4th of July Centerpiece {Guest Post}

I let it dry

painted the lid and stripe around the hat blue.

I gave it a couple coats

I took paint stir stick to measure out stripes,

then sponge painted on stars.

I touched up some of the rough edges with blue paint–although not perfect-It’s not a big deal!

Then I added red stripes

and painted the top blue.

When it was all done, again I used hair dryer to finish it off.

Next, i “grunged it up” with brown paint,

I cut hole on top for container–I used coffee can without a label.

and glued Styrofoam to top..

and then gathered my various thrift store finds…candles, fans, flags, bows and curling ribbon.

First, I hot-glued tooth picks to fans so I could stick them in the foam…

putting them in…

then I made curling ribbon fastened to toothpicks.

I made a whole bunch!

Then I glued paper onto the foam

I took the can and placed it in the center…

And, its all done! I just added the bow.

 Celebrate!

 I can store it for next year too.

 Happy 4th!!

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