Full of Love Topiary Tree

Looking for Valentine's Day craft ideas? Make a Full of Love Topiary Tree for your home! This is a fun craft that can be left out all year long.


 

Materials:

• Small Styrofoam Ball
• Medium or Large Styrofoam Ball
• Wood Dowel
• Ribbon about 2 - 3 yards about 1 inch wide
• Sequin Pins
• Moss
• Small metal pail

Instructions:

1. Cut the ribbon into 2 inch strips. Pin one strip on the very top of the Large Styrofoam Ball.
    
2. Fold the sides of a piece of ribbob down so that it makes a triangle and pin this to the styrofoam ball. Starting at the top. Continue this step all the way around the styrofoam ball one row at a time. When you pin each row you will be covering the pins which are showing from the previous row.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
    
3. At the bottom of the styrofoam ball you will pin a ribbon like you did at the top cut a slit in the ribbon before you pin it down. This is where the wooden dowel will go.
   
   
    
4. Next, I cut the wooden dowel the length I wanted it and painted it. I choose to paint it black. I then set it aside to dry.
   
   
    
5. I then took the little red pail and put some Hugs and Kisses on it (X's and O's).
   
   
    
6. Next I hot glued a small styrofoam ball inside the pail.
   
   
    
7. I then stuck the wooden dowel into the large styrofoam ball through the slit which I had cut previously.
   
   
    
8. I then stuck the other end of the dowel into the styrofoam ball which was glued into the small pail. I then put the moss on top of the small styrofoam ball.
    
   
    
9. Lastly I tied a bow around the dowel. And there you have it. Just like magic I was able to transform a styrofoam ball into something beautiful for my mantle over Valentines.