Are you looking for a fun and festive craft that will help beautiful your home for this holiday season AND that your kids can help with? Making these cute glitter balls is an easy and fun activity that everyone can enjoy!
And when I say these are easy. I promise I really do mean it!
You will need:
- styrofoam balls
- glitter
- spray adhesive or elmer's glue
To make:
- I will be honest. It was cold and snowy when I made these, so I didn't want to go outside. So I stuck my styrofoam ball on a piece of wire metal (or metal from a coat hanger would work), stuck it out my back sliding glass door, and covered it with spray adhesive. OR. You can also use elmers glue to coat the styrofoam ball in. Either one will work just fine!
- After the glue is on, sprinkle on the sparkly glitter!
- Repeat steps 1 and 2 until you have covered the entire ball with glitter to your taste. I needed two coats of glitter to get a nice good coat on mine!
- If you like, you can give these a clear coat spray of polyurethane. Although I don't know how well polyurethane will really do in keeping all of the glitter on there, I like to think it helps! 🙂
I chose to display mine in a truffle bowl, but a vase or any clear bowl would work too! They make a GREAT holiday decoration and your kids will have fun too!
Happy holidays!
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Megs
They turned out wonderful!
Debbie
Those are really cute Ashley, I may use this for valentines day. Following your blog now, and would love for you to come over and join in mine too.
~jan
I love how festive they are. So colorful!
Stacy
I love how they look in that bowl! They are great. I love cheap and easy ideas. Thanks for linking this up today!
Trish Davenport
I don't Tweet or use Instagram and I never blogged but found your site and fell in love. I would like to make
these in the very super large foam balls in red and green for the fireplace at Christmas time. Love your ideas.
Don't stop.
Trishj
Ashley Phipps
Welcome Trish!! Thanks for stopping by! Those would be lovely for Christmas!!!
Dee
Hi Ashley
What a wonderful craft idea, we looking at doing this for whimsical Christmas hats and for Christmas decor for our home. I'm from South Africa. Was just wondering which Elmers Glue or Spray Adhesive do you suggest to make glitter polystyrene / styrofoam balls. I found on a shopping site here UHU Expanded Polystyrene glue.
Many thanks in advance.
Dee
Ashley Phipps
Hi! I am not very familiar with the availability in South Africa, but something like an Elmer's White School Glue, or Original ModPodge would work too. You will apply it to the ball and then add your glitter. I find spray adhesive really easy to use too. I usually buy my spray adhesive from the Art store. Elmer's brand, Gorilla Glue brand, or 3M are all great brands. I am not very familiar with UHU Expanded Polystyrene glue, or how best to use it, sorry!