Halloween Topiary

A couple of months ago I made a Cupcake Liner Topiary for my kitchen. When I was first thinking about doing this I thought it would be super cute to switch out the topiary and make some for the holidays or seasons. With Halloween coming up it was time to make the switch! 

What You Need:

-A pot or container to put it in (I used the same pot from my other one)

-Styrofoam squares to put in the pot

-Wood dowel

-Paint

-Styrofoam ball

-Halloween cupcake liners

-Spider rings (I used orange and black)

-Confetti paper 

-Hot glue gun

How To Make It:

First, paint the wood dowel the color of our choice. I chose to paint mine black. When that dries hot glue it into the styrofoam ball so it stays in place.

Next, you will start gluing the cupcake liners in. I wrapped the cupcake liner around a chopstick giving it a flat surface. It would be best to use a wood dowel, but I used the last of mine for the topiary. This also helps so you don't burn your fingers! 

 Then put a dab of hot glue on it and push it into the styrofoam ball. Hold it for a few seconds so it will stick. Otherwise it will probably come out. You will glue them right next to each other in a row, continuing all the way around the ball. I did mine close together because I like that look, but you can do them farther apart for a looser look. 

When I got that all done I put it the pot. The pot already had styrofoam in it from my other topiary, but at this point you would need to put that in if you don't already. You can hot glue it in you would like, but I didn't because of switching them out. 

Lastly, add the finishing touches. Hot glue the spiders on the topiary and put the confetti paper in the pot to hide to styrofoam. I also put a few spiders in the paper. 

Here it is all done...

I loved how it turned out!!

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Cupcake Liner Topiary Tutorial

I saw the cutest idea to make a cupcake liner topiary from A Mommy's Life With a Touch of Yellow. She did one back in March for St. Patrick's Day and I thought it was so cute. So I decided to make one. It will eventually go in my kitchen but since we are living with my parents it is just going into the bedroom for now. 

Here are the supplies you will need:

-Cupcake liners (I found mine at Michael's. I decided that I wanted two different types, but one type would be just fine.) I got 4 packages because I wanted to put them in tight.

-Styrofoam ball

-Hot glue gun and hot glue sticks

-2 wood dowels (I painted one and the other to help glue the cupcake liners in with. That way you don't get burned and it help gives it shape)

-Pot or some type of a container to put it in

-Styrofoam to put into the pot

-Ribbon

-Crafting grass

-Paint 

This is What I Did:

-First I spray painted my clay pot black so it would go with my black, white, and red color scheme. While that dried I worked on the next steps

-I painted the dowel red

-After it dried I glued it into the styrofoam ball so it would stay in place

-Then I started putting in the cupcake liners

-I wrapped the cupcake liner around the dowel giving a flat surface. I put some hot glue on the flat surface and pushed it into the styrofoam ball (Sorry its hard to see this step!)

-Hold it there for a few seconds giving it time to dry. There was a couple of times I didn't and it didn't stick very well!

-I just continued doing this all the way around the ball. Since I chose to use two different colors and patterns, I did two rows of the black and white and one row of red. It worked perfect to do that all the way to the top. 

-After it was completely done I put some styrofoam in the pot and put the topiary in. 

-To finished it I put fake crafting grass in to cover the styrofoam and put some ribbon around the pot. 

It is super cute and very easy! It just takes a little patience glueing the liners in!!

THE FINISHED PRODUCT:

It turned out exactly how I wanted it to! I am so happy with it!!


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