DIY Birthday Centerpiece With Pink Apples!
For my daughter’s 19th birthday on the last day of the Jewish month of Tammuz (fortunately just before the 9 day of mourning, during which time I could not throw a festive party no matter how simple.) I needed to make something new to shower her with a bit of love, and the painted apples that I made back in September 2020 for Rosh HaShana, are still looking just as cute as can be and make great party decor. Check out my tutorial here. Plus I made quite a large quantity in a few colors and just the pink ones alone filled this glass footed bowl, and of course looked right on he mark with the pink botanical birthday number centerpiece. But how to make the bowl of apples birthday specific? Ah yes, a little brush lettering sign, of course. So I got out my brush marker, and having practiced brush lettering a bit, I just winged it, and a perfect little birthday message appeared on the painted background, phew! Want to make something like this too? I highly recommend it, because once you’ve got festive apples, the whole mood is just downright happy!
You’ll Need:
- styrofoam crafting apples, small and tiny are the cutest
- my tutorial for painting/decorating them here
- a footed glass bowl, or a glass bowl set on top of an upside down wine glass or crystal candlestick, and secured with E1000 glue
- a scrap of watercolor or mixed media paper painted with pink watercolor or watered down acrylic paint to get that watery effect
- a permanent black brush marker
- a skewer
How To: Fold the painted watercolor paper in half and cut out an oval through both thicknesses resulting in 2 ovals. Write messages on both sides and then tape a skewer onto the backside of one of the ovals and then affix the second oval on top, to hip the top of the skewer. I used double stick tape, hot glue will also be perfect. I stuck the skewer into an apple and placed that apple on the bottom, but it was not the best idea, as it did fall over. So, yes stick the skewer into an apple, but secure that apple to the bottom of the bowl.
And voila, cute birthday decor!
