Cardboard Christmas Balls DIY!

Do you have some cardboard boxes hanging around that need a little overhaul?  Of course you do!  Trace out some circles and grab your craft stash and let's get started making some Christmas Balls.  

Blue and gold is my favorite holiday color combination.  My mom was always trying to stay away from traditional colors in our holiday decorating with the exception of one year she lost her mind and decided  EVERY color would have to do. 

Here's the how-to video 

You'll need:

Scissors

Straight pins

Cardboard 

Large cup

Thin ribbon

2" thick ribbon

Gold spray paint

Glitter

Elmer's glue 

Trace 6 circles per ornament 

 Cut 5 of them exactly in half

 Glue one half to the center of the full circle using hot glue

 Glue two more 1/2 circles on each side of the 1st half

 So it looks like this

Repeat on the other side 

Spray paint the entire ball with the gold spray paint 

 When dry, glue along the edges and dip in glitter

 Let dry for about 25 minutes

 Tie a bow with the large ribbon and a loop with the small ribbon and secure it to the ornament with a long straight pin

Here you go!

A whole ornament chapter in THE BIG ASS BOOK OF CRAFTS 2!