Making Primitive Snowballs

Materials:

Wax paper- Styrofoam balls- Joint compound- Glitter glass- Nutmeg or Cinnamon- Candle scent- Acrylic Paint Or colored stain

Mix the joint compound, a little candle scent (optional) A few drops of your acrylic paint, cinnamon or nutmeg to add grungy dirt flecks. Stir up the mixture. Roll your Styrofoam balls in the joint compound mixture and roll a lot for a nice coating. Now put it in a bowl of glitter glass and roll around, shake off excess easily. Lay them on a sheet of wax paper. It will take a 2-3 days for these to completely dry, so put your wax paper somewhere that will not get in your way. Turn the snowballs 1-2 times a day until they are dry, to help them dry faster.

Experiment with different colors of acrylic paints or stains. You can make them extremely primitive to really crisp white & elegant, depending your style choices. You can make small ones for the Christmas tree or large ones to give as gifts. Have fun~

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