Ok, I admit, styrofoam is starting to be a good friend of mine. I bought soooo many for my Yarn Ball Wreath, that I had to figure out how to use these things up!
MATERIALS:
stryofoam balls in varying sizes
glue
jute twine
toothpicks
twig
COST: $0.75 TIME: 15 minutes
Start by picking out part of the styrofoam on the smaller ball. Use some toothpicks to connect the two balls together.
make a hole inthe top of the small ball with a pencil or scissors. Put some glue in there, then use a twig to jam inthe end of the jute twine.
Start winding around and around. You will probably want some thick white glue, or spray glue on the styrofoam to help the jute stick to it. When you get to the middle of the joined balls, just wrap the twine around again to build up the centre. Keep the jute wrapping in concentric circles though.
The most difficult part is when you get past the larger white balls midpart. You need lots of fingers to make the juste stick to teh ball, and keep tight together in the rings. You may want to use a few straight pins to help the jute stick tight to the styrofoam until the glue dries. Squish the bottom of the styrofoam in to make a flatter base for the pear to sit on.
Here are the final pears. Make a nice arrangement of differing sizes of pears.
Oh Claire, I love this one! This would be easy peasy to do here at the cottage.
You sure have a creative mind.