How to DIY Outdoor Christmas Balls

by Vicki

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After Christmas last year I found this pin. I knew I had to make it. I’ve been on the hunt for glass globes all year. They are a cheap find at yard sales & thrift stores. As luck would have it, while I was working in the donation center at the living harvest thrift, 7 matching globe fixtures came into the center. My fellow volunteer kind of looked at me crazy when I said I would take all seven. We recycled the metal parts & I bought the globes. 

Materials:

• Glass globe, clear, white, or textured
• Metal tuna/chicken cans
• Looking Glass & sliver metallic spray paint
• White String lights
• Pine cones/rocks (optional)
• Large flower pot

Steps:

• Throughly clean the glass globes inside & out, let dry
• Spray the inside with Looking Glass paint to give globes a mercury glass look
• Spray cans with silver metallic paint, let dry

Putting it all together:

• I laid a large flower pot on its side & positioned the glass globes as if they were tumbling from the pot. Two globes got lids (I only had two cans to make lids—the rest will be capped next year!)
• The globes were kept in place with pinecones & mulch (rocks could be used). My flowerbed slopes just slightly so I needed to use the pinecones to keep everything in place.
• Once positioned, I stuffed lights into each, using two strands for the display

That’s it—I love the look & am so pleased with it. 

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