Hi Guys! Are you ready for 4th of July?? I’m headed that way. We will have a FULL house this weekend and I’m very excited. My daughters, mom and I recently visited the Frederick Meyers Garden. While there they had a flower show going on and we fell in love with a simple arrangement that my girls encouraged me to try.
Here is my inspiration:
A simple centerpiece using red solo cups and a charger. I thought, hey I could do that!
Here is my take on this centerpiece.
Here’s what you’ll need:
4 cups
1 charger
2 Styrofoam disks
2 Styrofoam balls
8 kebab skewers
toothpicks
spray paint
acrylic paint
glue gun
4th of July picks
To begin spray paint your skewers and toothpicks so they can dry.
Paint your ball with your acrylic paint. Spray paint will melt your ball. (I forgot to take a pic, sorry!)
Take your cups and glue them together as shown.
Glue your Styrofoam disk to the inside of the top cup.
Next add your 4th of July picks to the center of the disk.
Add a long skewer to the middle of the ball. I then took 3 skewers and cut them about 2/3 off. I wanted them a little longer than the toothpicks. I then randomly added the toothpicks alternating the red and blue. When done add it to the center of the picks in the cup.
There you have it, a quick & easy centerpiece that I can easily put into my 4th of July tub and save for next year.
Don’t forget to “ENJOY” your family this weekend. We moms can spend so much energy getting ready we forget why we are doing it.
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Tuesday:
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Thursday:
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Hi Barb!I'm stopping by today from the Brag About It blog hop – I'm loving this cute idea for the 4th. :)Hope you enjoy the holiday!- Ang http://www.jugglingactmama.com
How pretty! Great idea to add some fun to the table!
Looks great. I will definitely pin this for future centerpiece ideas!
Great quick ideas….ok, have to admit though the whole time I was looking the Toby Keith song "Red Solo Cup" WOULD NOT get out of my head….LOLstopping by to visit from Fluster’s Creative Muster Wednesday Linky PartyCarolyn @ iamthecraftylady.comI hope you will stop by for a visit!
Fun post and project! Happy 4th of July too!!Thanks for sharing on the BeBetsy BRAG ABOUT IT. We'd love it if you link back to BeBetsy. ♡ ♡Sharon and Denise Fashion | Food | Beauty | Out & About | Morning CoffeeFollow us: <a title="Like BB on Facebook!" href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/BEBETSY/468986379821530" rel="nofollow">Facebook ~ <a title="BeBetsy on Twitter" href="https://twitter.com/bebetsy" rel="nofollow">Twitter ~ <a title="BeBetsy on Bloglovin" href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/3653296/bebetsy-smashingly-good-living" rel="nofollow">Bloglovin ~ <a title="BeBetsy on Pinterest" href="http://pinterest.com/bebetsydotcom/" rel="nofollow">Pinterest
Great centerpiece but a little dangerous with the toddlers running around. I would have to remove the toothpicks. LOLThank you for linking to Raising Imperfection. Please come back Friday to see if you were featured. :)¤´¨) ¸.•*´ (¸¤ Lanaya | xoxoRaising-Reagan.com
Great tutorial!!! You could swap out the colors for Easter or Christmas. Thanks for sharing at Tuesdays with a Twist! Hope to see you again this week.http://back2basichealth.blogspot.com/2013/07/tuesdays-with-twist-14-is-here.html
love your center piece