How To Make Wedding Kissing Balls

Wedding kissing balls or pomanders are traditionally used to decorate, they work very well on wedding arches and also ends of pews. Plus they are a sweet way for flower girls to carry flowers, as mini bouquets are hard for them to carry.

All you need to make one is a round/ball of florist's oasis and silk flowers or other decorations to cover the ball.

It helps if you start with the ribbon, tie it round the middle, secure it with glue from a glue gun or pins. Leave the ends loose at the moment.

Next secure your silk flowers or other decor - just using one color per ball looks very classy and the idea is to completely cover the ball.

Use wire or a hot glue gun to secure your items onto the florist foam.

It is a good idea to be logical in the way that you secure the items onto the florist foam, otherwise you may end up with a lop-sided ball. If you have larger flowers or items start with those and then fill in the gaps with those that you have left.

When you are happy with the coverage you can now tie the ribbon - a loop for a flower girl to hold or length to tie to an arch or pew end.

If you want to have more than one color with your kissing balls you can use alternate colors on each pew - ie pink on one and then white on the next one.

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