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DIY Pomanders/Kissing Balls

Supplies/For this project, I used the following:

1. 8 - 4" white foam balls
2. 30 Hydrangea Stems and 18 Hydrangea Bushes (11 Stems per ball or 3 1/2 Bushes per ball)
3. Long Screwdriver to drill hole in center of each ball
4. 1 roll of 5/8" ribbon cut in 11 to 12 inch strips to use for hangers

Instructions:

1. Drill hole through center of each ball with screwdriver
2. Fold length of ribbon in half and use screwdriver to push ribbon through to other side. Be gentle, so you don't mar the ribbon.
3. Tie the ribbon ends in a knot at the bottom of the ball, and gently pull the looped part of the ribbon to tighten
4. Cut flower ends off of stems and bushes at the stem, leaving approximately one inch to attach to ball
5. Attach cut flowers to ball by pushing the end into the foam ball with your thumb and/or pointer finger
6. Attach your next cut flower approximately 1/4" from the first one
7. Continue until done

You can use glue to attach the ends to the foam, but I didn't. If you pack your flowers close enough, they should hold each other in. For the last pom, I just used the leftover cut flowers and arranged the colors evenly around the ball.

Thank you Tonya and Toffee.

@Tonya: You are very welcome :-)

@Toffee: I wasn't sure I wanted them either, but I decided they would be nice to have and Joanns was having a sale that was too hard for me to pass up :-)

Thank you Laura.

I am using them for decorations for the ceremony. They will hang at the end of every other row.

You could use them for the bridesmaids or the flower girl.

Sorry it took me so long to get back to you Tonya. Depending on the flowers, it cost between $25 and $46 to make each one. That was because I used the more expensive flowers and I got a discount. I also packed in the flowers for a very full effect. You could make them for less, if you used less expensive flowers, bigger flowers, and didn't pack them as tight.

I am using mine for ceremony decor also, and maybe incorporating them into double duty at the reception.

Good luck with yours. I look forward to seeing your pictures. The dollar store here doesn't have the quality that I was looking for.

Thank you and you are very welcome ekittle :-)

Thank you IA and Trixie :-)

@Trixie: The pictures shouldn't have to be clicked on to open them. They are both showing. Maybe your internet connection is bogged down :-(

I am bumping this thread because I saw a few people asking in another thread for a tutorial on these.

Since I made these, I decided to take them apart and use 3" balls, instead of the 4". The 4" just looked too big for what I wanted, and I thought they would overwhelm the chairs.

Wow ladies!!!

I can't beleive this post it still going. Thank you all for all of your wonderful comments :-)