This traditional Polish decoration -- also known as a porcupine ball for its spikiness -- adds a sparkling touch to trees and presents.

Materials

• Ruler or compass
• Scissors
• Thin cardboard

• Foil paper
• Glue stick
• Heavy thread and needle

Instructions

1. Cut out a 4-inch cardboard circle. Using the cardboard as a template, trace and cut out 14 foil-paper circles. Fold one circle in half, in half again and in half once more. Unfold the circle and place it on a stack of as many circles as you can cut through. Cut along the fold lines, stopping about 1/2 inch from the center. Repeat until all the circles are cut.

2. Form the eight segments of each circle into points by wrapping each one around the sharpened end of a pencil, as shown, and securing it with a dab of glue.

3. Thread a needle with an 18-inch length of thread, and knot one end. Insert it through the centers of the circles -- from the foil side of the first seven and the wrong side of the rest. Gently pull on the thread, bunching the circles into a ball. Tie a knot, then form a hanging loop from the extra thread.

You might also like:

Find more about:

• 1 Hour |
• All Ages |
• Cardboard Crafts |
• Christmas |
• Decorating Projects |
• Paper Crafts |
• Paper Projects |
• Preschooler |
• School Age |
• Teen |
• Tin Foil Crafs |
• Tween

Related Categories:

• Festive Displays