How to make figures from balls

Diversify a family holiday can always balloons, and if these balls are also folded into the animal, then the children will be crazy about your talent. Of course, for the creation of air crafts, you will use the balls of a certain form and material, but they will not find them difficult in ordinary stationery or children's stores. If you enjoy this occupation and you decided to fold balls for yourself, then this type of hobby has a title - twisling. Adults around the world create real works of art from thousands and hundreds of balls. The limit will only be your fantasy. Make the first steps towards your works of twusing already in this article.

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How to make figures from balls - which balls are needed

In total, three types of balls are produced in wide production, different in their own material:

Latex balls can be found absolutely in any store. These are the very balls that you acquire from childhood in large quantities.
Foils are distinguished by increased strength. From such a material make huge heavy balls, they perfectly hold all the properties of helium for almost a month. This is an expensive product that you can use when you get experience.
Plastic balls are hypoallergenic, they are not so difficult to find them like foil, but it is worth trying.

For the first experiments of twisting balls, take ordinary latex balls. Of course, you need a shape of an elongated thin stem. From round balls, too, you can do various forms, however, children love to observe precisely for metamorphoses of such elongated balls. The color and length remain at your discretion if you make a flower, do not forget to buy a green ball, if a giraffe or a dog is yellow or orange.

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How to make figures from balls - flower

The very first task for beginners is precisely in creating a simple flower. You will have to make the whole two models, and then connect them. What do you need:

Threads of the same color. They will not be visible in the cradle.
Two green balls for a stalk.
Two balls of any other color for the flower itself, or one very long.
Little pump, as the balls of the oblong shape are difficult to inflate.

Optionally, you can attach decorations to your liking to your liking, or paint it with markers.

How to make petals

Inflate the ball is not completely. You always need to leave some air space, otherwise the ball will burst, leave about seven centimeters not pound.

If you have one very long ball, then overgrow it in half, if two then tie them together with a thread. It turns out like a folded ball.
Quick him again in half, and the place of folding is twisted by 360 degrees so that it does not break.
Twist the ball once again in the middle. You will succeed already something similar to the finished job.
Beat up two stem and down two. Hold your fingers for the base and connect their thread.
Now tie the base of the petals of tight, but while hiding all the ends of the thread. You will have a flower stems.

How to make stem

After the manufacture of petals, this task will seem very easy to you. As you could already understand, all the design of the ball lies in the beggars: you constantly twist the ball.

To make a stem, take two green balls. One ball just twist almost in the middle. In this place he will grow the leaves.
The second ball is twisted four times throughout the length in equal proportions. Connect the first quarter from the second, and the third is the fourth.
Tie two balls together. You got a stalk with leaves.

You can only connect the stem with the flower itself. In addition, you can make a flower from ordinary round balls, simply by connecting 5-6 balls and placing one central between them. Such combinations will look beautiful if you correctly select the color and add the decor.

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How to make figures from balls: recommendations

Learning the principle of work, you can easily come up with your figures, the main thing, adhere to the technique:

Twisting always occurs in one direction in the whole ball. Decide immediately: right you make them either left.
Do not forget to leave an impressive stock in the ball without air.
Pick suitable color to each other.
To diversify the cradle, draw all the missing items with a marker.

Now you can easily make any shape from the balls.