The idea came
from this photo:
The base are balloon weights from Dollar Tree
To represent the family we used 4 planets
2 2.5 inch ones for the parents
2 2 inch for the children
Instead of being scientifically correct
it was decided to take each ones
favorite color and create their
own planets
The paint was sponged on with a dauber
for the best coverage
placed on skewers
rubber banded and tapped together
and hot glued to the base
and hot glued to the base
the planet stems are anchored
by using 2 of the star branches
twisted around the taped
base
The bottom is then reattached
To take up more area on the table
12x12 mirror tiles from Lowes were used
The centerpieces worked out to be about $5 a piece!
We added Dollar Tree star shaped tealights
!st scuff up the finish w a sading block
I attached them to the box with
poster ticky tack
Then sprayed them with
Krylon Shimmering Purple
in retrospect I would
do a few things differently
because this spray
is difficult. I would've
base coated them
with black paint
thus decreasing how much of
this paint I use - it is rather pricey
at $10 a can (I used 50% off coupons)
but it still was $10 for
40 of them
They needed multiple coats
and the glitter part had a tendancy
to clump
I would consider just spraying
the item with purple paint
then adding glitter
The end product:
