Quick no-sew velvety acorns for an easy fall project. I've seen velvet acorns sell for $3 each. Use fall colored pompoms instead and make 100 for under $3! http://plumdoodles.com/2012/09/30/how-to-mak...
Marie Riddle - Oh my gosh, I'm in Spotsy too - in the Massaponax Church area. Good grief - what a small world!! Are yours the BIG acorn tops or the little small ones? I have a pin oak and the caps are teeny and I'm desperatly trying to find the big ones!! Send me an email but we have to be following each other first!!
@Sheila - now we just have to hope she is a frequent visitor to HT and looks at her notices!! I want to apologize to you though. I did do these w/g'daughter and we had a ball. Shame on me for forgetting to tell you and say thanks for a great and easy idea!
I ended up buying three different sizes of Pom Poms - WHO knew there were that many sizes of PP's or that acorn caps varied so much either!! It was like Goldilocks - some too small, some too
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large - but eventually found just the riiiiight one! No problem w/excess poms though. There's a million things they can be used for. OH - DID YOU SEE THE POST WHERE THE LADY USED THESE ELONGATED ACORNS - SHE'S IN CA. - OF COURSE. BUT SHE DIPPED THEM IN EPSOM SALTS TO MAKE THEM LOOK LIKE SNOW CRYSTALS. REALLY AWESOME!!
I've seen candles dipped in epsom salts, have wanted to give it a try. Another thought I had, don't know if it would work, is to use jingle bells with the acorn caps - whatcha' think, Susan S ? Oh, and I know what you mean about the different sizes- I was too cheap to buy different size pompoms, so I just smushed them in the smaller ones, and glued some fabric in the bigger ones to fill it up!
OHHHHHHH - so now you share your "secrets' after I've bought 3,000 PP's!! Actually the tiny poms worked really well w/my pin oak caps. Then my daughter brought some HUGE caps so back I went - twice!! It's funny how when you're in a store you can't tell if you need this size or that size!! Jingle Bells would be adorable w/little acorn caps. Would you still use hot glue?
Umm, hadn't thought that far ahead- probably would use hot glue since there wouldn't be much weight to them, should work fine. I'm wondering how to add strings for hanging, though.
SheilaG, Plum Doodles - ummmm - hot glue again!! They won't weigh anything so a teeeeeny little drop of HG should work - or glue the ends of skinny ribbon under each side of the cap before gluing it to the bell then bring it up on each side of the cap and tie a bow or just a pretty knot. Taaaaa Daaaa ;~)
I ended up buying three different sizes of Pom Poms - WHO knew there were that many sizes of PP's or that acorn caps varied so much either!! It was like Goldilocks - some too small, some too ...»