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Hi guys, welcome back to HGTV Handmade. I’m Karen Kavett and today I’ve got 3 Christmas DIYs for you all using a really cheap, really common item - a ping pong ball. Well, a lot of ping pong balls.

Earlier this year, I made the DIY Foosball game here on Handmade, it came out so good. Obviously, I needed a ping pong ball to be able to play the game, but I didn’t have any. So I went online, ordered some, and I ended up with 144 ping pong balls. They were really cheap, but like, I only needed one for the game, so the rest of them have just been sitting there. So today I am finally going to use them.

I came up with three DIY ideas using all of these ping pong balls. Let’s get started. First up is an adorable snowman ornament. You’ll need two ping pong balls and a beginning by taking one of them and cutting a hole in the top and the bottom. Then use hot glue to glue it to the second one. Now, to make the hat, you’ll need black felt. Cut a piece that measures about 1 inch by 12 inches. Then roll it up and secure the end with hot glue. Now trace that piece and a roll of washi tape to get one small circle and one large circle. Thread a piece of string through a needle and sew a loop onto the smaller circle to make the hanger. Now glue the circles to the top and bottom of the roll of felt to make a mini top hat. And then glue that to the top of your snowman.

To make the arms, you’ll need two toothpicks. Cut one of them in half and the other into fourths. Then use a small dot of hot glue to glue them into a Y shape. Once that’s dry, use a thumbtack to make a hole on each side of the snowman and stick the arms in there. To make the nose, I’m using a wooden skewer. Use heavy duty scissors to cut off the pointy bit on the end. And then use an orange marker to color it so it looks like a carrot. Use another dot of hot glue to glue it inplace.

Finally, it’s time to decorate your snowman however you like. I’m using the back of a paintbrush to add dots, but if you have kids, adding the face could be a fun activity for them. And that’s it. That’s how you make an easy snowman ornament using stuff you probably already have. Either go traditional like I did with these or you can go crazy with your colors and decorations.

Next, we’re going to make these beautiful marbled ornaments. Begin by sticking a toothpick into a ping pong ball, so that it almost looks like a lollipop. Fill up a cup with room temperature water and drip in a few drops of nail polish. Dip the ping pong ball into the water, and in seconds, you’ve got a gorgeous marbled ornament. Just lay it down on wax paper to dry.

Here are a few tips. A little nail polish goes a long way, so you only need a few drops per ornament. When you’re done with one color, make sure that you dump the water out immediately, because if you let the nail polish sit in a plastic cup, it’ll eventually eat away at the plastic and you’ll get water literally everywhere. I found that out the hard way.

I also found that darker colors of nail polish work best, since light colors don’t really show up. You can experiment with mixing multiple colors to get different patterns. So once they’re completely dry, we just need to turn them into actual ornaments. Remove the toothpick and grab a cheap earring hook. Bend it so you can remove the spring and you can add another bead if you want to.

Stick that into the hole from the toothpick and add a dot of hot glue to keep it in place. Finally, tie a hanger out of a piece of string. And that’s it. I think these came out so cool and I cannot believe that we made them from regular old ping pong balls.

Finally, I’ve still got quite a few ping pong balls left over, so I’m going to make a garland for my tree. To do this, you’ll need some string or twine and a few more ping pong balls. Simply thread the ping pong balls onto the string and tie them off with a knot. You can also add some other decorations like beads or ribbons to give it a bit of extra flair.

I would love to know which of those ideas was your favorite or if you have any other craft ideas of what you could make using all of these ping pong balls. Make sure that you like this video and subscribe to HGTV Handmade, and I’ll see you guys next time.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enHi guys, welcome back to HGTV Handmade.I’m Karen Kavett and today I’ve got 3Christmas DIYs for you all using a reallycheap, really common item - a ping pong ball.Well, a lot of ping pong balls.Ok, so here’s what happened.Earlier this year I made the DIY Foosballgame here on Handmade, it came out so good.Obviously I needed a ping pong ball to beable to play the game, but I didn’t haveany.So I went online, ordered some, and I endedup with 144 ping pong balls.They were really cheap, but like, I only neededone for the game, so the rest of them havejust been sitting there.So today I am finally going to use them.I came up with three DIY ideas using all ofthese ping pong balls.Let’s get started.So first up is an adorable snowman ornament.You’ll need two ping pong balls, and beginby taking one of them and cutting a hole inthe top and the bottom.Then use hot glue to glue it to the secondone.Now to make the hat, you’ll need black felt.Cut a piece that measures about 1 inch by12 inches.Then roll it up and secure the end with hotglue.Now trace that piece and a roll of washi tapeto get one small circle and one large circle.Thread a piece of string through a needleand sew a loop onto the smaller circle tomake the hanger.Now glue the circles to the top and bottomof the roll of felt to make a mini top hat.And then glue that to the top of your snowman.To make the arms, you’ll need two toothpicks.Cut one of them in half and the other intofourths.Then use a small dot of hot glue to glue theminto a Y shape.Once that’s dry, use a thumbtack to makea hole on each side of the snowman and stickthe arms in there.Then to make the nose, I’m using a woodenskewer.Use heavy duty scissors to cut off the pointybit on the end.And then use an orange marker to color itso it looks like a carrot.Use another dot of hot glue to glue it inplace.And finally, it’s time to decorate yoursnowman however you like.I’m using the back of a paintbrush to adddots, but if you have kids, adding the facecould be a fun activity for them.And that’s it.That’s how you make an easy snowman ornamentusing stuff you probably already have.Either go traditional like I did with theseor you can go crazy with your colors and decorations.Next we’re going to make these beautifulmarbled ornaments.Begin by sticking a toothpick into a pingpong ball, so that it almost looks like alollipop.Then fill up a cup with room temperature waterand drip in a few drops of nail polish.Dip the ping pong ball into the water, andin seconds, you’ve got a gorgeous marbledornament.Just lay it down on wax paper to dry.So here are a few tips.A little nail polish goes a long way, so youonly need a few drops per ornament.When you’re done with one color, make surethat you dump the water out immediately, becauseif you let the nail polish sit in a plasticcup, it’ll eventually eat away at the plasticand you’ll get water literally everywhere.I found that out the hard way.I also found that darker colors of nail polishwork best, since light colors don’t reallyshow up.And you can experiment with mixing multiplecolors to get different patterns.So once they’re completely dry, we justneed to turn them into actual ornaments.Remove the toothpick and grab a cheap earringhook.Bend it so you can remove the spring and youcan add another bead if you want to.Then stick that into the hole from the toothpickand add a dot of hot glue to keep it in place.And finally, tie a hanger out of a piece ofstring.And that’s it.I think these came out so cool and I cannotbelieve that we made them from regular oldping pong balls.And finally, I’ve still got quite a fewping pong balls left over, so I’m goingto make a garland for my tree.To do this you’ll need embroidery threadand a large sewing needle.Just make sure the needle is longer than yourping pong balls.Tie a knot on one end of your string and threadthe other end into the needle.Then stick the needle through to thread theping pong balls onto the string.If you have trouble pulling the needle allthe way through, I found it helped to usea grippy jar opener from the kitchen.And that’s it.You can make this as long as you want andthen just tie off the other end.This is such a simple idea but I think itlooks so good on my tree and it’s reallyquick to make.So I would love to know which of those ideaswas your favorite or if you have any othercraft ideas of what you could make using allof these ping pong balls.Make sure that you like this video and subscribeto HGTV Handmade, and I’ll see you guysnext time.\n"