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"Classroom projects: Christmas ball craft ideas", an interesting and possibly confusing topic. Is this be about ways to use Christmas balls for making crafts or are the people searching for ways to make Christmas balls as a craft project in the classroom? Both things have potential and can easily be done.

Most Christmas ball are now made from Styrofoam. They can be taken, glued together and made into a wide range of creatures from roly-poly kittens to giant caterpillars. Some of the Pokemon characters can be shaped using Christmas balls. You can also use the Christmas balls to make hanging mobile, the planets and stars are nice and educational.

Making Christmas balls in a classroom can be a bit more challenging, but it doesn't have to be. The materials you use will depend of the school budget and what is available. Things that are inexpensive (Sometimes free) and frequently accessible include eggs, pine cones, Styrofoam "peanuts", Sweet Gum tree gum-balls, seashells and even the skeletons of sea urchins if you live near the ocean.

Eggs are mostly associated with Easter, but they are easy to empty (poke a small hole in each end and blow hard, you can eat the eggs) and then are very light weight. The outside can be painted and covered in sparkles and they look just like a regular Christmas ball. The really talented can make small doors and create miniature dioramas, you own "Faberge Eggs"! You can also put on little hats, felt feet and arms and have hanging mice!

But young children might have troubles and constantly breaking the eggs, and you can only blow and eat so many! Tree cones work well. Pine cones are generally decorated with glitter and paint, but the cones from Gum Trees or Casaurina trees are great for making Christmas balls. They are covered with little holes. Dip toothpicks in paint and then stick the picks in the holes. The paint acts as glue and all the balls are now brightly colored stars. You can do the same thing with Styrofoam Packing Peanuts.

If you live near the sea, shells are always nice, but the sea urchin skeletons are better. The are round and pebbly, and easy to paint. They can also be stacked and made into snowmen. They are almost as versatile as eggs, but harder to get for most people!

Christmas Ball crafts? Great fun in the classroom!

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