8" Styrofoam Balls

Or...if anyone knows of a material of equal quality and usability for less...that would be helpful

Hmmm..I'll keep looking but I haven't found any cheaper ones either. Paper-mache maybe????

Www.save-on-crafts.com

I did find the floral foam balls (the green ones) are 1/3 - 1/4 of the price of styrofoam...but because of their consistency, I am unsure of how they will hold...

Thanks chuwana! I have checked save-on-crafts.com...they are only about $1.00 cheaper and the shipping is outrageous.

It seems fresh flower foam is cheaper.

Much much cheaper for the fresh flower foam...they end up being $4.36 per ball...I may have to get one and test it out. Thank you!

Im not sure if this would even work for what you are doing...but I was making kissing balls out of tissue paper, and i saw an article that said to use a paper lantern instead of a foam ball. thought i'd share cause if i wouldnt have read that article i would have never thought to use a paper lantern.

@Britt - what did you adhere to the kissing ball? what type of glue did you use?

Edit: Sorry, I must've skipped right over the tissue paper part...is that what you used to cover them?

Those are really looking fun!

Try out the flower foam and let us know... or lots of 40% off coupons for the art stores.. buy one at a time...

Http://www.beverlys.com/white-paper-lantern-8

using paper lanterns might work..they are def way cheaper. Check out this link

Yeah I was thinking about buying one every week...then the high cost wouldn't seem so bad

They look great! i am making these too (per Hayleys suggestion also!)

What about just getting some bouncy balls from target? The ones in the big bin in all different sizes?? You could paint them?

Did you try Dollar Tree or Walmart. They sell styrofoam balls.

@Ashley I used wire, hard to explain. I made the little flowers individually and stuck them in the ball...I was going to use lanterns but i found a pack of 3'' foam balls in the craft section for $4 for 6 balls...so we went with those. But i can put up pics so show better how i did it. at www.paperlanternstore.com they sell white 8" lanterns for .90 each. and shipping isnt that much

I used a smaller ball but I checked for prices everywhere and found that walmart had the cheapest price

Omg these are so cute! What a great idea Im going to totally show this to my fiance b/c while they are a bit pricier than I thought thy would be when I saw the pic they are so much cheaper than the flowers that the florist wants to use to make our centerpieces. Do you just buy a bag of feathers and stick the ends in or do they have to be glued?

@kathleen - the feathers aren't individuals. it's actually a feather boa wrapped and glued around the styrofoam ball

**UPDATE: feather boas are too heavy for paper lanterns tried that one out today...the paper actually started ripping where the wires are. weird though.

@Jennifer, yea I did find that wal-mart was the cheapest ($10.00 each) and I work overnights there so I get 10% off...but I can't use anything smaller because of the height and width of the vase...it looks funny. And that stinks because the 6" balls - which look ALOT smaller than the 8" to me - are like $5.00 cheaper!!!!