Hey everyone! I bet you thought I had been buried alive by a colossal pile of ribbon by now! Things have been so busy and I am working constantly to fill orders for wreaths and wreath kits! It's never ending! I did fit in some time to make a knock off of a very cute Spring/Easter decoration that I saw at Hobby Lobby a week or so ago. I think a slightly larger Styrofoam tree base would have been better but I am desperately trying to use craft supplies I have on hand rather than going out to buy too many new items, plus these little "tree" forms are from the Dollar Tree and how can you beat that?
Supplies:
Styrofoam tree form
1 sheet of moss
decorated Styrofoam Easter eggs
1 strand of beaded garland
1 dowel
1 pail or bucket fitted with a Styrofoam base to secure the dowel
hot glue
tooth picks/skewers
Stick your dowel into the center of the bottom of your tree form and cut off any of the excess dowel (easier now than later like I ended up doing). Take your sheet of moss and use hot glue to completely cover your tree form. The moss is very easy to cut and glue into place.
Using tooth picks or pieces of bamboo skewer, attach the eggs to the moss covered tree form. For extra security you can use a small drop of hot glue to secure the toothpicks to the eggs but it is not necessary.
Place a small dollop of hot glue to the bottom of your pail/bucket and place a small Styrofoam disk in the bucket. I picked up both this bucket and the Styrofoam disk at the dollar store and they fit perfectly together.
Place a small amount of hot glue in the center of the Styrofoam disk and insert you dowel, holding it straight up until the glue has a change to harden a little. Use the extra moss from the first step to cover up any Styrofoam that is visible. Next, wind your garland around the egg covered tree and secure into place by shoving the ends into the tree form.
And you're done! This topiary is not a 360 degree piece as I didn't finish off the back, so if you want yours to be viewable from all sides I would suggest you buy 2 bags of decorated Easter eggs!
adorable - great job!
ReplyDeleteI love this! It's so pretty. It would look great for spring or Easter.
ReplyDeleteoh my gosh this is beautiful!! i'd love to have you link this up at our Sunday Best link party. http://griffithsrated.blogspot.com/2012/03/sunday-best-fashion-crafts.html
ReplyDelete-marie
Love, love, love! I want to start some Easter crafting. What a beautiful topiary!
ReplyDeleteVery cute Topiary. Easter is one of my fave holidays.
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I love this Topiary! I want to make one like this!! Thanks for sharing. Would love you to stop by and link this up at Friday Frolic, my humble little linky party! Have a fabulous weekend!
ReplyDeleteKaren@Pocket Full of Pink
Very pretty! I would love for you to link up to Do Something Crafty Friday: http://seevanessacraft.com/2012/03/do-something-crafty-30/
ReplyDeleteLol! You sound like me! I have been trying to use up all my craft supplies since the beginning of the year, but somehow still manage to keep bringing stuff home! This is super cute! I really like those eggs. I would love for you to stop by and link to my Sew Crafty Saturday Party!
ReplyDeletefound you through Tater Tots and Jello! This is so pretty. I'm really getting into the Easter deco mode! If you're interested I have a link party on my site today and I'd love you to join it. Maria at http://caribbeanmissionarywife.blogspot.com/2012/03/t-time-67-and-link-party.html
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute that I went right out & bought all the supplies, came home and made it! I'm not too crafty, but this was do-able. Could you give me a tip on cutting the foam to fit? I made a mess! Yours looks so perfectly cut. How did you do that???
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