Here you can see step by step how to do a honeycomb-ball made out of plastic bags. Honeycombs balls are usually made out of paper and there are a lot of really good tutorials out there:
- …/how-to-make-glittery-honeycomb-balls-for-christmas–craft-16450
- …/how-to-make-honeycomb-pom-poms/
- and this youtube video too
Once you know more or less how to do it with papel, you can try to do one with plastic bags!
*IMPORTANT: this project is about upcycling: using discarded/used materials to make something that has (at least for you) a higher emotional value. Also, in this process there is not a huge amount of energy involved (like with down- and recycling) just you and your crafts powers 🙂 If you don’t have enough plastic bags be patient and wait to have more or if not collect them from friends, neighbors, family, stores, trash bins etc.
STEPS:
- materials: you need a good collection of plastic bags, select your favorite colors. We need 40 to 60 sheets. Small leftovers can also be used when melted together.
- Cut the cardboard into 2 round semicircles, fold the sheets inside them and cut the plastic sheets with scissors
- I had 60 Sheets of plastic.
- cut the sheets in 2 equal semicircles
- I created a guide. Follow Step 3.1. of this tutorial: …/how-to-make-glittery-honeycomb-balls-for-christmas–craft-16450
- Then start putting the first two plastic layers to weld them together
- Start welding. The tip of the welding device shouldnt be too sharp or pointy, like this the welding lines are thicker and stronger
- Help yourself with a ruler.
- two sheets are now welded together
- IMPORTANT!: from now on, to protect the first layers from being welded through the wrong lines, we have to put some separation sheets (here metal, wood could work too but is often too thick).
- Once you have all the sheets together you can take them away from the grid and glue the gray semicircle cardboard, I did it with the hotgun and didnt take away the metal sheets! Like this you don’t melt any other plastic sheet unterneath
- almost ready!
- Check if all juntures are strong and if everything is ok. Then put the thread to be able to hung the ball
- Honeycomb ball is ready!