My other other half, my best friend, turned the big 3-0 recently and I wanted to give her a gift that was 30-rrific, fabulous and unique just like she is!!! Which is not really possible, but what I did manage to get together turned out pretty cute-tastic and worth a share!
So, I'm not stranger to giving surprise balls, they're a total blast. If you're not familiar, it's basically when you wrap a bunch of small gifts into a ball using crepe paper streamers, one gift and color at a time! The result is a beautiful colorful mess and anticipation as your recipient gets to unravel the presents one by one! They're totally fun and you should totally try one for your next gift-giving situation!
But for Miss Carly, I knew I wanted to amp it up a bit. It couldn't be JUST a surprise ball with JUST a few gifts. It had to be SOMETHING and it had to have 30 gifts!! Had to :) Sooooo, naturally, I fashioned it into a swan :) I remembered a pin from long ago of a vintage swan suprise ball: ultra fabulous!! So after wrapping the 30 fabulous little gifties I'd collected into a ball of rainbow streamers, I gave it one last coat of white and then attached a cardboard tube neck with a floral wire head (pretty 2 dimensional but by just adding a little wadded up ball of streamers on each "cheek" as I wrapped it totally took on a head shape!). Then I wrap wrap wrapped it some more in MORE white streamers! When she was all done I glued on some feathers, drew some eyes and made a gold birthday crown and necklace with some glittered ribbon!
Almost too pretty to demolish!!
Wondering what was inside? Here's a little sneak peak at just some of the silly gifties I included (not all are kid friendly):
So, I'm not stranger to giving surprise balls, they're a total blast. If you're not familiar, it's basically when you wrap a bunch of small gifts into a ball using crepe paper streamers, one gift and color at a time! The result is a beautiful colorful mess and anticipation as your recipient gets to unravel the presents one by one! They're totally fun and you should totally try one for your next gift-giving situation!
But for Miss Carly, I knew I wanted to amp it up a bit. It couldn't be JUST a surprise ball with JUST a few gifts. It had to be SOMETHING and it had to have 30 gifts!! Had to :) Sooooo, naturally, I fashioned it into a swan :) I remembered a pin from long ago of a vintage swan suprise ball: ultra fabulous!! So after wrapping the 30 fabulous little gifties I'd collected into a ball of rainbow streamers, I gave it one last coat of white and then attached a cardboard tube neck with a floral wire head (pretty 2 dimensional but by just adding a little wadded up ball of streamers on each "cheek" as I wrapped it totally took on a head shape!). Then I wrap wrap wrapped it some more in MORE white streamers! When she was all done I glued on some feathers, drew some eyes and made a gold birthday crown and necklace with some glittered ribbon!
Almost too pretty to demolish!!
. . . almost
Wondering what was inside? Here's a little sneak peak at just some of the silly gifties I included (not all are kid friendly):
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