How to Make Potpourri Balls
Create a decorative, aromatic accessory for your home using a mixture of dried flowers and your choice of essential oils to create potpourri balls. With the right supplies, beginning crafters can construct several potpourri balls in less than one hour. Add a touch of whimsy to your home décor by placing fragrant potpourri balls on table tops and shelves. Surround a pillar candle with a variety of potpourri balls to create a centerpiece display.
- Difficulty:
- Easy
Instructions
Things You'll Need
- Egg carton
- Craft knife
- Foam craft balls, 3-inch diameter or larger
- Glue gun
- Hot glue sticks
- Wax paper
- Potpourri
- Essential oils
- Flowers on stems
- Wire hangers
- Clothes pins
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Remove the lid from an egg carton by slicing it along the seam with a craft knife. Save the lid to hold the potpourri while making the balls.
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Stand a 3-inch or larger foam craft ball on top of the egg separations in the egg carton. The peaks and valleys hold the foam ball steady as you work.
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Plug in the heat gun. Insert a glue stick. Stand the heat gun on a sheet of wax paper to protect your work surface. As you are waiting for the glue stick to melt, pour your choice of potpourri mixture into the lid of the egg carton.
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Squirt a small amount of hot glue onto the top of the foam craft ball. Press a piece of potpourri into the glue. Follow the process to add pieces of potpourri to the top half of the foam ball.
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Reposition the foam ball so that the bottom half is facing up. The potpourri on the top half of the ball is now resting against the egg carton. Follow the process to cover the foam ball with potpourri.
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Sprinkle your choice of essential oil onto the potpourri ball as the natural fragrance of the potpourri begins to fade.
Homemade Potpourri
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Clip the stems of fresh flowers to the bottom wire of a coat hanger so that the flowers hang upside down.
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Hang the coat hanger in a cool space for at least three weeks until the flowers dry.
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Gently remove the dried flowers from the stems. Some flowers, such as small rose buds, may remain intact. Others, such as open roses, will likely separate.
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