making 3D paper ball ornaments

The process for making 3D paper ball is very easy if you have access to the pattern. A flower-like pattern is available on the internet. So, you can download and print it out. Use the pattern to cut shapes out of papers of your choice. To make a 3D ball ornament, you will need 12 shapes of the same size. Use ribbons or jute to make a handle on the ornament if you intend to hang it somewhere. Make the handle in the middle of one of the shapes.

If you want to hang your ornament, you might like to add the string before assembling the ball. I placed a piece of tape on the back of one flower so the hole wouldn't tear, then used a needle to pull string through, forming a loop on the front side. I secured the ends of the string on the back side with another piece of tape :

Use the slits to join petals together. Keep adding shapes, connecting as you go, so that every petal is connected to another petal on a neighboring flower.

It might be helpful to think of the first piece as the "north pole," and then add a row of five flowers encircling it. At this point, the ball is half finished. 

Here's what it looks like upside-down

Attach the next row of five flower shapes, and finally, add the "south pole" 

piece to finish the globe. -

  

you can download image in below link,and take a printout for easy shape cutting

large ball

medium ball

small ball