Disco is a fun, joyful and festive event for all people, not only for young people, but also for mature ones.
Many middle-aged men and women remember well the discotheques of their youth - invariably cheerful, noisy, with their favorite music. And, of course, a luminous disco ball under the ceiling is absolutely indispensable. Many people want at least for the holidays to return to the past and have fun, as before. And there are many people who want to show the main entertainment of their youth to the younger generation. Only the most important component - a disco ball - can now be found far from every club, and organizing a theme party ("disco of the eighties") will cost those who want to shake the old days quite expensive.
But in order to have fun with your loved ones, you don't have to go to a club. You can arrange such a disco in your own home, and in the office, and at school (of course, during non-working and non-school hours). This requires volunteer helpers and a little imagination.
In this article, those who want to return the past will learn how to make a disco ball with their own hands in a couple of hours from improvised materials. It's so easy that even a child can handle it.
So, for this craft you will need:
1. Mirror or old CDs.
2. Fishing line.
3. Glass cutter.
4. Paste or PVA glue.
5. Liquid nails.
6. Newspapers.
7. Balloon.
First of all, you need to inflate the balloon (it must turn out to be round) and tie it tightly so that it does not come down in any case.
Further, the resulting frame is tied with a fishing line. In order for the future disco ball to hang evenly, the thread must go around it along imaginary meridians. At the top you need to tie a neat loop.
After the preparatory activities, papier-mâché is made. There are two possible options.
First, you can prepare a paste. To do this, bring water (five parts) to a boil and mix it with flour (one fourth) diluted in one part water. This mixture should boil for a couple of minutes and cool.
Secondly, you can do it easier and mix regular PVA glue with water.
The next step is cutting newspapers (or any other soft paper, but not magazines) into strips. They must be moistened, but not very strongly, in glue, then applied to an inflated ball. An important caveat - it must be absolutely dry.
The number of layers of paper is not limited: the more there are, the stronger the disco ball.
Next, you need to wait for the papier-mâché to dry. At this stage, you can pierce the ball and pull it out, but in this case you do not need to tie it with a fishing line - it should be fixed on a dried frame, and when pasting, you must leave a hole.
After that, you need to prepare the most important element - a mirror or a disk (or you can combine them). The material must be cut into small - no more than a square centimeter - squares. This is done with a glass cutter. Care must be taken here - the pieces of the mirror are very sharp, and therefore the work surface must be covered with a cloth.
And the last step - gluing squares on the surface of the ball and hanging it.
By constructing such a decorative element, you can prove that a good party is possible at home, and no modern light music is needed for a disco!
