Project by Diane D. Flowers, courtesy of The Dow Chemical Company.
Materials:
18" x 12" x 2" STYROFOAM* Brand Foam sheet
STYROFOAM* Brand Foam sheet four 3" cubes
12 STYROFOAM* Brand Foam sheet 1" balls
4 sage green 3" tall candles
Offray 1-1/2" wide sage double-sided satin ribbon
DecoArt Americana warm white acrylic paint
2 jars DecoArt Liquid Beads: 1 crystal pearl, 1 crystal transparent
Tombow Mono Aqua glue pen
44" red and ice clear crystals on black wire garland
48" wired twig garland with berries
4 bunches red berries with leaves
4 bunches raspberries
ultrafine silver glitter
quilt batting
sharp serrated knife and candle
tape measure or ruler
low-temp hot glue gun and glue sticks
pencil
scissors
paper towels
floral pins
floral shears
craft stick
scrap paper
* Trademark of The Dow Chemical Company.
Steps:
1. Use the pencil and tape measure or ruler to mark one 16" x 7" rectangle on the 2-inch sheet of STYROFOAM* Brand Foam.
2. Rub the serrated knife across the candle for ease of cutting, and cut the measured and marked piece. Measure and cut a 16" x 7" piece of scrap paper or use several pieces of paper to cover the bottom of the cut rectangle using the glue pen.
3. Position the four 3-inch cubes of STYROFOAM* Brand Foam in the top center of the rectangle and use floral pins and hot glue to secure the cubes to the rectangle.
4. Use paper towels to lightly rub the warm white acrylic paint over all of the candles and allow the paint to dry.
5. Apply hot glue to the bottom of each candle and position one on top of each cube.
6. Measure and cut a 33-inch-long piece of sage satin ribbon and wrap it around the candles. Fold the ends together and secure them to each other and to one of the candles using the glue pen.
7. Wrap pieces of quilt batting around the cubes, around the base of each candle, and around the sides of the rectangle. Fill any gaps with small pieces of batting.
8. Use small amounts of hot glue to secure the batting to the base as needed.
9. Wrap the red and ice clear crystal garlands around the cubes and bases of the candles and wrap the wired twigs and berries garland around the rectangle. If needed, secure the garlands using hot glue and floral pins.
10. Trim the stems of the red berry bunches and insert one in the front center, one in the back center and one on each of the narrow sides of the rectangle. Make small holes in the batting when inserting the stems into the base; then reposition the batting to cover the stems.
11. Trim the stems of the raspberries and insert them between the red berry bunches on the longer front and back sides. Slightly separate the batting and insert the stems into the base; then reposition the batting around the stems.
12. Use a craft stick to cover one half of each ball of STYROFOAM* Brand Foam with both mixtures of Liquid Beadz. While wet, sprinkle silver glitter over each ball and shake off the excess glitter. Allow the balls to dry.
13. Using the picture as a guide, use hot glue to secure the bead- and glitter-covered balls between the berries and also onto the batting.
For assistance in locating supplies and materials for this project, please refer to the resources or visit www.mftenterprises.com.
Resources STYROFOAM* Brand Foam
* Trademark of The Dow Chemical Company
STYROFOAM Brand Foam is available at arts and crafts stores nationwide as well as mass merchants and department stores. For further details, visit the STYROFOAM website.
Dow Chemical Company
Website:
craft.dow.com
paint - DecoArt
DecoArt Inc.
Website:
www.decoart.com
glue penAmerican Tombow Inc.
Website:
www.tombowusa.com
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