DIY Spray Paint Decor Balls

May 22, 2012 by 13 Comments

I finished up one more decorating project for my living room. I've got a little table that has a shelf on the bottom. I have a pedestal bowl that I wanted to use. I just needed something to fill it up. I saw these hemp ball accents over at Make It and Love It. Ashley wrapped them with twine and spray painted them to match her decor.
diy-decoratingI love them! I was going to make some of my own, but when I dug into my craft stash I came across these rattan balls from the Dollar Store. I'm pretty sure I've had them for ages, because I can't even remember what I bought them for. That seems to be happening a lot lately. ;)
dollar-store-craft-diy I figured that rather than spend a couple hours wrapping styrofoam balls with twine, I would just spend two minutes and spray paint these. All I did was toss them in a shoe box, then roll them around while I spray painted them. It was really that easy!
dollar-store-craft-diy I was worried that maybe they would stick to the bottom of the shoe box, but they didn't! There is such a small surface area that makes contact that they worked out perfectly–no sticking whatsoever. Hooray!

Here they are sitting in my cute little pedestal bowl.
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I left a few of them plain for contrast. For the others I used Krylon Blue Ocean Breeze. Love that color. :)
Quickest decorating project I've worked on in a long time!

One more quick project, and then I can show you my whole table transformation. :)

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Comments

  1. vanessa says:
    May 22, 2012 at 6:22 pm

    Hi, Kara

    These look great! Love the colors.

    Vanessa

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    • Kara says:
      May 23, 2012 at 11:05 am

      Thanks Vanessa! I'm trying to refrain myself from using it in every room in my house. It's just so cheerful!

  2. michelle@somedaycrafts says:
    May 22, 2012 at 10:17 pm

    Simple and cute!!!!

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  3. Susie says:
    May 23, 2012 at 9:02 am

    The thought of using spray paint on anything causes me to break out in a cold, cold sweat – just walking by the spray paint cabinet at Hobby Lobby makes me want to run the other way. This, however, might just be the perfect project to get me over my fears of spray painting. Thanks, Kara!

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    • Kara says:
      May 23, 2012 at 11:09 am

      Oh girl, you have got to get over that fear. Spray paint can be your best friend! You really should try these, they were the easiest thing I've ever spray painted! Feel free to let me know if you have any questions. Now go–be brave! :)

  4. yard globes says:
    July 6, 2012 at 11:18 am

    These were absolutely beautiful and how simple. Don't know if I would have thought of spray painting in a box. Thanks so much for the ideas.

    Reply
  5. Amy says:
    July 19, 2012 at 11:59 pm

    It was great and easy!!! Like the idea:)

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