Bastelesel

Low effort, highest effect. These nice paper balls made with 6-8 circles are to be used in three different ways. Those with 6 circles will make nice holders for tea lights. Adding further two you’ll have a closed ball for decoration. The smallest version is made of  2″ circles and will give lovely lamp shades for fairy lights.
For the tea light holder you need to cut out 6 circles in desired size. The more translucent the paper the better. Place the pattern of the equal-sided triangle in the center of your circles and shape them with a folding tool. Fold flaps and glue circles in a line. Therefore place them in front of you having the base and the top of the triangle showing to you alternately. Then take the line of circles and glue the first and last flap together. Take a tea light in a little glass and place it in the middle.
For a closed ball you need to prepare two further circles and glue these on top and at the bottom of your tealight holder.
For the lampshades I chose my 2″ scalloped circle punch and continued as with the other ones. Befor fixing a seventh circle I cut a cross in its middle. There you can easily put through the small lights.
With a different choice of paper you can always create new lightballs and match them with the already existing decoration. The size may be varied too. The size of an equal-sided triangle decides the circumference of your circles because it will be drawn around the tips of the triangle.