Ice outdoor decorations or ice Christmas decorations for the street. How to decorate the yard in winter? DIY multi-colored ice balls How to make an ice wreath
Ice balls are multifunctional, easy to manufacture, do not require serious material costs and are very beautiful.
The area around a private house can be decorated with whole compositions of such balls, decorate the paths to the house with them, and even randomly arranged in the snow, ice balls completely transform the yard, giving it a festive look.
Such balls look very nice in the role of candlesticks - small “tablet” candles during burning heat the surface of the ball and a natural depression is obtained that does not allow the candles to slide.
To decorate the territory of the courtyard of a multi-storey city house, ice balls are suitable as unusually beautiful tree pendants.
The creation of ice balls begins with the preparation of a dye - it can be gouache diluted in water, culinary food dyes, pigments for interior paint.
The dye is diluted in water poured into plastic bottles, or poured directly into the mold for making balls.
The most common balloons are used as a form. Using a household funnel, a small amount of dye is poured into the ball or it is poured dry, after which water is added from the tap until the ball is inflated to the desired size.
It is best to carry out the procedure for filling balloons with water over the bathtub - if the “form” breaks, then you don’t have to remove it from floor coverings colorful puddles.
If ice balls are planned to be used as hanging decorations, then it is recommended to put a long, strong thread into the mold before tying.
The last step in making ice jewelry is freezing. The blanks are laid out on the snow, trying to avoid contact of the balls, and left until the water completely freezes in the form.
If possible, after one and a half to two hours, it is recommended to turn the balls over to the other side - this way they freeze faster.
If jewelry is made in a city apartment, then the blanks are placed in the freezer.
A day later, the rubber shell is slightly cut on the ice balls and the decorations are completely released from the mold.
Alternatively, you can use rubber gloves instead of balloons as a form - very original and funny ice “palms” are obtained.
For the manufacture of colored ice blanks of square or rectangular shape, 5-liter plastic bottles can be used.
If there is no dye at hand, then you should not be upset - you can put sprigs of spruce, flower petals, rowan berries or leaves of indoor plants in the form.
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Many people notice that the older they get, the more difficult it is to re-experience that magical feeling of a fairy tale and a miracle that always came to us in childhood on New Year's Eve.
But we are in website sure - the New Year's mood will not keep you waiting if with my own hands make one of these wonderful decorations for your home and Christmas tree. Almost all, with the exception of two or three, do not require much time and some special materials - they can be made in half an hour from what is at hand.
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A wreath of balloons and an old hanger
In just half an hour, you can make a colorful wreath by buying a couple of sets of inexpensive balloons. Blogger Jennifer, the author of this article, recommends unbending an old hanger, but if you don't have one, then a piece of strong wire will do just fine.
- You will need: a pair of balloon sets (20-25 balloons different colors and sizes), a wire hanger or wire, spruce branches, braid or ready-made decoration for decorating a wreath.
Snowflake tablecloth
A delicate and surprisingly festive tablecloth will turn out from snowflakes, on which we have stuffed our hands since childhood. You can sit down and cut snowflakes with the whole family, and then lay them out on the table and fasten them with small pieces of tape. A wonderful solution for receiving guests or just having dinner with the family during the holidays.
multicolored hats
The cutest colored hats can be made from leftover yarn, which can be used to make a garland for a Christmas tree or for decorating a wall. Or hang them on a window or chandelier at different levels. Children over five years old will also do just fine with this simple decoration. See details.
- You will need: a roll of toilet paper for rings (or regular cardboard or thick paper), scissors, multi-colored yarn and a good mood.
Lamp "Snowy City"
For this charming lamp, you need to measure a piece of paper around the circumference of the jar with a small margin (to glue), depict and cut out the simplest urban or forest landscape. Wrap around the jar, and put a candle inside.
- You will need: a jar, thick paper of any color, white can be, any candle. Alternatively, you can cover the top of the jar with "falling snow" using a special "snow" spray, which is sold in hobby stores.
Balloons with photos
A great idea for decorating the Christmas tree or as a gift to relatives and friends. The photo must be rolled up into a tube so that it passes into the hole of the ball, and then spread with a wooden stick or tweezers. Small black-and-white rectangular shots will do, and you can also cut out the photo in the shape of a ball or silhouette (as in the case of a cat in the snow).
- You will need: plastic or glass balls, photographs, various things to fill the ball - tinsel, garlands, coarse salt (for snow).
Christmas lights
And this miracle is a matter of five minutes. It is enough to collect balls, fir branches, cones and put them in a transparent vase (or a pretty jar) and add luminous garlands.
embers
Luminous garlands hidden among cones, branches and coniferous paws create the effect of coals smoldering in the fireplace or a cozy campfire. They even seem to be getting hot. For this purpose, a basket lying on the balcony for a hundred years, a nice bucket or, for example, a wicker container for small things from Ikea, is suitable. Everything else (except for the garland, of course) can be found in the park.
floating candles
A very simple decoration for a New Year's table or for a cozy evening with friends during the New Year holidays is a composition with candles floating in a vessel with water, cranberries and coniferous branches. You can use cones, circles of oranges, fresh flowers and leaves from a flower shop - whatever your fantasy tells you. And as a candlestick - deep plates, vases, jars, glasses, the main thing is that they are transparent.
Snowman on fridge or door
From this, the children will definitely be delighted - fast, fun and very simple, because even a three-year-old can handle cutting out large parts. It is enough to cut circles, a nose and a scarf from self-adhesive paper, wrapping paper or colored cardboard and attach them to regular or double-sided tape.
Snowflakes on the window
An interesting use for a glue gun lying around idle. In order to stick these snowflakes to the glass, just press them lightly to the surface. See details in our video.
- You will need: a stencil with a snowflake drawn with a black marker, tracing paper (parchment, baking paper), a glue gun and a little patience.
Christmas trees-candy
Bright Christmas trees can be built together with the kids for children's holiday or decorate them festive table. Cut out triangles from colored paper or cardboard, attach with tape to a toothpick and stick the resulting Christmas trees into sweets.
- You will need: Hershey's Kisses or any other truffle candies, toothpicks, tape, colored paper or cardstock with a pattern.
Garland with photos and drawings
New Year, Christmas - warm, family holidays. And it will come in handy with photographs, children's drawings, pictures. They are easiest to secure with clothespins that can be decorated with hearts or snowflakes.
origami star
painted spoons
Ordinary metal spoons or wooden cooking spoons are turned into interesting Christmas decorations with the help of acrylic paints. This idea is sure to please the kids. If you bend the handle of metal spoons, they can be hung on a Christmas tree. And wooden spoons will look great in the kitchen or in a bouquet with spruce branches.
sock snowman
Multi-colored ice balls can serve as an excellent material for any art object. You can simply scatter them in the garden or in the yard, around the territory kindergarten, or build or decorate some kind of structure, make snowmen (especially if you freeze water in rubber gloves), etc. We settled on the construction of a colorful pyramid of 400 ice balls.
This is my second and I hope not my last post in this community. In the fall, with volunteers from the city of Glazov (Udmurtia), we added bright colors to the gray everyday life of the city, and now we have taken on winter street art.
We chose a city park as the location for our winter art object. Firstly, there are more children here, and secondly, there is the House of Sports nearby where you can get water for balls. We talked with the heads of organizations - they gladly agreed to help us.
Where did the idea come from? Surely, many have come across a guide to making ice balls with the addition of food coloring more than once. 
According to the "recipe" everything turns out easily and simply. In reality, it turned out to be much more difficult. But as always. Firstly, nowhere is it indicated how long the ball freezes? How much water should be poured, the better to tint? It turned out, no matter how ridiculous and trite it may sound, but the ball is filled with water only under pressure - it will not work to go outside with a funnel and a "one and a half". All that remains is a faucet or a hose with water. Well, a number of subtleties that we encountered in the process.
For example, the size - it is impossible to freeze a ball of large volume (3-4 liters). At t -20, only a layer of 5-6 centimeters freezes overnight. Inside is water. She also begins to freeze, but later, and bursts the ice "shell" - the ball cracks. It was also a mistake to bury the ball under the snow - in such a "house" it hardly freezes.
Here is an example of a 3-liter ball that spent the whole night under the snow. In principle, very “working” hemispheres turned out - you can use it as a vase for Christmas tree branches, or turn it upside down, and place a lamp under it - it will be beautiful.
Through trial and error, we decided to settle on balls measuring 10 * 10 - 15 * 15 centimeters. They froze overnight in the freezer.
So, we share our method of making ice balls.
1. First of all, we prepared a gouache concentrate - 1 can per 1.5 liters.
2. Through the funnel, pour the concentrate into the ball "to the brim". You can use food coloring, in case there's a good chance someone decides to taste the giant lollipops. We took ordinary balls. You can freeze balls in the shape of Mickey Mouse, various animals, or rubber gloves (I personally froze a glove from a package of hair dye - it turned out a funny hand that can be attached to a snowman in wet snow).
3. Then we put it on the tap and "inflate". The two are more convenient: one clamps the ball to the tap, the second turns the water on / off. They tied the ball without ropes and other things - with a loop from the neck itself (or whatever it is called there)
4. At first we wanted to fill the balloons right on the street by connecting to the tap of the Sports House and bringing the hose out into the street - but the hose was frozen, we steamed it for an hour and a half, then we decided to fill it right in the toilet and drive it to the place with a wheelbarrow. So it is more economical in terms of water consumption, and more comfortable in the heat than in the cold at -25.
6. Therefore, they froze right in the park, spreading the balls in the snow. We tried not to deepen too much and place them so that the balls did not touch each other.
7. Filled the balls for two hours. During this time, the first batch was covered with a crust. Left it for another 2 hours. When they arrived, they found that the balls freeze perfectly from above, but from below, where they come into contact with snow, there is water. Conclusion - in order for the balls to freeze faster and better, they must be turned over after a couple of hours, and even better, minimize the area of \u200b\u200bcontact with snow.
Having turned over all the balls, we decided to leave them for the night, covering them from the children with snow.
However, this did not help - several juvenile vandals remembered where they saw a multi-colored carpet during the day and, having unearthed the balls, began to throw them. Fortunately, the park workers drove them away in time.
8. Most of the balls still survived. The next day they began to dig them out and, after holding a little more in the cold, take off their "clothes". Rubber is removed very easily - just tear it with a knife, keys or a stick. Some balls did not freeze to the end - they only took off their "clothes", as water poured out of them.
9. You can do anything with the received balls. These are both beautiful self-sufficient decorations and excellent building materials. Our choice fell on the construction of the pyramid.
We fix the first level with snow - so as not to disperse.
We pour water over each level - otherwise the structure will move apart due to the unevenness of the balls.
It is a pity that there was no normal camera at hand - they were filmed on the phone. But not every camera, or rather a photographer, will convey the magical play of reflections of lanterns and garlands on the edges of ice balls. And what a beauty during the day.
It was only later that the idea dawned on us that the frame of the pyramid could be made of snow, only by placing the balls on the outside. So the pyramid would have turned out 5 times more. Well, that's for next year.
There is still a week before the New Year, followed by the Christmas holidays - we hope you will take into account our experience and our mistakes, adding your ideas!
Successful creativity!
With the onset of a cold and snowy winter, everything around is transformed. Leaving the house on the street, everything around is admirable, because there are fluffy snowdrifts around, which create a fabulous landscape.
If you are the owner country house, then you should definitely worry about the question - How to decorate the yard in winter, especially on the eve of the New Year and Christmas holidays.
To make these unusual jewelry, you will need the following materials: water, any dye (food coloring or regular paints) and balloons.
As you may have noticed, very few materials are required to make such a wonderful decoration.
So let's get started...
In a separate container (it can be a regular three-liter glass jar or a bucket) you dilute water with any dye you like. Depending on how much dye you add to the water, the color saturation of future ice balls will depend.
So, colored water is ready! Now use the help of your relatives, friends or children and use a watering can or tube to fill balloons with colored water. If you plan to make huge colored ice balls, then it is better to fill Balloons right on the spot, since a balloon filled to capacity will be difficult to move from place to place.
Tie a balloon filled with colored water tightly and leave it outside (in the cold, of course) until completely frozen.
When colored water balloons freezes, you use scissors to release the colored balls of ice from the rubber shell.
With such bright unusual ice balls, you can decorate paths, a playground, railings and steps.
DIY colored ice balls - original winter fun!
Winter is still a long way off, but when you accidentally stumbled upon such funny balloons, it was hard to resist =) Winter is often white and gray, and you really want to add some bright colors. Here, bright ice balls can help you, which you can easily make with your own hands together with your child. And the very next day you can head to the park or courtyard, where you will create an interesting composition on the snow-white snow. Or maybe you want to leave them in a snowman =) (exclusively in a snowman!)
To create colored ice balls you will need:
small balloons
plastic bags
Food colorings
Something like a metal sheet for baking cookies
Old newspapers or towels
Scissors
Below is the process of creating colored ice balls:
Be prepared for the fact that you and your child can get so carried away with the creative process that you will stain everything around. To do this, it is advisable to put on old clothes and lay everything with newspaper sheets.
1. Start gently filling the balloons with tap water (Figure 2).
2. Pour a little food coloring into each ball, 1-2 drops will be enough (Figure 3).
3. Place all balls in the freezer. You can put them in a large bag to avoid getting colored droplets on the walls of the freezer (Figure 4).
4. Also, the balls can be frozen in the courtyard of the house (Fig. 5). In general, they will more or less remain round or slightly oval, which will not affect the effect of the result. You can also dig round holes for them in the snow, so that the right one will surely come out. round form. Removing the ball will be quite simple, since its rubber does not freeze.
5. When the balls turn into ice floes - go with them and your baby to the yard, do not forget to wear gloves that you don’t mind painting in all sorts of rainbow colors. Connect your imagination - create circles, decorate snowmen with them, decorate the yard with them. Do not forget to take a picture of your creation and send an MMS to your grandmother, let her be happy for you.
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