After a lovely vacation on the beach I am drawn (once again) to creating beachy thing. I think it is my destiny, to one day, to live on the coast.
I saw a lovely drift wood orb in Crate and Barrel recently and as soon as humanly possible went to my secret Chicago beach to collect some drift wood, ready to make my own version. Lake drift wood is just as good as sea drift wood.
Ta da!
It took a little patience and did result in quite a few hot glue gun burns but what can I say I should wear gloves!
What you need
- Short lengths of drift wood, get way more than you think you will need. I ran out mid project and my orb sat unfinished in the garages for ages. I did not want to cut any of the wood I collected preferring the natural look of the ends.
- An inflatable beach ball
- Hot glue gun with lots of spare glue sticks.
Blow up the beach ball. Working from the top down create a lattice work of drift wood, hot gluing as you go. The easiest way is to build the basic structure first and infill with smaller pieces as you go.
Once the ball is totally encased in wood deflate and remove.
How easy was that?
Love from
Creative in Chicago
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Via: Drift Wood Orb Tutorial
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