Easter/Spring Topiary..

I have seen alot of topiaries around at many craft stores and I love them...but I dont love there price! :) So I came up with a way to make it and it is really quite inexpensive. Total cost- $1 for the bucket (target), styrofoam ball 1.50, JellyBeans 1.00, grass 1.00, tulle 1.00/yd, wooden dowel 50 cents, other styrofoam piece 1.50, and the ribbon I already had. So about 7-8 bucks!! I can so handle that!! So here is how I did it!!

{Easter/Spring Topiary}

Item's Needed:

1- styrofoam ball

1- approx 12'x12' square of tulle

1- small metal bucket (target dollar spot)

1- bag of jelly beans

15-20inches of coordinating ribbon

Some Easter grass

1-wooden dowel

1-styrofoam square or piece for the bottom

Scissors

Hot Glue Gun/lots of gluesticks!!

( I will warn this project takes some time! Have to glue jelly beans on one by one!)

Step 1: Take your styrofoam ball and your wooden dowel...push your dowel

down inside the styrofoam ball a ways. It is hard to push it in and I had to hot

glue it to get it to stay in.

Step 2: Take your tulle of choice and wrap it around your styrofoam ball like so...
Step 3: Take your ribbon and tie it around the base of the styrofoam ball on the dowel..like so...

Step 4: Take your styrofoam piece depending on what size you have you may have to cut it in half. I used a piece I already had so I had to make it fit!! :)

Step 5: Cover it all with your grass..

Step 6: you dont have to do this step but I am a little crazy about color and order so I

seperated the jelly beans into little bowls.

Step 7: Start glueing...I had no certain pattern just tried to get all different colors everywhere

and to fill in all the holes...(which is impossible but it still looks cute!)

Step 8: Keep going....

and going...

Step 9: After they are all glued on how you want...take it and stick it down into the styrofoam/grass in the bucket. I had to one again use hot glue..that puppy was pretty heavy with all the jelly beans on it!! :)

Step 10: Set it on your shelf/stand with the other decor and admire!!

So cute!!

I LOVE IT!! I walk by it alot and it looks so perfect with the other decor! I love being frugile!

{Easter/Spring Topiary}

lil' carrots...

I was looking for a cute/simple Easter idea for our little kiddos in nursery. I came across this a couple weeks ago and can't remember where I found it..but it is super easy and they will LOVE them.

{lil carrots}

Items Needed:

Ziploc Bags...I needed 12

Green Ribbon

Scissors

Goldfish/cheetos...something orange

Step 1: Take your Orange item...Goldfish in this case and fill the bottom corner of a ziploc bag..not to full but a good amount.
Step 2: Gather your bag above the goldfish and cut the Zipper part and some excess off.

Like so:

Step 3: Take your green ribbon and tie it around to tie it shut..Tie it in a pretty bow..which also looks like leaves.

Like so:

There you have {lil' carrots}...the do look somewhat like little radishes..but I'm sure our nursery kiddos won't notice. They are chubby little carrots!! CUTE :)

{lil' carrots}

HOP..

Easter is just a HOP, SKIP & A JUMP away from being here. As you already know I {love} wood crafts...blocks, boards anything! So I had some extra blocks in my block box and decided to do an Easter {hop} set! So me and my momma spent the afternoon makin these beauties! They turned out so cute! I love them!! So here is how I did them:

{HOP}

Items Needed:

3- 2x4x4 blocks

Easter-ish scrapbooking paper

Letters H, O, & P

Tan Paint

Distressing Ink (in my case a stamp pad)

Embellishments (ribbon, flowers, & buttons)

Mod podge

Scissors

Paint brush

Sanding block

Step 1: Take and paint your 3 blocks of wood with your tan paint
Step 2: After your blocks have dried really well...sand them down to give them the weathered look :)
Step 3: Measure and cut your Easter-ish paper into squares. I leave about a 1/2 in. border of wood around the paper. Distress your paper with your ink or stamp pad :)

Distress your blocks if you want to

Step 4: Mod podge your paper to the blocks. Don't do a super thick layer, it bubbles easily that way. Just do a thin layer on the block and lay your paper on...then press out all the air and make sure it is smooth :)

Step 5: Put your Letter H, O, & P on your blocks.

Step 6: Paint Mod Podge on the fronts of your blocks to secure it all.

Step 7: My FAVORITE step :) Embellish away. Buttons, ribbon, and flowers...whatever you want.

Step 8: Let them dry really well.

Set them on a shelf or stand and ENJOY. Aren't they super cute??!?!

{HOP}

eggs...

Easter is on its way and I am {loving} the spring and easter bright colors!! This is a super simple easter decor idea. I bet you wont have to buy anything for this craft!! :) Here it is:

{eggs}

Items Needed:

1-glass vase ( DI for 1.50)

1- pkg of plastic easter eggs

1- pkg of easter grass

Step 1: Take your easter grass and put some in the bottom of your vase, put a few eggs on top of it and then do more grass. Alternate until your vase is full of eggs and grass!!

Like so:

Step 3: Set it on a shelf and Enjoy!!

{eggs}

Easter Wreath...

Ohhh how I love Spring and all the BRIGHT colors!!! I just had to get to the Dollar store and see what they had hidin on there shelves. I found so many cute things!! Here is a craft/ wreath I put together for Easter..it is only a couple weeks away already!?!? So I whipped this up today and its hangin on my door!! It is SO cute and easy!! Here you go!

{Easter Wreath}

Items Needed:

(All purchased and the Dollar Tree)

1 Medium-Large sized wreath

1- easter/spring spool of wide ribbon

3- bags of sparkly eggs (so cute!!)

Hot glue gun

Scissors

Step 1: Take all the sparkly eggs out of their packages and cut the sticks off of them all. (There were large and small eggs there I got 2 lg pkgs and 1 small pkg)

Step 2: Wrap your easter/spring wide ribbon around your wreath.
Step 3: Hot glue your eggs to your wreath. I did 1 lg. 2 sm. 1 lg...etc.

Step 4: I had to do a bow because I was 2 sm. eggs short. But I like it with the bow!! :)

Step 5: Hang it on your front door or wherever your heart desires

Admire! YAY!!

{easter wreath}