How to make a hydrangea sweetheart topiary centerpiece

PROJECTS

Sweetheart Topiary
Designed By: Kathleen George

Typical Project Completion Time: 2-4 hours
(does not include drying time)

MATERIALS NEEDED:

STYROFOAM* Brand Products:
Open heart, 6" x 1"
Scraps, 1"-2" sheet (to fill clay pot)

Other Materials:
4" x 3" clay pot
Wooden dowel, 1/4" x 3"
Acrylic paint: olive green
Silk lilacs hydrangeas: lavender and pink, six or more stems
Green floral moss
Ribbon: 1-1/2" x1/2 yd., lavender brocade
Ruler
Handsaw
1" foam brush
Disposable palette
Water basin
Paper towels
Scissors
Wire cutters
Wooden skewer
Needlenose pliers
Thick, white craft glue

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Paint foam heart and wooden dowel olive green. Glue lavender brocade ribbon around rim of pot.

2. Push wooden dowel into center bottom of heart and glue.

3. Cut lilac stems into sections of three to four blossoms. Glue lilacs covering front, back, and edges of heart. To glue lilacs to foam, squeeze a dot of glue onto heart, place stem in glue, and then use wooden skewer to push stem into foam.

4. Cut small pieces from foam sheet and glue to fit snugly inside clay pot. Push dowel into pot until heart point is just above top of pot. Glue as needed.

5. Glue a layer of moss covering top of foam inside clay pot. Glue two large lilac leaves to base of dowel with the tips pointing in opposite directions.



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