Little by little we are approaching one of the most beautiful holidays of the year and the favorite of many, Christmas is that holiday in which the family usually gets together to have dinner and exchange gifts.
Houses are usually decorated with and in them we usually place spheres of all types and colors, and although it is tempting to go every year to buy new decorations, the truth is that there are many ways to make spheres with recycled materials and thus
Meaning of the Christmas spheres
At the beginning of this tradition, the trees were decorated not with red apples, but with red apples to represent the original sin of Adam and Eve, but, because the apples were going bad, they began to be replaced with Christmas balls. the spheres, whether made of glass, plastic or other materials.
The Christmas spheres symbolize some gifts that God offered to men, such as wisdom, understanding, piety and strength among others. And each color on the spheres also has its own meaning, such as red for sin, white for purity, gold for success, silver for gratitude, green for hope and blue for reconciliation.
1. Ideas for spheres with recycled materials
Now that we know the meaning behind the spheres we can start making our own at home, the materials are few and common. The more materials we recycle, the more we can help the environment.
With the CDs that you have at home and that you no longer use, plus paints and elements to decorate such as diamonds or markers, you can create Christmas spheres. The only thing you have to do is draw your design on the disk and with the help of the paints bring it to life, decorate it to your liking and that’s it, you can hang it wherever you like.
Gather the magazines, books or newspapers you have at home and cut their pages into strips, roll them up and glue them all together with the help of white glue, add a cord to hang them and that’s it. Remember that the size of the strips should vary according to the position to give it a sphere shape.
Cut the bottles into strips and join candles little by little to give the shape of a sphere, they should not be stuck to each other but you can let your imagination work as you like.
If you already have spheres from Christmas past, you can reuse them and simply give them a completely new look by covering them with fabric and a ribbon.
Every time a light bulb burns out in your house, don’t throw it away, you can give it a second use at the end of the year when it’s time to decorate for Christmas. You can decorate them inside or outside, the only thing you will need is liquid glue, diamonds or stars to decorate, paints and brushes. Let your imagination be free and decorate them however you like.
Collect items from nature that have already completed their life cycle, such as pine cones that have already fallen. Another form of natural spheres can be dried orange slices that give the Christmas pine a very rustic appearance. You can even make shapes with tree branches like stars or small pine trees.