This project is so simple I feel a little silly even posting it as a tutorial. But then I finally got around to reading this month’s Martha Stewart Living* and saw an article where she demonstrated how to make the same thing using real fruit. And heaven knows if it’s good enough for Martha it’s good enough for me.
*Really a must see this month. Her article on outdoor lights has me wanting to drop everything and create one of those extreme lighting houses you see on youtube.
I bought some cheap glass ornaments in a deep burgundy color. Pop off the top and cover with a layer of white glue. It works best if you work one side of the ornament at a time so you leave yourself something to hold on to.
While the glue is wet, sprinkle coarse white glitter over the top of it. A fine glitter will be pretty and sparkly, but a coarse glitter will look more like sugar. Sprinkle over a bowl or a folded piece of paper so you can save the excess glitter.
When the glue is dry, pop the ornament cap back on. Hot glue some leaves onto the top to emphasize that this little ornament is now a piece of fruit. I pulled these leaves off of a plant in the backyard, but if they don’t end up drying very well I’ll just replace them with some leaves off of a silk flower. But I hope they dry OK because I love the texture and that acid green color. It looks so fresh.
Along with being an easy project, and one that’s good for kids to help with, it’s also a great way to bring new life to ornaments that have seen better days. Some of the ornaments I used were pretty scratched up, but you’d never know that once that glitter covers it all up.
This makes me hungry. 🙂