Supplies list
- Five to six inch wet foam ball, clink on this link to see.
- Decorations such as: pine cones, red berries, mini X-Mas balls, ribbon at least 3ft long, and wire.
- Bucket.
- 4 large pine branches cut into pieces into 6-7 inches long with about a 2 inch stem to stick into foam ball.
- Wire to hang ball, I recommend bending an old wire coat hanger.
- Make sure you wear long sleeves and gloves because the pine is very prickly.
Directions
- Soak foam ball in bucket filled with cool water for about 10 minutes.
- Send your Stud Muffin outside to cut the pine branches.
- Place wire through the wet foam ball leaving a 3 inch stem at bottom then bend it at a right angle. This will stop the ball from slipping back out and you will have a spot to hang the ribbon on the bottom wire. I recommend you do this over a sink or a bucket as it will drip the whole time.
- Start at the bottom of the ball and start sticking pine cutting into the ball in a random order about an inch apart.
- After the ball is full of greens then randomly add decorations.
- Attach ribbon onto the bottom of wire sticking through the ball.
- Hang outside and spritz with water everyday. Last year our lasted for many months.
This is a messy project and it would be best done in a utility sink, basement or garage.
