Thermocol craft lotus
For quite some time now I have been fascinated by thermocol /styrofoam ball ornaments .
You can dress up thermocol balls with ribbons,fabric scraps,pretty paper ,sequins or beads [lots of ideas!!]
I had a bit of a tough time following some of the pine cone tutorials on the net and finally decided to make my own version…it turned out looking like a lotus!!
Thermocol craft lotus
So sharing how we made our thermocol lotus ball!
Materials Required for the Thermocol Ball craft |
| Lotus flower tutorial |
- Thermocol balls – we used 2 inch sized ones. If you are not able to get a thermocol ball dont worry you can still make your lotus using a plastic ball but instead of pinning you will have to do a lot of gluing !
- Ribbon ,fabric or paper -I used 1 inch width pink ribbon.Use sizes and colors you want.
- Pins
- Scissors
From the pink ribbon Cut one square[ 1 x 1 inch] and many 1 x 2 inch rectangles [cut rectangles double the width of your ribbon/paper]
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| Lotus tutorial |
Fold the rectangles into triangles by folding up the lower corners to meet the upper edge.
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| Ribbon flowers |
My ribbon is kinda satiny and stiff like paper so I could fold and the creases remained
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| Ribbon flower tutorial |
If you are using fabric or normal ribbon you will have to hold the fold with your fingers
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| Ribbon flower tutorial |
When you have folded up the other corner you will get a nice triangle.Doesnt matter if you get imperfect overlapping edges!
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| Ribbon flower tutorial |
Pin the square onto the thermocol ball
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| Ribbon flower tutorial |
Take the triangle you had folded and Pin the lower 2 corners of the triangle on to the corners of the square as shown keeping the flaps hidden inside.
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| Ribbon crafts |
Keep pinning triangles to cover adjacent corners of the square keeping the lower edges of the triangles in a line on the thermocol ball
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| Thermocol Ball crafts |
You can even use one pin to hold 2 adjacent triangle corners as you get used to pinning on the thermocol ball!
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| Thermocol Ball crafts |
On completing a layer of triangles atop the square start pinning the next layer lower down .
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| Thermocol Ball crafts |
My next layer also had just 4 triangles. Here is the side view showing how the triangles are overlapped on the thermocol ball
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| Thermocol crafts |
Complete the thermocol ball lotus by pinning more triangles and finishing off with green ribbon leaves!
Do tell me how you like this thermocol - ribbon Lotus!!
I think it would look cool as a home renovation decor and for religious souls I guess it would be lovely as a Pooja decoration for goddess Lakshmi!
Where to buy Thermocol Balls ?: Try your local fancy store.If you are in Bangalore its available cheaply in many sizes at a Packing Material Supply shop in Ebrahim street[ parallel to Commercial street].Also available at Itsy Bitsy. You can also check out my compilation of
Craft Supply Stores in IndiaEdited :this project got Honorable mention at
Crafter corner Festive theme
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