Sweet Gum Tree Balls Crafts

On their lawn sweet gum balls were strewn all around.

Sweet gum tree balls crafts. All you need to do is clean them off with compressed air and they are. This is a guide about uses for sweet gum balls. May 10 2017 explore linda durtschi s board sweet gum tree ball crafts on pinterest. I find this tutorial from bee interiors via the amazing google and off to crafting i went.

Many people think of sweet gum balls as a nuisance but they can be used to make many types of crafts. They are known by many names but i call them gum balls or sweet gum balls. Lay the balls out on sheets of newspaper and spray paint them red gold or silver. Christmas crafts for gifts christmas deco christmas time sweet gum tree crafts seed craft sweet trees pine cone crafts gum drops tree seeds.

The barbs are carried to new locations when they latch onto animals fur. If you have a sweet gum tree near you take out a basket and collect some pods to get started. I filled a plastic bag and this fall took them out to see what i could do with them both in crafts and decor. They replied that i could take the entire yard full.

They are made of sweetgum balls flocked yellow have felt beaks and red twig dogwood legs right out of the woods. Dec 5 2015 explore paula searls s board sweet gum spiky balls crafts followed by 107 people on pinterest. The atta girls have lots of craft friends. This is a guide about uses for sweet gum balls.

Those spiny balls seed pods dropped by your sweet gum tree can actually be put to good use. Sweet gum tree crafts christmas crafts christmas decorations halloween decorations christmas ideas fall crafts christmas wreaths diy crafts country christmas. Clippers to cut stems. Sweet gum tree crafts red twig dogwood crafts to make arts and crafts easter peeps happy easter easter baskets to make diy ostern pine cone crafts.

An assortment of cute easter peeps in keeping with repurposing nature ideals. See more ideas about sweet gum sweet gum tree crafts crafts. Here s what i came up with. Sweet gum balls are the seeds that fall from sweet gum trees.

On occasion we will ask one of them to share their handiwork with you. Christmas tree ornaments sweet gum balls can become ornaments on your christmas tree. They are pretty for crafts but nasty if you step on them. These seeds are often called porcupine balls because they are covered in small barbs.

Sweet gum ball wreath tutorial. Next tie a piece of ribbon thread or colored string around to the. See more ideas about sweet gum crafts sweet gum tree crafts. I immediately asked if i could pick some up.

While visiting my mother mentioned i need to find a craft that involved using all the gum balls that were lying over my entire backyard. Here s what i made. A lot of gum balls.