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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:
styrafoam 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 styrafoam 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 styrafoam 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!
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