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PROJECTS
Starburst Centerpiece
Designed By: Annabelle Keller, SCD, CPD
Typical Project Completion Time: 1-2 hours
(does not include drying time)
This easy, breezy centerpiece is so quick to make, you'll still have lots of time left for fun in the sun.
| MATERIALS NEEDED: |
STYROFOAM* Brand Products:
1 sheet, 2" x 12" x 36"
Other Materials:
1 Red and white stripe cotton fabric, 6" x 19"
1 Blue and white star print fabric, 6 1/2" x 9"
1 Red felt, 2" x 7"
Star pics:
4 blue; 3 red; 2 red, white and 1 blue yards Blue or Pink Jumbo Loopy Chenille (FloraCraft)
1 Silver metallic basket and bag filler
Silver glitter spray (optional)
1 cup lead fishing weights
Star cookie cutter, 3 1/2"
Serrated knife
Scissors
Ruler
Melon baller or sharp spoon
Pencil
Wire cutters
Thick white craft glue and/or low temperature glue gun and glue |
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| INSTRUCTIONS: |
| 1. Using the serrated knife, cut a 5" x 7" x 2" rectangle from the foam sheet. (Hint: For smoother cuts, wax the knife blade with an old candle.) |
| 2. Using the melon baller or a sharp spoon, carefully scoop out a cavity in the vase bottom large enough to hold the lead weights and leaving a 1/2" wall intact around the cavity. |
| 3. Center and glue the red and white stripe fabric around the rectangle, turning under the end. Fold over and glue excess fabric to top and bottom of vase. |
| 4. Using the cookie cutter as a pattern, cut out two star shapes from the blue fabric. Glue to the upper left-hand corner on each side of the vase. |
| 5. Glue weights into the cavity at the bottom of the vase. Glue scraps of 1" foam around and over weights to hold them in place. Glue felt to bottom of vase, trimming edges if necessary. |
| 6. For added sparkle, spray vase with glitter spray (optional). |
| 7. Using scissors blade, curl selected streamers on several of the pics. |
| 8. With wire cutters, trim 3 1/2" from stem of each pic. Arrange pics in center top of vase. |
| 9. Glue basket filler to top of vase. |
Form No. 179-01352
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