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Monday, March 21, 2011

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Friday, March 4, 2011

Decorative Bean Balls!! Oh yes...

First, here is what you need:

Some cheap beans, plain and simple. They don't have to be navy beans, any type of dry bean will do!

A Styrofoam ball, really any size will do. Bigger beans probably should go on a bigger ball, but smaller balls go faster! This one is 2.5" and took me about an hour.

A trusty hot glue gun... and some extra glue sticks.

First...

Pour some beans in a bowl so that they are readily accessible. Plug that glue gun in and get it heated up!

Then...

You'll want to start gluing the beans in a ring around the center of the ball. Some Styrofoam balls have a line around the middle already, mine didn't so I had to guess. Lay a line of glue across the middle of the ball; you'll want to work in about 1 inch increments so your glue doesn't get too hard. Taking one bean at a time, press the small end into to the glue so that the bean is standing on end. Continue doing this all along the glue line... and repeat! Continue working your way around, and continue to make successive rings around the ball.

Halfway done... if you look closely you can see all of the pesky glue strings :( You just need to pick those off after you're all done!

Finished!

Now, you can also leave a small blank area at the bottom of this one... grab a stick, put the bean ball on top, and put a couple of them in a white urn.

Here is another, slightly bigger one made out of pinto beans:

POMANDER FLOWER BALL: decorating with Whimsy

We found this adorable and Whimsical DIY that would be great for any party or general decoration... these precious Pomander Balls are the Perfect DIY.. and oh so easy!!
You'll Need:
– 4” white Styrofoam ball
- 90-100 pearl tipped corsage pins
- Two sheets scrapbook paper
- Martha Stewart hydrangea punch or scissors.. its simple to cut out the shape

Step 1. You’ll need to punch 180-200 of the hydrangea petal shapes, which will take around a sheet and a half of 12×12 scrapbook paper.

Step 2. After the shapes are all punched, curl the edges of the petals upward and to the center. This will give the flowers some dimension when they are complete.

Step 3. Stack two of the flower petals and turn them a bit so it looks like a full flower. Stick a corsage pin straight through the center of your petals.

Step 4. Push the end of the pin into the Styrofoam ball, the repeat until your ball is covered.

I started mine by making a row around the center and filling in each half a concentric row at a time. Make sure your flowers are close enough that the petals cover the Styrofoam. If you’re going to sit them flat by themselves on the table as I did for my centerpieces, you can leave about 2 inches on the bottom bare of flowers so the balls have a bit more stability. If you cover the entire ball, these would look pretty in a bowl or with ribbons pinned among the petals to hang them.