What You'll Need3.5" styrofoam ball
Mottled green felt, about 1/4 yard x 36"
White 1/4" diameter "berries"
Paperclip
Ribbon
Hot glue gun and glue
Scissors
Template (Follows)
I love when I'm about to do a photo shoot and I realize that my wee ones have poked holes in my last styrofoam ball. I'm keeping it real, folks:
Instructions:1. Download the template. You'll want to cut about 10 mistletoe branches and roughly 40 quarter sized circles.
2. Hot glue one circle at the very bottom of your styrofoam ornament. Overlap about 6 pieces in a circle AROUND that first circle. Glue ANOTHER layer of the circle felt pieces over the first layer of circles. Your ornament will begin to look like an artichoke.
3. After these first three layers of circles, glue 2-3 of the mistletoe branch pieces on the next layer where you would normally put the circles. It will look funny at first, but it will make sense later.
See?
4. Continue to glue an occasional mistletoe branch with a layer of circles.
5. Before you get to the tippy top, jam a paperclip where the exact top will be and put hot glue around it to keep it in place. This is where you'll loop your ribbon in order to hang your mistletoe.
6. Prepare about 10-12 white beads for the mistletoe. These will represent the mistletoe berries.
7. Hot glue the beads onto an occasional mistletoe leaf.
8. Slip a ribbon into the paperclip and VOILA! You have mistletoe. Pucker up because whoever sees this will want to do some smooching.
The Lesson of the "Mistletoe Ball":The mistletoe plant is a parasite; this means that it can only grow onto the life of another-- it cannot grow unless it attaches itself to a tree or another plant form.
The mistletoe plant symbolizes how we must abide in God if we want to thrive and grow and love.
It is a symbol of eternal love.
