I’m in love with this silly Halloween wreath made with ping pong balls and googly eyes. Googly eyes are one of my all-time favorite crafting supplies, especially for Halloween. Our googly eyes halloween wreath makes everybody smile, especially our kids. Here is how to make one of your own:
Supplies needed:
18 inch straw wreath form
White ribbon or fabric to wrap wreath form
Wire
Practice Ping Pong Balls, Pack of 144 balls
I used around 250 ping pong balls and have some left over for future crafts.
Googly Eyes – Two packages of 94 count
Hot glue and hot glue gun
Step One: Tightly wrap straw wreath in ribbon or fabric, hot glueing the ends down. Use wire wrapped around wreath and twisted in the back to create a wreath hanger.
Step Two: Hot glue ping pong balls onto wreath. I added mine randomly until I felt it looked full and even. I just kept filling and stepping back to check my progress.
OMG!! This is the cutest wreath ever. Love it, Melissa!
Love it!
That’s a lot of gluing!
How adorable- my kids would love that.
How adorable- my kids would love that.
This is really clever! Tell me though, where would one find ping pong balls? lol
I ordered them off Amazon. If you click the link for practice ping pong balls above, it will take you there:0)
I love it! How big are the googly eyes you used?
And I found eBay much cheaper than Amazon for sourcing ping pong balls!
The googly eyes are 15 mm. The ping pong balls I linked to above are actually practice balls, and I couldn’t find them cheaper on ebay, plus I like the free shipping:0)
So cute and clever! I might have to do this!
This is so cool! Looks like they’re looking right at you!
I’m in love with it too!!! Pinning!
<3 Christina at I Gotta Create!
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I totally love this! Anything with googly eyes is a big hit in our house!
Thanks for sharing!
Lowri
Love this idea! Very creative. Thanks for sharing:)
I made this today, it looks awesome! Instead of the black and white eyes I actually bought colored ones so it looks a little more vibrant. I love it though!!
That sounds so cool, Katie!!! Thanks for letting me know! I would love to see a picture, you can email it to me at melissa.pencil@gmail.com or post it on my facebook page!
Melissa I just sent an email to you with the picture!
I have absolutely no idea how I found your blog but I am so glad that I did. I love this wreath. Halloween is my favorite decorating holiday. I can’t wait to see the rest of your decor.
Thank you so much:0)
I made it! It only took one evening and it looks great. I think my glue gun is hotter than average and the ping pong balls often gave a little pop when I put them on the wreath (I used a foam pool noodle for that) but other than surprising me, did no damage and held their shape. Here’s a picture of mine: http://pinterest.com/pin/218354281904742082/
What would be cooler is if you could find glow in the dark ping pong balls!
Purchased glow in the dark ping pong balls at MC Sports.
That’s scary but I think it’s good idea to use it.
Hey, there! Just wanted to tell you that we made a version of this wreath, but with ping pong ball-sized eyeballs from Party City. I blogged about it and another wreath I made, and linked this article from it. In case you want to check out how ours turned out, here is is: http://jenniferbussey.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/creepy-crafting-mwa-ha-ha-ha/
Thanks for the great idea! We had so much fun! After I got my daughter to stop wearing it as an eyeball crown. Shiver…