The other day I was on the phone with Jessy who happened to just have a look at those new photos of my new craft project — the red paper roses. Apparently she liked them, as she asked me if I have any other good paper craft ideas to try out. I told her “yes”, but as a matter of the fact, I realised that I am not just having a positive answer, I actually have many many ideas hovering in my head, which not only make me feel compelled to tell, but also make me feel a bit of “overloaded” at this moment.

I had to write them down eventually, then I found that there are at least 6-7 of them on the paper. No wonder!!!! I am kind of mixing them all up and don’t know where to start now.

So I have made my decision today. I will only concentrate on one project at a time, and the one I just had a test-out yesterday was a paper dome ornament. Here is the link.

[singlepic id=32 w=360 h=480 float=center]It would be ideal to use a bit heavy paper, especially if you want a big sized ball.  But seriously, you almost can use any weight of paper, magazine paper, printing paper, scrapbooking paper, card stocks. I hoped that tissue paper or newspaper haven’t passed through your mind, as they are going to make the whole ball too fragile

The instruction is very clear and assembling is easy too. Just be as creative as you can get. Try different sizes  or different colours for different circles, or use different paper patterns, or embellish a plain colour dome with decorative stickers, like lady bugs, butterflies, stars, sparkling stuff, glitter……whatever you can think of.

A paper dome ornament can be hung anywhere, or just put on your desk, on a shelf or several in a row on a window sill. Comparing to those paper roses I made, I know that they are probably not so much functioning as free-formed decorative pieces, but it is an interesting project and you will be certainly amazed by its construction. If you are also interested in the math behind this, check out this diagram below. Now we are back to high school age, aren’t we?