| If you are looking for different ideas for making | | | | used silk colors or gold and silver thread. |
| your own Christmas ornaments - why not | | | | Handmade Christmas Ornaments |
| consider the Temari ball. Temari is an old Japanese | | | | For a Christmas decoration, a design is worked |
| folk art, that originally started making toys for | | | | out first, with a theme of say snowflakes or |
| babies using old kimono threads. Today the art is | | | | possibly a flower design could be used with |
| strong and there are many ways of making and | | | | Christmas colors. Then the design is embroidered |
| decorating Temari balls. Using Temari ball as | | | | onto the ball using traditional techniques. The result |
| handmade Christmas ornaments is an unusual | | | | is an unusual decoration to which a ribbon to hang |
| Christmas idea. | | | | it and tassels to embellish it can be added. There |
| What is Temari? | | | | are many ways to create your own unique |
| Temari art is based upon an ancient Japanese | | | | Temari Christmas Ornament. Making a new design |
| craft of using old kimono silk to make toys for | | | | instantly makes your Christmas ball different, |
| babies. The old kimonos would be reduced to | | | | changing the colors on the design gives you |
| threads. The threads were used to wrap around | | | | another look. |
| a ball made of anything (wood chips, rice, old | | | | Making your own Christmas decorations can be a |
| fabric even paper. The idea is to completely | | | | pleasure or a chore depending upon your |
| cover the ball first on thick threads then in thinner | | | | perspective. If you enjoy a challenge and are |
| threads to give you a ball shape with a textured | | | | confident in your craft skills, making a Temari |
| finish. then the work of making the design starts. | | | | Christmas ornament will give you pleasure as well |
| The design is embroidered onto the ball using | | | | as provide an interesting Christmas decoration for |
| traditional methods. Any kind of thread can be | | | | years to come. |