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• Steps
• Tips
• Warnings
• What do you need

Temari is a traditional Japanese ball-shaped toy. Temari from Japanese translates as "Hand ball". It will take you about 20 minutes to make Temari.

Steps

1. 1 Get the materials you need.
2. 2 You will need styrene foam. Form a ball out of the foam. Cut it in half and cut a small hole inside.
3. 3 Place a small, jingle ball or other noisy object in the center of the ball. Reattach the two halves of the ball together.
4. 4 Cut two rectangles out of an old piece of material or bedspread. They should cover 3/4 of the surface of the ball in length and half of the surface of the ball in width.
5. 5 Wrap the ball in shreds of material.
6. 6 Connect two pieces of material together using pins or other items.
7. 7 Wrap the material so that it sticks to the surface of the ball with pins.
8. 8 Cut off any excess material, leaving the pins in place.
9. 9 Take a colored thread and wrap it around the ball.
10. 10 Remove the pins as soon as the string is wrapped around the ball tightly enough so that no pieces of material fall off the ball.
11. 11 Continue wrapping the thread around the surface of the ball until you have covered it all over.
12. 12Cut the thread, sew the end of the thread into the ball so that it does not unwind.
13. 13 Take pins and mark two opposite points on both hemispheres of your ball.
14. 14 You can now embroider colored embroidery on the surface of your ball. If you want to see the different designs of Temari balls, take a look on the internet at Google Pictures.
15. 15No material should stick out from the surface of the ball.
16. 16 The Temari balloon can be used as a toy, decoration or gift for a child or pet.

Tips

• Any thick piece of material, such as an old blanket, will work as material for wrapping the ball.
• Wrap the ball well so that it doesn't fall apart later.

Warnings

• Take proper care of your instrument.

What do you need

• Styrofoam (Styrene foam) in the shape of a ball. Instead, you can take tightly wrinkled paper, cloth, old socks, or cotton wool.
• Colored thread for embroidery Mouline thread (# 5 cotton)
• Fine yarn
• Scissors.
• A needle with a large eye.
• Things the author used to make the pictured temari ball.