Make a ball out of branches. DIY vine ball
Hi all! Many probably already know that I really love technologically advanced, versatile decor that can be assembled quickly. It comes in very handy when I’m preparing for fairs or when I receive a lot of orders. Today I want to talk about wicker balls that I use in candy bouquets.
I wanted to make balls as a quicker alternative to pine cones and berries. Decorating with woven balls has several useful features that help not only to arrange a bouquet, but also to balance the colors.
- Choose the desired color and the ball in the bouquet can become an imitation of a pine cone, a New Year's ball for a Christmas tree or a berry.
- You can make a braided ball from the same color as the main flowers in the bouquet. And the main color of the composition will also receive support in the decor.
- The spherical shape fits perfectly into any bouquet. And due to the quick production of such balls, you can improve the layout and fill empty spaces.
- The decor can be made of any color and size, as well as from different materials.
- Well, an important point - the decor turns out to be super inexpensive!
Making a ball For work we will need napkins, glue and corrugated paper "Cartotecnica Rossi". I took No. 562, but you can choose absolutely any color. For example, Balls made from orange paper will resemble tangerines, balls from red paper will resemble small apples or Christmas balls, balls from brown paper will resemble pine cones, and balls from pale blue paper will resemble snowflakes.
From paper we need to cut out one rectangle for the core 3x10 cm and three strips 50 cm long and 8-10 mm wide.
We roll all three strips into a bundle.
The tourniquet must be rolled tightly enough so that it is tight and does not unravel.
Now let's take a rectangular piece of paper. Exactly in the middle, fold it half a turn. It turns out to be a bow.
Use your fingers to stretch each half of the bow.
Feel free to stretch the paper further. The halves should take on a round shape.
So that the middle of the ball is not empty and holds its shape, we fill it with a ball from a napkin. To make it, just take one napkin, crumple it and roll it into a ball. I got a ball with a diameter of about 2 cm.
Now we put the ball into the rounded halves of the bow.
We glue the edges so that the napkin does not peek out.
We will also glue the bottom to close the ends of the corrugated paper.
Now we twist the ends at the base so that the napkin ball inside shrinks a little and takes on a more rounded shape.
Let's cut off the excess paper.
We start decorating with strands with a drop of glue at the base of the ball, where we just cut off the excess ends.
Glue one end of the rope and begin to wrap the ball.
We place the tourniquet on the ball in the same way as one usually winds threads into a ball.
When the length of the tourniquet ends, glue its tip.
Then we take a new tourniquet and continue working.
The ugly protruding tip needs to be trimmed.
Glue the tip with a small drop of glue.
And with the tip of the scissors we carefully hide it under the adjacent tourniquet.
I wound the tourniquets quite tightly and all three of them came off. If you did it more freely, two may be enough. We fasten the third tourniquet in the same way and hide the tip. Our ball is ready! Let's now figure out how to secure it in a bouquet. 
Methods of attaching to a bouquet The ball can be added to completely different bouquets, both with a static and dynamic arrangement, and in spherical bouquets, and in elongated ones.
In tabletop compositions, the decor is attached to a skewer and toothpick, and in hand-made ones - to a wire.
Apply a drop of glue to the base of the braided ball.
We firmly insert the toothpick into the glue so that it gets between the strands.
The wire attachment is very similar. Make a small loop at the end of the wire.
Place a drop of glue between the strands at the base of the ball.
We insert a loop of wire into this place so that the fastening is not visible.
The mounts are ready and the decor can be safely added to bouquets and compositions!
Material capabilities
As I already said, you can choose absolutely any color and size and imitate berries, fruits, cones, nuts... For small sizes, there is no need to prepare a napkin core. We simply roll up the ropes like a ball of knitting yarn. 
You can also experiment with the material! Paper, thick threads, yarn, sisal, wire, even from natural herbs! In the photo below I made the decor from linden bast.
Experiment, create and share your decor in the comments!
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DIY ball of branches. Photo
In this article we will show a simple master class on creating a ball from branches. A very unusual decor idea, isn't it? Making such a ball is quite simple; here we use it, dipped in glue, on a balloon. Only the threads need to be replaced with tree branches peeled from bark and cut (you can use smooth sea branches).
To create a ball from branches you will need:
Enough tree branches (you can use sea branches)
Inflatable beach ball
Secateurs
Hot glue
Technology for creating a ball from branches with your own hands:
Collect twigs and sticks. If necessary, peel off the bark and use pruning shears to cut the branches into small pieces, about 3 inches in size.
Use an inflatable beach ball as a base. You can, of course, use a simple balloon, but then you need to be extremely careful not to accidentally puncture it with a branch.
You need to glue the branches close to each other and try not to get glue on the inflatable ball, then at the end of the work it will be easier to remove it (in a fluffy form) from the finished ball (Fig. 1-3).
When the beach ball is completely covered with tree branches, lower and remove the inflatable ball from it (Figure 4).
At the end of the work, the ball of branches can be varnished or painted in a suitable color.
Such a ball of branches can become an excellent decorative element, and can also be used in holiday decorations. For example, you can put a candle in the middle, and you will get a rather beautiful and romantic glow. Also, a similar ball of branches can be used as a lampshade or candy dish (if the hole is made a little larger).
Photo used: designmegillah.com