Faux Clove Oranges

Friday, October 29, 2021

Faux Clove Oranges

I can remember, way back in Kindergarten, making clove stuck oranges around Christmastime. I loved the way that they smelled and since then have associated with the scent of cloves with the holidays. Since that time of year is fast approaching I thought; why not make up some faux ones? That way they can keep their shape and color as well as smell wonderful!

It was super easy to do, check it out:

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For this project I used faux oranges from Hobby Lobby, real cloves, ribbon and hot glue.

I started off by wrapping ribbon around a couple of oranges and gluing into place.

With the ribbon secure I then used a pair of tweezers to poke a hole into the foam orange.

Follow up with a bit of hot glue and insert a clove.

Keep going with whatever pattern you wish!

As you can see I did some with ribbon, some with cloves all over the place,

and others with a swirl pattern.

In order to make the swirl pattern stand out a little better, I highlighted the line of cloves with a bit of puffy paint in chocolate brown. Just insert a pencil into the base of the orange (before applying the paint) and then balance inside of a container until dry. Once done remove the pencil and fill the hole with another clove 😉