Popsicle Decor From Pool Noodles and Sponges

It's almost time to start bringing out those summer decorations! Why not add a few faux popsicles to the mix? Here's how:

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After cutting down a pool noodle into 4ths, I inserted a wooden popsicle stick into the end.

All of my pool noodles, popsicle sticks and sponges for this project were bought at Dollar Tree. Keep your eyes open all year, as the stores sell different colored noodles at different times. For example, I've seen white at Christmas time and purple at Halloween 😎

Remember this post about recycling your spray foam pieces? Here is another example of where I used those scraps. A bit of foam (with hot glue) helped to secure the popsicle sticks in place. I also used two sticks per pool noodle to give them a bit more strength.

The sponge popsicles were as easy as gluing a popsicle stick onto the back of a colorful sponge, that's it!

Here is how my popsicle décor looked at first.

Ok, but not quite as cute as I wanted, so I jazzed them up a bit:

I decided to added a bit of faux icing and sprinkles at the corners. Just pipe on some lightweight spackle from an icing bag and then position the sprinkles of your choice. Mine were made of clay and this post talks more about them.