Flower Covered Ball

About a week ago, Melissa over at DaisyMaeBelle shared a post on her Pomander Flower Ball here.  I love how pretty her finished piece looked. I decided to try it myself and picked up four of the red rose bushes at the dollar store.  There are 5 flowers to a bush.  I wound up getting the styrofoam ball at Walmart.

I clipped the stems with the flowers attached just long enough to stick them into the styrofoam.  The flowers were full enough to cover a good section of styrofoam, but I probably should have gotten another couple of bushes to cover the whole ball. 

Since I was just putting it in this urn I have, it doesn’t really matter because no one will see the bottom part.  I did remember that I have a few individual roses left over {in my attic} from a Valentine’s Day wreath I did last year.  I will probably just grab those and finish it off.

Even though it is not totally covered I really like the way it turned out.  For under $10.00 it makes for a pretty and inexpensive way to decorate your home.  This is also something that could be out all year long; not just for Valentine’s Day.

It was also nice for me because I did this with my 3-year-old granddaughter when she stayed over the other night.  So it is a great project for kids to do, too!