A Christmas bauble mobile

Here's how to make a pop-colored mobile from transparent or solid balls, painted using different techniques and suspended from a crown. The combination of different techniques and materials makes this mobile an original support for all kinds of different balls. These balls can also be joined together in a suspension by ribbons held together by cinnamon sticks.

All the baubles hang from the Styrofoam wreath.
The wreath can be decorated in matching tones:
- either by covering it with strips of metallic star-orange wrapping paper, which will be held in place by a long bolduc wrapped around the wreath
- or by covering it with strips of fabric fastened with pins stuck into the polystyrene
- or by painting it like the red polystyrene glitter ball.
Transparent balls are suspended by their ties, while expanded polystyrene balls are suspended by a long piece of bloduc that crosses over each other like a gift-wrapped package.

Here, a transparent ball is decorated with two colors of stamp (usually used in scrapbooking): a pointed Olive-shaped stamp in "bisque" color (actually golden mustard) and a square stamp in Lime color (actually old rose). Open the transparent ball and on each side, domed side, first draw a frieze of triangles all around the edge, using half the square stamp.
Be careful, this type of paint is very greasy and you need to wait for it to dry before continuing to decorate the ball, to avoid smudging.
On the top of each side of the ball (with half the ball lying flat), draw a star using the special shape of the pointed Olive stamp.

The "flock paint" chips in assorted colors make decorating baubles easy and original. Simply sprinkle the flock on a cardboard plate, glue the ball with varnish-glue and roll it in the plate. Repeat after drying to homogenize the chips.
After further drying, the ball can even be sanded!

Glitter is in! Here are two ways to use finely powdered glitter.

Christmas baubles withspiral decorations: visual effect guaranteed!

Draw a spiral on the inside of each face directly with the tip of a glass paint bottle (here white with silver glitter). Let dry.
spray the inside of each face with a varnish-glue spray. Wait 2 minutes (for the glue to develop) and sprinkle with glitter (here copper-colored glitter).
let dry again.

Discover: other Christmas ornaments using other techniques, with serviettage and rhinestone glue