We make a new Christmas tree toy from the old, using the papier-mache technique. Master class with description and photo.

In this Master Class we will tell you how to make a new Christmas tree decoration, decorated using the papier-mâché technique, from an old Christmas tree ball bought in a regular hypermarket.For this we will need the following materials (the volume required in ml is given approximately):

• 1 color plastic ball
• 1 PC. wooden stick for a ball (from a Japanese restaurant)
• what to insert the sticks into for drying - in our case it's a board with holes for the sticks
• sandpaper 150-ka 30 cm square.
• 20 ml acrylic primer
• 15 ml acrylic paint red
• 20 ml acrylic white paint
• 50 ml. glizol (design composition)
• brush number 10
• nail polish remover
• cotton wheels
• palette
• bowl
• 50 ml PVA adhesive
• A4 paper, a regular sheet for printing on the printer (we took a printed draft)
• Wet, well-absorbent cloth about 30 * 30 cm
• 40 ml acrylic lacquer on a water basis, I use Tikkurila Kiva glossy
• 55 cm ribbon green satin width 11mm
• 55 cm red satin ribbon 11 mm wide
• 55 cm gold braid width 12 mm or gold lace
• needle
• threads of gold or beige color
• lighter

We take an old colored plastic Christmas tree ball, decorated with glitter.Remove the plastic hanger from the top. Using a small piece of sandpaper, approximately 3*4 cm, sand the ball under running hot water until the glitter is completely washed off.Nail polish remover with cotton swabsWe erase the colored paint from the disks. We need to decolorize the surface so that when applying subsequent layers, the colored paint does not show through and spoil all the work done.Using sandpaper, a piece of approximately 3*4 cm, we sand the entire surface of the ball. Our task is to make it rough so that the following layers will adhere better.With acrylic primer, using a brush #10cover the surface of the ball, coat all sides. Leave to dry for a couple of hours. Or, to speed up drying – you can dry it with a hair dryer for 5-7 minutes from a distance of 30 cm from the toy. If you use a hair dryer, you should wait until the ball cools down.Take a sheet of paper and pour in PVA.Tear the paper sheet into 4 equal parts, crumple each one and straighten it slightly.We take one of the crumpled parts and very quicklycoat with PVA glue on both sides. Next - place it on the ball with the text down, and directly with your hands (all fingers except the little finger, you can work with your nails) form folds, move the paper if necessary and continue to form folds from the entire piece of paper. Since the paper gets wet - do everything quickly. Take the next piece and do the same as with the previous one. Place the paper on the already folded surface and form folds in the same way. Mask the junction of different pieces of paper with folds. Do all this with the remaining pieces of paper. You get a ball, all in paper folds.Leave to dry for +- 12 hours.In a palette, mix white and red acrylic paints to create a pink color.Cover the entire surface of the ball with pink acrylic paint, painting the folds. Leave to dry for 3-4 hours.Mix approximately 50 ml of glizal with 5 mgred acrylic paint and cover our ball with a brush. Do it quickly. It is important to coat all the folds! Take a damp, well-wrung-out, absorbent cloth and lightly move it over the surface of the ball without pressing. You can wrap your palm in a cloth and remove the excess with it. These movements resemble wiping dust. It turns out that the excess composition remains on the cloth, which is what we need. Attention - do not move it over the same place many times, because the pink paint applied earlier may start to wash off. You do not need to wipe all the cracks, but only remove the excess. The tinted glaze remains in the cracks and this is the result we are trying to achieve. Leave it to dry for 3-4 hours.We cover the ball with a layer of acrylic varnishby smearing the cracks and drying for 1 hour. In the same way, apply 2 more layers of varnish and dry. All that remains is to sew the bow. First, sew a flower from the green ribbon, each ribbon loop like a petal, collect all the loops in a circle. Sew red loops on top so that they are located between the green ones. And sew gold loops on top in a circle so that they are located between the red ones. We put on the Christmas tree ball, the pendant removed at the very beginning and a bow on top! The Christmas tree toy with papier-mâché decor is ready!!!

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