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Making Recycled Plastic Bottle Christmas Balls


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December 10, 2019

Recycled Plastic Bottle Christmas Balls - finished balls hanging on a lighted piece of garlandI'm pretty late with Christmas decorations this time. There is no time to buy new Christmas balls, travel time takes longer than shopping so I'd rather spend it making an alternative holiday tree ornament.

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Supplies:

  • colorful washi tapes
  • empty plastic bottles
  • cutters
  • hot glue
  • string or paper strips
Recycled Plastic Bottle Christmas Balls - supplies
 

Steps:

  1. Let's start by separating the body of the plastic bottle from its head and bottom. Set aside the bottom parts that might come handy for the next project.
  2. Recycled Plastic Bottle Christmas Balls - cut the neck and bottom off of the bottle
     
  3. Choose a color and wrap washi tape around the body of the bottle.
  4. Recycled Plastic Bottle Christmas Balls - wrapping washi tape around the bottle
     
  5. Make as many wraps as you can on one bottle body. Then cut it in half.
  6. Recycled Plastic Bottle Christmas Balls - cut the bottle in half top to bottom after wrapping tape around in several lines
     
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  7. Cut the bottle into strips following the width of the washi tape.
  8. Recycled Plastic Bottle Christmas Balls - tape covered plastic strips
     
  9. Seal the cut on each strip with the same tape to form a circle.
  10. Recycled Plastic Bottle Christmas Balls - use matching tape to secure the ends together
     
  11. Now, glue one circle to another in a cross position.
  12. Recycled Plastic Bottle Christmas Balls - one section glued to another in a cross
     
  13. Arrange four circles to form a ball. Or if four is too crowded you may create a set of three instead of four.
  14. Recycled Plastic Bottle Christmas Balls - bottom of the ball
     
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  15. Turn the glued portion down and attach a string or piece of paper strip into one of the circles - usually the one on the top layer.
  16. Recycled Plastic Bottle Christmas Balls - adding a hanger to the red ball
     
  17. Make as many balls as you can. Then start decorating your homes with these colorful ornaments.
  18. Recycled Plastic Bottle Christmas Balls - a red, green, and blue ball
     
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