you need to pick a picture. Then carefully transfer the idea with a simple pencil to the workpiece. The pattern can be located on one side or cover the entire round surface of the toy. We paint around the prepared picture. So that the contour is not lubricated, you can make it in several layers, waiting for the previous smears to dry. After the final drying, we erase the strokes from a simple pencil with an eraser.
Painted Christmas ball can be decorated with beads, sparkles. Glue the beads, rhinestones, sequins with a glue gun or shoe glue.Sparkles can sprinkle painted spots on the still not dried paint.
Dot Decoupage
One of the easiest decorating techniques. The finished ball with spot painting is original and very beautiful. An interesting texture is formed due to small dots merging into one pattern.
The preparatory stage of decorating includes degreasing, stripping and paint coating the round surface of the toy. The primary color should contrast with the outline and bitmap. The applied primer must be varnished and dried. A lengthy process can take all day.
The prepared monochromatic ball is decorated with special acrylic contours. These are small tubes of paint with a small hole, which makes it possible to make dots of any size, even barely noticeable.
Point decoupage is usually done symmetrically. Elements are applied alternately on both sides. Stripes of dots can be monophonic or colorful. Two colors alternating across a row look original. Also from the points you can create a picture, a flower arrangement. If you use metallic paints and contours with sparkles, the balls will be fascinatingly shimmer in the light of garlands.
Decoupage Christmas balls in vintage style
Vintage Christmas toys will fill the New Year's atmosphere with special charm. For decor, you can use old pictures printed on the printer, yellowed pages of books, newspaper clippings, lace patterns. A mysterious, romantic style carries over to the old era. The main requirements of vintage decoupage antique are the observance of a certain style, the author’s intention and personality. New Year's toys made using this technique are distinguished by grace of lines, sophistication, and unusual shapes.You can use the themes of animals, plants, insects.
For the New Year decoupage of vintage-style balls, natural materials are used. These are fabric, lace, wax, leather, paper, paints and varnishes on a natural basis. Craquelure, aged surface, textile bows are welcome.
The easiest way to decorate Christmas decorations in vintage style is to stick napkins with an aged image. To do this, you need to artificially age the selected photos in a special program, apply filters, for example, a sepia tone. Glue the printed pictures to the ball and coat with varnish. Each product must carry its own story, have significance and exclusivity.
Decoupage inside the ball
There are several ways to create an original decoupage inside a ball. There are two completely different techniques. Painting with acrylic paints inside the ball and decorating two separated halves.
For interior painting, you will need a transparent Christmas toy, acrylic paints, a brush or a cotton swab. The surface does not require additional processing. Remove the metal thread holder, pour the paint inside and create a spiral, moving in a circle. Instead of paint, you can use nail polish. The dye can simply be poured into a ball and gradually turning the toy over to create a monophonic coating.
The second way to decoupage in a ball is decorating its individual halves. We cut the plastic toy along the gluing factory line. At the place of sawing, we clean out irregularities. We paint the inside with acrylic paint, create the necessary background. At the bottom of the ball glue pieces of cotton wool and spray with hairspray. We prepare several identical pictures, cut out each element. Now these parts should be placed in the ball according to the picture, but at some distance from each other. We supplement white snow with contour paint and create snowdrifts.
Conclusion
You can create a unique Christmas toy using decoupage technique from various materials. Any ball will be stylish and original. Having tried this type of needlework at least once, he will undoubtedly become a favorite hobby. A variety of decorative elements and techniques allows you to realize the most extraordinary ideas.