Make Some Metallic Paper Ball Ornaments for Your Tree
I love all of the delicate little pieces on my tree. . . the snowflakes, the feathers, the garland. . . but the give another texture and shape, I added these pinecone like paper balls to my paper decorated tree. As one reader pointed out, my paper tree ornaments are perfect for a child (or pet) friendly home. Though I made these balls in shades of metallic gold, silver and whites, they could also look adorable in bright teal, hot pink or traditional reds and greens. As elegant and complicated as they may look, I do promise you that they are very simple to make. Just follow my tutorial below to make these elegant and unbreakable Christmas balls. I will be using these for many years to come. Enjoy! ~ Lia
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Leave a CommentMy 9 year old grandniece and I made these this Christmas. They were beautiful and so easy to make. Only issue was my paper punch became dull so I bought 2 more to finish our project.
Oh yes, the punches can dull. Maybe Santa can bring you a cutting machine. It is a dream when cutting this kind of paper.
Hey Lia!
What amazing things you create!
Where did you buy this paper? And what colours did you use 🙂
Hi from Denmark!
Hi there! I bought the paper from Paper-papers.com: Antique Gold, Crystal, Lustre, and Poison Ivory 🙂
Hi Lia,
I love your decorations. Love them so much I wanted to share your tutorial with my readers. If you want you can read my blog post here: Is your home ready for Christmas? 5 DIY ideas to make it even cozier…
Happy Holidays from Norway!
Happy holidays to you!
These are adorable. About how many paper circles did it take to cover the ball? Getting ideas for Christmas projects for my class.
Well it depends on the size of the foam ball that you are using as the base and also the size of the circles that you will be using. I suppose I used about 50 circles for each of the pinecones that are in the pictures, but it is tough to give an accurate estimate. This would be a wonderful project to do with your class though, great idea!
Super cute – I’m on the hunt for handmade ball ornaments to add to the Smoothfoam Holiday Ball link-up – adding yours, okay? Thanks! smoothfoam.com/blog/holiday-ball
Sure, thank you!
These ornaments are so beautiful! They look expensive but are easy to make! I’ve featured them on my blog as part of a DIY Christmas tree ornament roundup here if you’d like to take a look. Merry Christmas!
Thank you so much for the love and Merry Christmas to you too:)
I put the loop of twine thru a hole in the first circle. then a tiny straight pin in the knot and a little glue; then pushed the pin into the styrofoam ball. Worked great for hanging on the tree. Thanks for lovely ornament and your blog.
You are welcome:)
Your metallic ball ornaments are beautiful!! I want to make these too, thanks for the tutorial and I’ve given them a little mention in my paper ornaments post too today – Happy Holidays!
Thanks Heather! Love your blog.
these are beautiful and lovely, thank you for the tute and the sharing, have a merry xmas time’=D
Thanks Jet!
Love this Christmas ornament. Not only is it very elegant, but incredibly simple. A lot of look for so little work. Thanks for sharing it. Been making modern shabby chic ornaments for my tree. These would be a great addition in pale pink s and whites.
Those colors would look so pretty. Share photos!
it’s woderful
tout ce que vous faites est magnifique .merci
Thanks!
These are beautiful! Thank you for posting these!!!! I have a question. Have you ever tried making it backwards? Starting at the bottom? It seems like it would be easier, but there’s probably a reason why you start at the top. 🙂
You know, I initially started from the bottom too but my niece who was helping me did it the other direction and I found it was easier to keep the pieces uniform her way. So I say either way works.
Pretty!!!!
Best wishes to everyone for a magical holiday season!
Thanks Janet! I think it is time for some felt projects. 🙂
These are really beautiful and clever. I’m so thrilled I found your blog!
Thanks Lisa! I am so happy you did too. 🙂
Just knew you’d still have more wonderful decorations for us to make. The balls with one inch circles are so gorgeous and I happen to have some foam balls, not size you used and I also have some gorgeous coppery paper and some kraft paper with gold stars on it. Got the kraft paper at $tree and have 2 rolls of it.
Done with holiday decorating so now I’m working on gifts. Usually I make paper ornaments but wanted something little different so decided to use paper from a pad to make whatever came into my mind. There are so many wonderful projects out in blog land it gets a bit overwhelming for me to decide. Happy holidays
Isn’t the blogasphere fabulous. So many ideas. 🙂
Lia those metallic balls are just so cute, I am going to try a few with my grandson so we could hang them on my tree. Great idea, Thank you lots.
Yes! You can use a warm temp glue gun so he can get right in there and help you.
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