Variety of Decor Balls by House of Hepworths

Decor Balls are all the rage right now. I want to show you how to make a variety of them! Here’s a tutorial on how to make pretty much any type of decor ball you could ever want.

Materials Needed:

*Balls – ping pong, foam, training, nerf, etc.

*twine, cotton string, jute, wicker – anything you’d like to decorate the balls with

*hot glue gun

First, load up on your “gear”.

You need a basic ball to start with. For this tutorial I used ping-pong balls, foam balls in assorted sizes, and training balls.

You also need some materials to wrap around the balls. I used twine, cotton string, jute, and wicker. I also found some black string with sparkles in it.

For basic decor balls, just start with whatever size ball you want and wrap the twine around it gluing every 1/2″ or so.

Keep wrapping and gluing until you reach the opposite side of the ball.

Ta Da! Super easy!

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Now for the two-toned decor ball:

Start by gluing down two colors of string side by side.

Then just start gluing down both strands together in a spiral motion.

When I got to the end I realized there was a big hole in the ball, so I just cut out a circle from a piece of thin cardboard and glued it on the ball.

Then I just glued the strands over the piece of cardboard.

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Braided decor ball:

This one was a little more tricky, but still doable.

Start by gluing three very long pieces of twine to your ball. Braid them about 3″

From there just start wrapping the braid around and gluing it down in the same spiral fashion that you did the other balls.

I would just braid a little, then wrap and glue, then braid more. Make sure you cut very long pieces of twine, otherwise you are going to have to try to add more in the middle of making your ball.

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Two-tone twisted decor ball

I made this one the same way as the basic two-tone decor ball, but instead of just gluing the twine down, I twisted it together before I glued it.

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Wicker balls

The tutorial for the large ball can be found here.

For this set of balls, from largest to smallest I used: a fake nerf basketball, plastic training ball, foam ball, and a ping-pong ball.

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Baby balls

For the baby balls I used jute and ping-pong balls.

Jute balls

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Pinto Bean balls

(Previously shown at HoH Here)

Buy a bag of beans. Pinto Beans are a great size to work with. Also, get some type of ball – I used foam craft balls.

Start gluing the beans onto the ball. I kept the ball from rolling off the counter by setting it inside a spray paint lid.

I made a 2nd one with a different pattern on it. Can you see the pattern??

Once the balls were done I primed them with spray paint primer. Then I spray painted one black and one brown using flat spray paint.

Different ball sizes I used:

I’m pretty sure you now know how to make any type of decor ball you could ever want.

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Allison LOVES making things cute! She blog constantly about anything Crafty and Thrifty. She can be found hamming it up over at House of Hepworths! She’d love for you to stop by and say hi.