STYROFOAM brand foam crafts

Teatime Topiary

Rose-covered topiary is paired with a vintage teapot - a beautiful way to turn mismatched teapots into a sentimental springtime display.
   Completion Time - 
1-2 hours
   Designer - 

Materials

STYROFOAM Brand Foam
  • Ball, 3-1/2"
  • Sheet, 1" thick scraps
Other Materials
  • Teapot
  • Twig, 10" x 1/2"
  • Silk flowers: assorted roses, peonies, gyp, weigela
  • and others to match teapot
  • Pearl loops, 3mm, 12
  • Pearls, 14mm
  • Ribbon, #9, 3-1/4 yds, sheer pink
  • Floral wire, 6", cloth-covered
  • Floral pics, 9", three
  • Spray paint, gold
  • Green moss

Tools

  • Pencil
  • Scissors
  • Wire cutters
  • Low temperature glue gun and glue sticks

Instructions

Paint twig gold; stand in 1" foam scrap to dry. Using wire cutters, trim flower stems to 1". With pencil, make a 3" deep hole in foam ball; glue twig in hole. Glue and insert flower stems in ball; continue, until ball is covered. Cut up 1" foam sheet and fill teapot with foam pieces; glue foam in place. Using pencil, make hole in center of foam. Glue twig in hole. Cover foam base with green moss. Cut nine 8" lengths of ribbon; twist wired floral pick around center of each. Arrange pics around ball; glue in place. Make four-loop bow with remaining ribbon. Secure with floral wire. Glue bow to bottom front of topiary. Glue pearl loops and 14mm pearls among flowers.