Lunch Bag Hydrangeas

Time for another contest submission (and tutorial of course!).  I hope you got your hands on a scallop punch after the butterfly wreath because we are using it again today.  If you don't have one feel free to use a regular circle it will still be super cute!  Don't these look like dried Hydrangeas in a mod way?

 What you need-
Bag of styrofoam balls from dollar tree, one bag has several sizes inside
Brown lunch bags
Circle punch (mine's scalloped and 2.5 inches, you can find a link on the bottom of the left column here if you can't find one at your craft store)
Stems from store bought silk flowers
Floral tape
1.5 inch satin ribbon, just a couple scraps
Dollar store vases
Mirror like paint
Glue gun
Pencil

With your paper bag still folded up, punch your circles out three on each side (or as many as you can fit with your punch).  Mine took about three bags per flower.

Remove a stem from your used flower bunch and warp it with floral tape.  Hot glue it into your foam ball.

Wrap your circles around the end of your pencil, dot with glue and start to bunch them on.

You will have some oval looking punches from where the bag was folded, vary them throughout for added dimension.  Continue until your ball is covered.  I pleated some ribbon in my hand, globbed some hot glue next to the stem where it goes into the flower and suck the ribbon in for a pop of color.

 I got the vases at the dollar store too, use my tutorial here for how to apply the paint for an antiqued mirror look.  Fill your vase with rocks (or something to stabilize them) and admire.



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