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Tutorial on how to make three-dimensional Christmas ball paintings for children by hand

Tutorial on how to make three-dimensional Christmas ball paintings for children by hand

Making this adorable Christmas craft is a fun process that combines crafting and painting into one! The Christmas tree branches painted with forks make a great backdrop for the colorful 3D paper ornaments hanging from them. Do children want a Christmas decoration painting like this? If you are interested, come and follow the steps below to learn!~

Materials and tools: light blue, black cardboard, Christmas style cardboard, brown marker, dark green and green paint, paper plate, plastic fork, gold marker, red and green ribbon, round hole punch, Glue stick.

Tutorial on how to make three-dimensional Christmas ball paintings for children by hand

Step 1: Use a brown marker to draw several Christmas tree branches on light blue cardboard. Make sure to space them far enough apart.

Step 2: Pour a small amount of dark green and green paint onto the paper plate. Dip the ends of the tines in dark green paint and press along the brown branches.

Step 3:Continue to stamp the tines onto the blue cardboard until each branch is covered.

Step 4: Now, dip the fork into the green paint and repeat step 3 again. Allow the paint to dry completely.

Tutorial on how to make three-dimensional Christmas ball paintings for children by hand

Step 5:Use an embossing tool to cut out circles to make Christmas balls. Each Christmas ball requires 4 discs.

Step 6: Fold each piece of paper in half to get four semicircles. Apply a glue stick to one folded half and place the second half circle on top of the glue. Continue gluing all four semicircles together.

Tutorial on how to make three-dimensional Christmas ball paintings for children by hand

Step 7: Cut out two small rectangles from black cardboard as the top of the Christmas ball. Glue the black rectangle a few inches below each branch.

Step 8: Add glue to the back of the Christmas ball and stick it directly underneath the black rectangle.

Tutorial on how to make three-dimensional Christmas ball paintings for children by hand

Step 9: Use a gold marker to draw a straight line from each Christmas tree branch down to each paper ball.

Step 10:Tie a small bow with small red and green ribbons. Add a dab of glue to the top of each Christmas ball and attach the bow.

Tutorial on how to make three-dimensional Christmas ball paintings for children by hand

11. Soon, this beautiful Christmas three-dimensional decorative paintingDIY is complete~