Dekorbumbas

The holiday season is upon us. Can you believe thanksgiving is only 2 weeks away?? I am in LOVE with this time of year. I cook the whole thanksgiving feast for the family that gets together and nothing pleases me more than cooking all that food and getting together with family. Oh I love Thanksgiving! I am however guilty of moving on to christmas... I have never made my christmas decorations before and they can take some time so I am getting started early this year and for everyone else who wants to get started early... Here you go. 

I have always really loved these holly balls. (that sounds funny but I am sure that's what they are called) I used to have one that would always accidently get left up well most the year (that's embarrassing but true maybe it's out of laziness) Anyway I am pretty sure it got left behind at one of our previous homes. Yeah it is that pathetic it was forgotten about seasonally and apparently through a move. (it was small not the one pictured above) So this year I thought I would make a new one but I wanted it to be different.

Then I saw this ornament at anthropologie and fell in love. Nothing says cozy and warm holiday season like yarn. So I came up with the Holly Ball (made from yarn) It could not be easier to make. Want to make on too? Here's how...

First make little balls of yarn to do this I found it was easiest to make a large knot at the end of the string

Then wrap the yarn around the knot to form a ball shape

Keep wrapping until it is the size you want and then with a dab of glue (I used my glue gun) glue down the flap.

Then I used my glue gun and glued them to a large styrofoam ball

I kept glueing them until the ball was covered.

Then I glued some yarn around a tack and glued that into the middle of the ball so I could hang it. Really easy. This is just part of a little display I am making the rest will come later.
You could really do this with any colors or in any size you want to fit with your holiday or home decor.