St. Patrick's Day decorative felt balls!

Don't forget to link up your St. Patrick's Day crafts and ideas here!

For Valentine's day I wanted to make some felt topiaries, well that didn't happen!

So I decided that I would make some for St. Patrick's Day.

I got the felt back in January at Joann's for 50% of and a couple of the end of the bolts,

so I was way excited!

I have seen all those cute felt heart wreaths and now a couple of St. Patrick's Day wreaths and I have fallen in love with them. I never realized how many circles you need to cut out and how long it takes to put hot glue on each circle and shove each one into the styrofoam.

So after 120 to 130 circles for each felt ball this is how they turned out!

Of course to show them all off I added this fabulous subway art printable from eighteen 25!

I still haven't decorated for St. Patrick's Day so check back later this week for complete look with these cute felt balls!  I also debated back and forth whether I should make topiaries out of them or just place them on my candlestick holders that came from Wal Mart. I obviously settled on the candlestick holders!

Ribbon Balls!

I just realized that I never posted my ribbon balls that I shared on
Keeping It Simple last week.

So here is my ribbon ball tutorial!

Supply List

*styrofoam balls

*ribbon

*hot glue gun

*glue sticks

Step 1~

Start at the top of your styrofoam ball and glue the tip of the ribbon.

Step 2~

Continue to glue your ribbon around the ball

Step 3~

When you get to the other end of the ball cut the ribbon a little longer than you need and tuck it under and glue it to the ball.

Step 4~

This is what it should look like all finished

Now onto the burlap balls!

I used the tutorial from Jen over at Tatertots and Jello to put the burlap on. You can find the tutorial here!

Your ball should look like this..

Dress up your burlap ball with ribbon!

Step 1~

Cover your seams by gluing ribbon along them!

Step 2~

Add some ribbon to the top as well!

Step 3~

Glue another strip of ribbon through the center of the ball.

Step 4~

Grab a  basket or bowl and put all your ribbon balls into it to create a cute centerpiece!

It is that easy!