Have you ever heard of kissing balls? I’m sure you’ve seen them before… either little flower girls carrying them down the aisle or a version of holly or mistletoe during the holidays. Well I love making flowered kissing balls as part of my home décor, especially to adorn the tops of large candlesticks. Super easy and cheap to make!
I gathered my supplies:
- Fake bouquets of flowers from the Dollar Tree (6 total)
- Two styrofoam balls
- Scissors or wire cutters
I trimmed each flower down to about a 3 inch stem. I used a pair of old scissors but wire cutters would probably work a little better.
Then just start filling in the styrofoam balls with the flowers. Stick the stem straight into the foam balls and space them out a bit to let the petals and leaves hide the gaps. I varied the colors with different shades of pink as well to give the kissing balls a little depth.
And that’s it. Seriously a 15 minute project from beginning to end for about $11 per pair of kissing balls.
And yes, these are actual fake flowers from the Dollar Tree. Not too shabby, right?
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Sometimes it’s the easiest things that make the biggest impact – and the biggest moment for a reader to go “seriously that’s all it takes!? doing it.”
Ha! I know what you mean! It’s always the DUH factor, like “DUH, I should’ve thought of that!”
Seriously cute and perfect to brighten up these dreary days of winter Erin :-)
Thanks so much Kathe!
New to your blog, and so blessed to have found it! Amazing!
Ashley from http://theheartofashley.blogspot.com/
Aww Ashley, you’re too sweet! Thanks for visiting ;)
So pretty and easy to make! Thanks for the great idea!
Love these! Looking forward to trying them out! Thank you so much for sharing!
You’re welcome Luisa! I just bought some more supplies today to make some for my dining room.
What size foam balls did you use for the size in the photo? I have some extra candlesticks laying around I haven’t done anything with in 6 months because I am a bit bored with standard pillar candles. I feel like I have so many of them! This is very refreshing!!!
Thanks Beth! The balls are about 4 inches wide. I just made another set the other night for my dining room :)