Items you will need:
- A few different colors of yarn. (I used 4 colors, and I used bright colors.)
- A container large enough to dip handfuls of yarn into.
- Elmer's glue
- Water
- Balloons
- Something to set the balls on once you are finished wrapping them in yarn. (I used cling wrap or foil)
Instructions:
- Blow up your balloons until they are the size and shape that you would like the yarn balls to be.
- Mix glue and water together. There is no kind of measurements to it, you just need to water the glue down. It can't be too think.
- Pull a large piece of yarn off of the spool... One piece is going to be your entire decorative ball, so how much you want is up to you. (Wrap it around your hand as you are pulling it off)
- Completely soak the yarn in the glue/water mixture.
- After it is completely soaked, squeeze it to ring it out as much as you can.
- Choose your starting point on the balloon and just start wrapping the yarn around it. (There is no rhyme or reason to the wrapping, just make it look how you would like it too look.)
- After you wrap the balloon, squeeze the yarn out again. Be careful not to pop the balloon.
- Continue to do this with as many balloons and yarn colors that you would like.
- ***You can also wrap different colors onto one balloon if you would like multi colored yarn balls.***
- Once you are done wrapping all of your balloons, place them on your foil or cling wrap to dry. (Drying takes at least 24 hours. If the yarn does not feel completely dry and hard after 24 hours, let them dry some more. Also you may need to "flip" them around a few times so that the spot sitting on the surface can dry as well.)
- After they are completely dry, pop the balloon with a pin and carefully pull it out of the yarn ball.
- Place out as decorations!
Keep in mind that this is a very messy craft. It is fun and well worth it though! Hope you enjoyed making them!!
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