The girls are back in town! Cousin Emily came for a visit. If you haven’t seen the recent post about her rag quilts here, head on over to get yourselves educated!
Here’s the thing… we can’t get together and not bust out the glue gun and a bottle of wine.
This is what we came up with: a front porch topiary for Easter- featuring a giant foam Peep! Let’s be honest no one buys Peeps because they taste good, but they are pretty dang cute, and this project definitely put us in an Easter-y mood.
Here’s what you’ll need:
- About an hour for the preparation of the foam Peep (added time for paint to dry) and just a few additional minutes for the potted assembly
- Any pot or planter – adjust to the supply quantities based on the size of pot you choose- $8 from Menards
- Floral greenery and spring stems (enough to fill the size of your pot)
- We purchased our flowers and vines for 50% off at Michaels during their sale
- Two dowels -$1
- White foam board large enough for the Peep cutout- $5 from Walmart
- Floral foam- $5
- X-Acto knife
- Raffia- $3
- Large bottle of acrylic paint- classic Peep colors you could choose from include pink, blue, and yellow
- Would recommend spray paint instead, but that’s not what we had
- Paint brush or foam brush
- Black Sharpie marker
- Hot glue gun
- Wire cutters
Not Pictured But Recommended:
- Bricks or rocks to fill the pot
- Floral wire
- Wreath form that fits high up inside the planter
- Spray paint instead of acrylic
Start by drawing your Peep on the foam board. We freehanded the shape referencing Google images.
Start cutting the peep out with your X-Acto knife being careful not to snap your little guy in half or break his ear!. **Tip: this can get messy! Do it over the garbage can or lay something on your surface for easy clean up- it’ll look like it’s snowing while you cut!
Start painting! We used an entire tube of acrylic, however- if we were to do this project again, I would recommend trying spray paint! It took a lot of acrylic paint and did not go on easy or evenly but we made it work. Try using a paintbrush if the sponge is not applying well.
We let ours dry overnight. Tie your bow and make your face!
We stuffed the bottom with the green floral foam, pushed the sticks in, and set the metal wreath forms in, sealing them in place with a line of hot glue. The bricks will hold the planter from tipping over, and the wreath form enables us to fill the top of the topiary only since filling the entire planter would be expensive.
Here’s how we secured the bunny- floral wire around the dowels and the raffia. We did not worry too much about painting the backs, or filling the back with pretty flowers as it won’t be seen where it will be placed outside.
Wrap the vines and place the flowers in the pot to your liking and you’re done!
Relatively Vintage 