Materials:
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- 1 Decorative wire basket
- 2 Bricks floral foam
- 1 Stem each: orange standard carnation and pin-cushion protea
- Colorful shredded bunny grass
- 2 Two-inch clay pots
- 6 Chenille Bump stems of pipe cleaner (available at craft stores)
- 4 Stick-on plastic eyes (available at craft stores)
- Glue gun and glue
- Halloween candy
- Floral preservative/food
- Floral clippers, scissors and knife
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Step 1 - Soak one brick of floral foam for at least 30 minutes in water treated with floral preservative/food.
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Step 2 - Cut the floral foam that has been treated with floral preservative/food to fit the inside the clay pots.
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Step 3 - Cut the pin-cushion protea to about 2-inches in length and insert it into the center of soaked floral foam.
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Step 4 - To make the spider legs, cut the pipe cleaners in half. Then shape them by wrapping around index finger. Insert the pipe cleaner legs into the floral foam surrounding the flower at spaced intervals. 6 legs are used for each spider.
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Step 5 - Adhere eyes onto the flower using the glue gun.
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Step 6 - Repeat steps 2 through 6 to create the orange standard carnation spider in the other clay pot.
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Step 7 - Cut dry brick of floral foam to fit inside of the basket, and place securely inside to use to prop up accessories and your floral creations.
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Step 8 - Cover dry floral foam with colorful bunny grass and set one Floral Creepy Crawler inside the basket and the other just outside.
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Step 9 - Sprinkle Halloween candy throughout the bunny grass.
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