Fall Felt Flower Centerpiece Tutorial
It's still burning hot in Florida, but I'm ready to start thinking about the Fall. I love everything about Fall {or whatever you call October and November around here}, especially the beautiful colors.
What I used:
7 sheets of felt
hot glue gun
4 inch Styrofoam ball
25-30 pins
small flower pot
What I did:
1. Make a LOT of felt flowers. I estimated that I would need 18, but I ended out using 27. I used a CD to trace the circles. I tried to keep the size and shape of all of the roses very similar. I was able to make 4 flowers per sheet of felt.
{Look HERE for my simple felt flower tutorial}
2. Using a hot glue gun, start attaching the roses to the ball. I noticed that if you put the hot glue directly on the Styrofoam it melted it a little bit. I first put the glue on the back of the rose and waited for 5 to 10 seconds.
3. Add a pin to the center of each flower {for extra support and because they are cute}.
4. I started with one flower and then surrounded it with 6. This pattern continues around the sphere. However it doesn't need to be that precise. Another good idea would be to spray paint the Styrofoam before adding the roses since a little bit of color will show through.
5. Leave the bottom empty. Set the sphere on top of the flower pot.
One great thing about this project is that if you ever get tired of it, or don't want to store it after fall is over, you can pull the flowers off and use them in many other projects.
40 comments:
Very cute idea!
How cute! I found you through the I heart naptime link party. I pinned this on pinterest, I hope you don't mind. Thanks for sharing!
SO lovely. Great pictures and I love the colors.
Following you now.
ladeedacreations.com
very cute and so easy to make
Very cute! I love the pins. :)
That is so cute! I love the pins in the center. I'm anxious for Fall to start too!
so beautiful! I love this idea :)
Very nice idea! It looks beautiful! I am your newest follower.
Very pretty! It's still hot in Georgia too, but I'm ready for fall. If we make more fall crafts, will it come sooner?
This turned out so cute!
Love this! Thanks for sharing!!
Pretty, simple, and seasonal!
-caroline @ c.w.frosting
I love this so cute and great for fall! I'd love for you to link this up to my linky party.
www.blissfulanddomestic.blogspot.com
Wow, that is so pretty! Going to try sometime!
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I love making felt flowers! This is a really cute way to use them!
Cute! I love felt flowers, and the colors you used!
Very pretty for fall! I love the colors and how you mixed in pinks into the bouquet.
This is adorable, and so easy!
Following you now!
SO cute -- just had to pin this!
Too cute! I love the little beads in the center. This would be fun for my kids to help me with. Thanks for sharing!!
This is beautiful! I'm so excited you stopped by my blog & shared your address. I'm your newest follower! I also wanted to give you a Butterfly Award. You can pick it up here:
http://bingecrafter.blogspot.com/2011/09/butterfly-award.html
Looking forward to joining in on your linky parties!
Angela
bingecrafter.blogspot.com
It too hot to think about fall here too, but love the centerpiece.
Such a cute centerpiece! I'd love for you to link up at my link party going on right now :) hope to see you there!
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Audra
this is so cute! might start this project soon... :)
i would love for you to come link up this or any other amazing project at my creativity party going on right now!
letbirdzfly.blogspot.com
thanks so much for sharing!
Awesome - this looks amazing and would be really fun to do in Christmas colours.
Thanks for sharing
Lowri :-)
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This is adorable...I love it! The colors are fantastic. I'm a huge fan of fall too; it's my favorite season for sure. I'm hosting a Fall Craft Challenge on my blog and this week's theme is centerpieces. I would be thrilled if you would stop by and link this up so my readers can see it and be inspired too. :)
http://oneartmama.blogspot.com/2011/09/falling-for-crafts-challenge-1.html
So pretty, all of my fave colors! I would love for you to link it up at "Do Something Crafty Friday": http://vanessascraftynest.blogspot.com/2011/09/do-something-crafty-friday_09.html
This is adorable! I see so much potential in this one. So many different color combos. Saw you at 30 Days Pity Party
Turned out so nice for you! I love fall decor.
This is such a cute idea and turned out really nice! Adorable! :)
You are featured at today's {nifty thrifty sunday} linky party!
xoxo,
Vanessa @ {nifty thrifty things}
Just found your blog through Tip Junkie and am now following you on bloglovin. Your centerpiece has such lovely colors and I looked back at the "how-to" for the flowers. Thanks for posting this and the easy to follow tutorial!
Such a sweet bouquet, and I love the colors. I'm going to post this and a link on our StyroCraft Facebook page. Thank you for creating with STYROFOAM Brand Foam! Sharon, www.craftsncoffee.wordpress.com.
This is a great and easy craft! I am going to make some of these for my children's teachers for Christmas!
I am in love!! You can change out the colors to suit your mood! Be careful which type of spray paint you use... it can melt the styrofoam.
Maybe good ole craft paint? Thanks for the tutorial. :)
Featuring YOU today over on my blog. Thanks so much for linking up to my {wow me} wednesday party!
Ginger @ gingersnapcrafts
http://gingersnapcrafts.blogspot.com/2011/09/take-look-at-you-fun-with-felt.html
I want to make one, this is beautiful, I would love to have a couple for my fall table. I would love for you to share at my linky party mon-fri.
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Congratulations! All you do is beautiful. I'm following you with great pleasure. 'm from Brazil and my blog is; http://recriart-ce.blogspot.com/. A big hug.
What a wonderful way to make a pot of flowers. So simple and so pretty.
Thank you for sharing.
I'm still in the learning process of how to use my blog, so I hope this message reaches you, and you can link to my blog. I'm so excited to learn many things and to also share some things that I make.
Don't wait to Create.
laura
I love so much your idea.
I posted it into my blog: http://petitepoohmonamour.blogspot.com/.
Hope you'll like it
Kisses
Aretusa (new follower)
We simply love this post!
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