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How to make Christmas decorative spheres and bouquets from cardboard

How to make Christmas decorative spheres and bouquets from cardboard

Tutorial on how to make small Christmas ornaments. Use patterned colored cardboard to make spheres and bouquets. Hanging them up at Christmas will definitely give you a festive feel~

The first Christmas ornament:

Step 1: Cut 3 circular pieces of the same size from the cardboard.

How to make Christmas decorative spheres and bouquets from cardboard

Step 2: Fold the round paper piece in half and fold the patterned side inside.

How to make Christmas decorative spheres and bouquets from cardboard

Step 3: Apply glue on the outside (both sides) and stick them together.

How to make Christmas decorative spheres and bouquets from cardboard

Step 4: Paste a sphere. Note that before forming the ball, glue a string in the middle for easy hanging.

How to make Christmas decorative spheres and bouquets from cardboard

The final beautiful sphere pendant:

How to make Christmas decorative spheres and bouquets from cardboard

The second Christmas ornament:

Material preparation: cardboard, brad nails, buttons, beads, string.

Step 1: Cut 4 cardboard strips 30.5cm long and 2cm wide, and punch holes in the center of each strip and 0.5cm from the edge. Place the 4 strips of paper crosswise into a star shape and thread a brad nail through the punched center hole to thread them together.

How to make Christmas decorative spheres and bouquets from cardboard

Step 2: Make a small "pink flower" and place it on top of the main part. Cut 4 paper strips 15.25cm long and 2cm wide, and punch a hole in the center of each paper strip and 0.5cm from the edge. Place 4 strips of paper crosswise into a star shape and stick them together with glue rather than brads. Starting from the bottom and gathering the ends into the center, glue it like the picture below and flatten it.

How to make Christmas decorative spheres and bouquets from cardboard

Step 3: Use brad nails to thread the two flowers made above together, and then hang them with cotton thread or string.

How to make Christmas decorative spheres and bouquets from cardboard

Finally add small beads and buttons as decoration.