Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Valentine's Day Balls

I saw these in a Martha Stewart magazine (she had done white and silver ones for the New Year) and I thought they would make cute Valentine's decorations in my glass jars. I think they turned out really cute!

Supplies:
  • STYROFOAM balls (I used 4 1.5 inch balls, but you could use bigger ones)
  • 50 mini cupcake papers (or more for bigger balls - use regular cupcake papers for balls bigger than 5 inches) Note: the balls double to triple in size once the papers are all attached.
  • Glue gun with glue sticks
  • Pencil
Instructions:

Take pencil and place the eraser in the center of the cupcake paper. Scrunch the paper up around the pencil. Place a small dab of glue on the paper at the eraser end and press onto STYROFOAM ball. Repeat until ball is covered, placing the papers as close together as you like. The closer together you put them the more you will need, but your balls will look fuller with more papers. The finished result...

And here is a close up of what they look like! Super easy and super fun! Just throw on a movie and you'll be done!

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