Crepe Paper Kissing Ball

I made this Crepe Paper Kissing Ball to hang in my daughter's room. I chose a broken whiffle ball for this project's base, but you could easily use a Styrofoam ball, or even a wadded up piece of newspaper that has been tapped shut.

Supplies:
ball form
crepe paper streamers (recycled from birthday parties or events
hot glue gun and glue sticks
about 12" of ribbon for hanging


 First, string the ribbon through the ball (or glue it)

Then, fold each length of streamer in 1/2 and start rolling into a rose shape.  After rolling about 24" of streamer, your rosette is finished.  Now, complete between 30-50 of them depending on the size ball you are using.  The whiffle ball I used needed about 50 of the rosettes.







You can vary the colors of the rosettes, but I rather like the monotone of using one color

Here it is 1/2 finished and about 30 roses in.  Hot glue each in place.


**side note, I love using a Silpat when using my hot glue gun as NOTHING sticks to it! It is a cinch to clean up!