Decorative Jute Round Balls

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Decorative Jute Round Balls

*Small and Medium Styrofoam Balls (around 3 and 5 inches)
*3 ply jute or thicker (I used Hemp)
*Low Temperature Glue Gun and plenty of Glue Sticks
*Spray Paint in colors of your choice

Start to glue at the top of the ball and work winding around gluing the jute or hemp.
You can find more details on this here
gardenseedsandhoneybees

After all balls are completed with the Jute or Hemp. I use a box with wax paper in the bottom and change the wax paper for each color that I spray with paint. I do all of this outside on the grass. Put on one to two coats of paint or until desired color.
Here is a great way to spray paint so paint doesn’t get on other things thefamilyhandyman

Let balls dry about 15 to 20 minutes.

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I hope you enjoy!

Lindy

Spring Family Dinner (part 3)

Snicker Salad has been one of my family’s favorite salads for about 20 years, so we had to make it as part of our meal. I first got this recipe from my sister Heidi.

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Snicker Salad

* 2 containers of frozen Whipped Topping
* 1 package Cream Cheese of your choice

Thaw Whipped Topping in the fridge and then mix with Cream Cheese, the less fat in the Cream Cheese the easier it is to mix.

I like to fill a glass bowl with water and add a couple of tablespoons of lemon juice to it and then cut up apples in bite size pieces. Place cut apples into the water until all apples are cut into pieces.

* 3 Red Delicious Apples
* 3 Granny Smith Apples

* 4 Large Snickers cut into bite size pieces.

Drain Apples from Lemon water and add to Cream Cheese mixture. Then gently mix in Snickers.

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In this picture I used only two Granny Smith Apples, because my family likes less tartness and Three Braeburn only because that’s what I had on hand. I usually use Red Delicious Apples.

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Lindy