Creepy Googly Eyes Topiary

If you feel like someone's watching you, it's probably because you have a Creepy Googly Eyes Topiary growing in your home. This is a playful Halloween decoration idea that won't scare the kids away. In fact, it might make them giggle a bit. Tickle your little skeletons' funny bones with this delightful Halloween decorating idea. This Creepy Googly Eyes Topiary is sure to put a smile on everyone's face. Halloween is about the wonderful as well as the weird, after all.

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Primary TechniqueGeneral Crafts

Difficulty LevelEasy

SeasonFall

Materials:

3" Smoothfoam ball
3" Smoothfoam cube
1 pack of multi-colored googly eyes
2 sheets of 6" spooky-themed paper
1000 black sequins
1yd of black sequin ribbon
1/2 yd of 1/2" wide black lace
1/3 yd of 1/2" wide black velvet ribbon
1/4" dowel rod, 10" long
Aleene's Turbo Tacky Glue pen
Paper cutter
Scissors
Ruler
Sponge brush
Screwdriver or knitting needle
Parchment paper
Pencil
Dark green craft felt
Toothpick
Hot glue gun and glue sticks

Instructions:

Cover your surface with a sheet of parchment paper. Squirt some paint onto the paper and paint the ball orange. Allow to dry.
Use your paper cutter to measure and cut 5 squares of spooky paper, each 3"x3" in size. (You could also use a ruler and scissors.) Glue the squares to 5 sides of the cube. For the bottom, measure and cut a 3"x3" piece of felt. Glue the felt to the bottom. Allow to dry.
Using a knitting needle or screwdriver, poke a hole into the ball that is nearly 1/4" in size. Measure to find the center of the cube's top and poke a hole with the screwdriver or knitting needle.