If you were here last week you'll remember that I shared a post detailing how I made my Artificial Gumdrop Trees. As promised, I'm back today with my sprinkle version.
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I started off this project with faux sprinkles and foam cones from my stash. I ended up adding in foam spheres too, but not until later.
The faux sprinkles are tiny plastic pellets that came from a seek and find toy that I picked up at a thrift store. If you aren't sure what I'm talking about, you can click here.
Using paint leftover from this furniture restyle project, I gave both cones a thick coating in white. One reason was because I needed to cover up the green cone. Another was because by adding paint I was able to smooth out the surface of the foam, which made my glue easier to work with.
When the paint was dry I then gave the pieces a coating of glue using an old paint brush.
Tip: If you add a tiny bit of water to the glue, it makes spreading it easier.
I began pressing on the sprinkles only to find that many of them would fall off while the glue was still wet. Because of this I did a couple of coats of sprinkles, letting the layers dry in between applications.
I also gave the pieces a good final coating of glue as well. It looks pretty gluey in this picture, but that's because it hadn't yet dried. Once dry they look much better.
And here they are all finished.
You can see that even with a couple of coats of glue and sprinkles, there are still areas of white. I decided not to get hung up on this and let them be, but it's totally up to you 😉
I love how the sprinkle trees (and spheres) look when paired with my gumdrop and icing versions. I can't wait to see them on display with my faux gingerbread house!
*I'll be back next week with how I made the icing trees*
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I hope you enjoyed this holiday decor post, thanks for stopping by!
-Jennifer
© Studio 27 by Jennifer Adams 2021
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Too cute. Very tempted to make this but I'll have to pin it for next year .. ha ha all the projects but I really love this one. Best wishes, Linda @Crafts a la mode
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DeleteVery cute! Thank you for sharing at Party In Your PJ's.
ReplyDeleteVery clever! Thank you for sharing at Party In Your PJ's.
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