Time Square Ball

Fun to make while you are waiting for the countdown to begin.

You need:

• 2½" Styrofoam Ball
• Ten Silver Metallic Pipe Cleaners
• Crystal Beads
• Silver Glitter Paint
• Toothpicks
• Hair Pin

Instructions:

Push eight toothpicks into Styrofoam ball. Paint ball with glitter glue using the toothpicks to keep the ball from sticking to your work surface. Let dry.

Cut tinsel stems into 1½" pieces. Push a clear faceted bead to the middle of a piece of tinsel stem. Twist the stem ends together and push it into the Styrofoam ball. Continue until you have beads around the whole ball.

Push a hair pin into the ball to make a loop to attach a string. Slowly lower your ball during the countdown so it reaches the ground at new year.

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