Map Kissing Ball Ornament Tutorial

Not the most clever title, but that's what is its.  A bit pine cone reminiscent, made from one Styrofoam ball, a scrap of ribbon, an old map, and hot glue!

My ball is about 2.5 inches in diameter and used 45 map petals.

Fold your ribbon in half and tie a knot.  With a scissors make a whole big enough for your knot in the top of the ball.

Put some hot glue in the hole and press the knot into it.

Starting from the bottom.  Use hot glue to secure one petal flat onto the bottom. I cut my petals on my cricut, but any cutting method will do.  Just cut out a leaf, petal, acorn like shape.

Now working your way from the bottom to the top, curl each petal a bit and adhere the top portion so that the bottom half curls out a bit.  Each petal should overlap the one before.  Work your way up in rows.

Finish with a layer around the top close to the ribbon so no syrofoam is exposed.

There is a matching tree tutorial in the works!


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