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PROJECTS
Summertime Geranium Centerpiece
Designed By: Annabelle Keller, SCD, CPD
Typical Project Completion Time: 2-4 hours
(does not include drying time)
| MATERIALS NEEDED: |
STYROFOAM* Brand Products:
1 Ball, 6"
1 Scrap, 1" sheet
Other Materials:
1 yd. patriotic print cotton fabric
Acrylic decoupage medium
High gloss spray acrylic finish (optional)
Silk flowers:
1 red and 1 white geranium bushes; 3 stems blue stoc; stems white statice; and 2 bunch eucalyptus
Red, white and blue star pic
1 Felt, 6" square
1 cup lead fishing weights
Serrated knife
400-grit wet/dry sandpaper
Tack rag
Scissors
Brush, 1" with stiff bristle or 1" foam brush
Melon baller or sharp spoon
Ball point pen
Wire cutters
Thick white craft glue or low temperature glue gun and glue sticks |
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| INSTRUCTIONS: |
| 1. Cut a 3/4" thick slice from the ball so it will stand; this is the vase bottom. (Hint: For smoother cuts, wax the knife blade with an old candle.) Cut a 1/2" slice from the top of the vase. |
| 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; leave a 1/2" wall intact around the cavity. |
| 3. Cut a 6" x 19 1/2" piece of fabric. Center fabric strip on ball and glue the center 2" of fabric around the middle of the ball, overlapping ends. Cut tabs in the top and bottom of fabric strip, spacing tabs 1" apart. Glue tabs to sides of ball. |
| 4. Apply decoupage finish to create smooth, high-gloss finish. (The model pictured used eight coats.) When last coat is dry, wet sand with 400-grit sandpaper. For extra shine, spray with high-gloss acrylic finish. |
| 5. Glue weights into cavity. To help hold weights in place, glue scraps of 1" foam sheet around and over weights. |
| 6. Trace the bottom of the vase on felt; cut out and glue to vase. |
| 7. Arrange stems, cutting stems to desired length, and push into top of vase. Curl star pic streamers with scissors. |
Form No. 179-01353
®™* Trademark of The Dow Chemical Company ("Dow") or an affiliated company of Dow
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