Snowballs and Snowflake Ornaments - Glittery and Fun

Snowball and snowflake Ornaments are so fun to make. I've made lots of different kinds of snowball ornaments. Here are a few I've made. I think you'll like these... kids can help, too, and they're kind of whimsical and magical to put on a Christmas Tree.

SNOWBALL

glittery plastic ball painted white and glittered

These snowballs I made from the plastic balls that kids jump in. Well, I had bought a whole lot of them for my granddaughter and they were just hanging around in a box. She was too big to jump in them and I was getting ready to throw them out. Then when I was thinking of making fake snowballs (Styrofoam balls are unreasonably expensive, I think) I thought of these plastic balls.

In order to work with them, I punched a hole in them with scissors and then with the string I made a large loop and knot. I pushed the knot into the hole and because the ball itself is so light, it held just fine.

Then I could hold the string as I spray painted them white and then sprayed them with glue and sprinkled with a clear crystal glitter and another kind of glitter that is more like cellophane .. larger chunks. You can see them in the picture. Hot glue a pretty bow on to it and VOILA! A snowball!

snowball made with glitter and paint on plastic ball

SNOWFLAKE

This is more like a snowflake!

This snowflake ornament is made by taking strips of paper towels and tying them together in the middle. The strips are about 1/4 inch wide by 6 inches long. (I had pictures of using the paper cutter for this part but I could not locate those darned pictures.)

So then I just bunched a lot of them together and tied them tightly in the middle with cotton string. I left the cotton string long to use as the hanger. Then I rearranged them to make them kind of even and then sprayed with a glue spray and sprinkled with glitter. Some long ends needed to be trimmed a little, too.

fake snowflake made with paper towel strips and glitter

Kids could make these and they don't have to be perfect. They are charming, I think.

Here are a few untouched pictures of what these look like..

Happy snowball making, everyone!!

fake snowball made with plastic ball and labelled

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Everyone can agree on... COOKIES... here are some...

Recipe for Snowflake Cookies HERE.

Recipe for Snowball Cookies HERE.

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14 comments

JP 12/05/2013 1:09 PM
Linda, these are just gorgeous and so darn clever! I have to try and find time to make some similar ones for my tree. It is a snow and ice themed one this year and will be just perfect! Thank you for sharing....I am passing this one around!
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JP
Noreen12/05/2013 5:01 PM
That covered very well - you can't even tell they were once blue! Nice Idea!

Noreen
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Unknown12/05/2013 8:40 PM
These are gorgeous and are such a great idea! I can't believe you made them out of those little plastic balls! So pretty! Pinned!

Debbie @ One Little Project
Kim 12/05/2013 9:20 PM
What a really great (and pretty!) idea! I love those snowballs...truly unique and a great way to recycle those balls! Pinning for sure! :)
With A Blast12/06/2013 1:32 AM
Love the snowballs, Linda ! Thanks for the link to my recipe :-)
Missy12/06/2013 10:04 PM
I found your post on Family Fun Friday. These are both cute crafts! Thanks for sharing!
Mitzi12/07/2013 3:35 PM
I agree about styrofoam being unreasonably expensive.....and I love your snowballs! I might try some myself!
Unknown12/08/2013 6:13 PM
Love these, pinned for later :) We would love if you linked up to our Snickerdoodle Sunday!
Unknown12/09/2013 9:37 AM
LOVE the snowballs - I pinned them! :-) I'm a new FB follower stopping by from the Inspiration Monday link party.

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SewSweetVIntage12/09/2013 10:44 AM
Really pretty! Pinned and new follow. Stop by:)
Adorned From Above12/11/2013 11:32 AM
Linda,
These are so cute.
Debi
Debbiedoos12/13/2013 9:54 AM
Ohhh those look so pretty and so festive. Love them. Thanks for sharing at the dollar tree party.
Marla12/14/2013 10:13 AM
These are beautiful! What a creative idea. Thanks so much for sharing. Visiting from Blog Strut Owl Style
Anonymous12/16/2013 3:10 PM
This is beautiful glitter ornament! Thanks for the inspiration!