FIRE CRACKER Topiary

HERE IS MY ... NAMING IT~ "FIRE CRACKER~ Topiary"

YOU WILL NEED:

coffee filters
navy blue and deep red acrylic paint
sponge brush
hot glue gun
photo paper roll, or try a wrapping paper roll cut down
med. sized styrofoam ball
and ribbon

I was having a major craft itch~ so i looked around in my things... and HAD ALL THESE SUPPLIES! YEAH!!!

I started by simply crinkling the coffee filters by pinching them in the center and hot gluing them to the styrofoam. A little time consuming, but puncturing them in with a kabob skewer wasn't holding them in all the way, so hot glue works best. P.S. THIS WOULD work with cute 4th of July colored cupcake liners.

My 8 year old son wanted to take a pic. so I let him. I am getting ready to paint.

I then painted the tips of the coffee  filters with red and navy blue paint.

Then I stuck a kabob skewer down into the styrofoam ball so it would sit inside the photo paper roll better. I then painted a long photo paper roll. Check your local photography studios and see if they would give their empty rolls to you, or sell them to you.

ALL DONE!

up close.

side shot on my entry table.