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Update: 6-24-11
We bought so many extra goodies for Treasure Balls that the boys thought we should do a drawing so you can WIN a FUN, FREE Treasure Ball! (= You can leave a comment on this blog post (and/or on my Facebook post if you are Facebook friends with me) and we will draw the winner’s name on Sunday night. The winner will get some FUN MAIL in their mailbox next week! (=
-- Riley said if you comment here and on Facebook you get your name in the drawing twice. (=
I ran across this fun idea for Surprise balls on the Artsyville blog the other day and the boys and I were all immediately intrigued! But, the boys did decide that these fun creations should be renamed "Treasure Balls" because of all the treasures they have wrapped up in them, and because as Riley said, "it just sounds cooler." (=
We have already made a few Treasure Balls for various recipients, and although they are a little hard to get perfectly rounded (see the look on Riley's face when he is making his first one) we think they turned out well.
Basic instructions:
- Go shopping for lots of fun small-ish goodies, along with a bunch of streamers. We went a little overboard on buying goodies (it was so fun picking out all the stuff!!), but at least we had tons of streamers left over from birthday celebrations so we didn't have to buy them. (=
- Start with your largest item and begin wrapping it in streamers, as you go add in other items to help round our your ball, saving the smaller items for the outside layers of the Treasure Ball.
- When you are all done, tape the very last end down and add ribbon and a tag for a completed Treasure Ball.
The boys and I highly recommend you make one of these for someone you love on a special day - or on a normal day.... Maybe plan a TREASURE HUNT for the kiddos in your life and make these for the Treasure!
