Lavender Balls

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Lavender Balls

 

Lavender balls are beautiful, round, and smell

deliciously fragrant.

They work wonderfully to scent a bathroom,

pile in a basket for a

display, or hang in your closet to scent your

clothes.

Best of all, they are easy to make.

Try this craft and impress your friends!

 

You'll need:

 

Styrofoam balls (sized from 2 " ball to 8 " )

Hot glue gun

Glue sticks

Newspaper

Lavender buds

Lavender essential oil

Lavender-colored ribbon (1/4 " to 1/2 " wide)

 

Each of these items can be easily found at

your local craft store.

Lavender buds

can be harvested from your own lavender plants

or found in floral supply stores,

or on-line if you search under " lavender " or

" lavender buds. "

 

Spread out newspaper to contain your mess.

Prepare glue gun with glue stick and

begin covering a small area with the hot glue.

While it cools spoon out lavender

buds and cover the glued area with them. Press

them into the glue. Shake off

any unglued buds and save. Scrape them aside

and use them also.

 

Keep working on small areas of the Styrofoam

ball until it's completely covered.

You can make several of these lavender balls

and mix sizes for variety to fill a

basket or a bowl in your kitchen. Sprinkle

some lavender essential oil onto them

and they will scent the room you place them

in.

 

If you want to hang one, then cut your ribbon

off at 12 inches. You can alter the

length of the ribbon if you choose. Poke a

hole in the bud-covered Styrofoam ball

just wide enough to slip the rolled-up end of

the ribbon into it. Fill it with hot glue

and place the end of the rolled-up ribbon into

the glue-filled hole. Wait until the

glue is cool so the ribbon will set.

 

Scenting your lavender ball is as easy as

sprinkling a few drops of lavender

essential oil onto the sphere. Hang in your

closet with a thum-tack or tie a bow

at the end to hang on a hook or nail. Your

clothes will absorb the scent of the lavender.

 

Bathrooms can definitely benefit from the

clean scent of lavender. Try hanging a

scented lavender ball on a hook behind the

door, or place some in a pretty dish by the sink.

 

The possibilities are limited only by your imagination!