There are so many Christmas decorations and accessories that involve big ornament balls. These could include the ever popular ice skates, snowman and Christmas trees. There are so many fun ideas for ornaments balls that the possibilities are endless. You can make your own, purchase them at retail shops, and then wrap them to look like whatever else you want to accomplish for Christmas decorations.
The idea of using big ornament balls for holiday decorations comes from the traditions of the holiday season. Most commonly known among these traditions are Christmas trees, which typically include a star and a small tree on its own for lighting. This was actually the tradition that lead to today’s tradition of decorating trees with plastic ornaments to look like stars, snowmen, bells, and more. In addition to the trees, there were also the tinsel town packages that were suspended from the trees. Often these packages contained candy canes, candy elves, wreaths, and other Christmas themed items. All of this became part of the tradition of decorating houses, making it one of the earliest holiday traditions to originate in the United States.
Because of the popularity of these holiday traditions, people eventually developed more elaborate ways to incorporate these ornaments into their houses. A lot of these innovations were born out of necessity since traditional ornaments were hard to make and very expensive. Some of the ways that people tried to solve this problem were to make black ribbon, glue, and plastic ornaments. In fact, some people used black trash bags as decorations! Another thing that people did was to add decorations to their ornaments using various things like hot glue and even glue sticks.
The tradition of hanging garland was first used around the holidays in the Victorian era. Around that time, the tradition originated from a white lace veil that was hung in homes as a sign of respect to the maid of honor. Later on, the garland was made to represent the holiday by wrapping them around trees and poles. This continued to evolve until the advent of plastic ornaments. People started using this stuff to hang things such as plastic flowers to decorate their homes during Christmas.
Plastic ornaments had already been introduced prior to World War II. Many Americans and Europeans loved the concept of putting Christmas ornaments on their tree, but they didn’t have the means to actually make them. With the help of improvised machines, plastic ornaments quickly took over the market. After this, the tradition of hanging garland with Christmas ornaments really took off.
During the war, soldiers wore plastic ornaments so that their clothes would look more festive and hip. The army also used black ribbon for decorations since black could easily be dyed into other colors. After the war was over, the government started issuing ration cards that included a black ribbon with the Christmas symbol. At that time, everyone was reminded to wear black ribbons to denote their status as a soldier or worker.
For the 50th anniversary of World War II, the government again issued commemorative ornaments with the Red Cross and Red Pom Poms as well as the American flag. Because people were still patriotic, they still adhered to the tradition of placing the Red Cross and Red Pom on their tree. In addition to that, they also used brown ribbon to tie around their Christmas tree. They also used red glue dots to fill in their fake berries and candy canes.
Christmas ornaments don’t have to be just plain colored balls. For more ideas, you can also make use of other creative tools such as crayons, stickers, colored pencils, yarn or string and other items that can be found at your local craft store. Just remember to choose a project that you can do with your kids and will make them happy. If you want something extra special, try to make use of some of the ideas mentioned above and fill your tree with colorful balls and other small decorations that will surely be loved by all!