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Halloween Swag with Ice Cream Cone

Instructions

  • Prep Ice Cream Cone Attachment
  • Using fake plastic ice cream cone, add hot glue around the ice cream top
  • Begin adding sprinkles around the cone top, pressing them into the hot glue
  • Use tweezers to place sprinkles if needed
  • Shake to be sure that nothing comes off, double check for empty spots
  • Spray with some glitter blast
  • Let dry
  • Attach a mounting square to the back
  • Add pipe cleaner to mounting square
  • Prep the Swag Base
  • Using an evergreen swag, fluff the pine tines
  • Take the 10” deco mesh, and make 14” pouf initially, place at the top of the base
  • Going down one side do 14” poufs; the poufs should get a bit smaller as you get further down
  • Cross over and continue up the opposite side, increasing the size of the poufs as you go up
  • Using two colors of 10” mesh, cutting 3 or 4 20” strips
  • Make ruffles, begin by folding the beginning edge under and ruffle up the middle
  • Alternate the colors on both sides
  • Add ice cream cone to base
  • Add a bit of hot glue
  • Ribbon Tails and Funky Bows
  • Using the 4” ribbon, make a roller coaster on the side of the ice cream cone, with loops down, under the cone and across to the opposite side
  • Fold the ends of ribbon
  • Layer a 2-½” ribbon on top of the roller coaster
  • Make funky tails, with 1-½” ribbon; cut 24” fold in half, dovetail, make a 5” loop, twist the tail to the front
  • Add to the base with the pine tines near the back side
  • Use 4” ribbon cut 14” tails, fold in half, pleat the center; add in between the ruffles
  • Trim tails as needed
  • Make large funky bow, 4” ribbon, two 1-½” and 2-½” cut at 30”
  • Begin with the 4” ribbon, fold in half, dovetail the ends, 9” loop, pinch, fluff, and twist the one leg around
  • Repeat above step but make 2 loops varying the lengths, pinch, fluff, and twist the one leg around,
  • Layering all ribbons on top of each other
  • Attach with pipe cleaners
  • Attach to base of swag with pipe cleaner
  • Fluff bow, trim tails, curl ends
  • Hot glue a small ornament to center of bow
  • Add Greenery and All The Things
  • Cut greenery stems and add some throughout the base with hot glue
  • Cut picks and sprays into smaller pieces
  • Add picks and sprays with hot glue in three pivotal points throughout the base
  • Add a roller coaster and tail to help balance out the right side
  • Continue to add other elements as needed