Every year, Sausage and I make a new set of decorations for the tree, just about a dozen or so to add to the current collection and each year I try to do something different with her. Last year we made some plaster of Paris models which she painted and the year before was salt dough, but this year I wanted something completely different. My good friend Jamillah posted one of her Pinterest finds on Facebook and I thought we’d try to recreate the effect for our tree, and I’m really chuffed with the results so I thought I’d share them with you!
What you’ll need:
- Wool – we bought some small offcuts from Ebay, which were about £3 for a bag.
- PVA glue
- Saucer or tray for glue
- Small balloons or water balloons
Method:
- Place a splodge of glue onto your saucer or tray
- Take a balloon (we used water balloons as they’re the perfect size) and blow it up to the rough size of a bauble.
- Tie a small piece of wool around the knot of the balloon for hanging to dry
- Snip off a piece of wool about 12 inches long
- Drag the wool through the PVA glue
- Wrap the sticky wool around the balloon
- Repeat the process again with another piece of wool
- Hang the baubles to dry (we snipped slots into a long piece of cardboard and slid the balloons into it, before hanging them off of the edge of a desk)
- Once the baubles are completely dry (we gave ours about three hours), snip the knot carefully off of the balloon with a pair of scissors. The balloon should deflate but the wool bauble should spring back to shape once the balloon is removed
- Tie a piece of coordinating wool at the top of the bauble in a loop, for hanging on the tree
And there you have it! Super easy, rather messy but the results are really worth it in the end. I think these baubles look really unique and effective and I’m really pleased with how they look on the tree. We used wool with a glittery strand running through it (although I can’t take a picture which does the glittery strand justice!) but you could also roll them in glitter before they dry, or even use a little bit of snow spray on the bottoms once they’re dry.
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I love these decorations. The children love making them!
wow- these look amazing!! I’m going to be having a go for our tree this year 🙂 x
This is a great idea – I’m going to message my auntie now to ask her to save any leftover wool she has when knitting 🙂 xxx
Ooh, those are actually very cute. Don’t be getting too frickin’ crafty though please, or else I may go off you…
Oh these are lovely, off to pin.
I saw these earlier and pinned to my Christmas board! I love this idea!!
So so pretty! I shall Pin to my Christmas board too as they are gorgeous
Oh they are really lovely, well done. Mich x
They’re brilliant – I’m definitely trying these out!
Oh what a fabulous idea! I’m going to try these and put glitter in the glue as well
These are so cute! Love them.
Ooooh, they are lovely and I bet a lot of fun to make. x
0h my, these are adorable! Will SO be making these!
That is so clever and really effective! Gorgeous!
So awesome and so simple. Am pinning 🙂
I love these! They look so chic. Do you think my 17 year old son would like to get the PVA glue out and help me?
Oh these are lovely. I’ve pinned to my Christmas board.