Mickey centerpiece tutorial

Mickey Topiaries-

You will need:

Black Paint - You can spray paint or use regular paint and use a sponge brush
Yellow paint, you need a very small amount of this
Red paint OR red pots (see below)
Pots- either ceramic or red- your choice of size
Small dowels
sytrofoam balls - two different sizes for the head and ears
Hot glue gun
Hot glue
Either tissue paper, fake moss, something to use as a stuffing inside. you will see this!

I was luckily able to use all dollar tree items due to the fact that I wanted centerpieces for tables.-The paint was bought at Joann's using coupons for around  .49 cents a piece. I used 2 black paints for all 15 and 1 yellow, and my pots were already red.

I suggest you try to find the already red pots, as that will save a couple hours to this project.

1- Paint pots red- if they are already red- GREAT you are ready to go!
2. attach the two smaller balls to the larger ball to make a mickey head and ears!
3. Stick dowel into the bottom of the head and then pull it out. Place hot glue on both the end of the dowel and on top of the hole you made in the Styrofoam.  - Its okay if you can see the glue, your painting over it
4. Place dowel into the mickey head and let it set
5. Once set. You are ready to attach to the pot- Place hot glue on the bottom of the bottom and the bottom of the dowel. Be generous with the hot glue! - You may need something to "hold" this... i placed tissue paper around it while it dried. (make sure not to get the paper near the glue at the bottom. You can also secure it with two small pieces of dowel. Just break them, stick them in the bottom in the front and back of the dowel (popsicle sticks would work too) this actually caused them to be much sturdier- i did it on the last 4.
6. Once set- You are ready to paint~ Take your black paint and start from the head and ears- Paint with a sponge, as i felt that was the best to put on styrofoam. You may need two coats (wait for it to dry full though) on the head and ears! - coat the dowel in black as well until about an inch under the pot's top! - you wont see the rest.
7. Use your yellow paint and place two "buttons" about half inch apart on the pot for mickey's pants!
8. Let dry~ and have fun. I placed mine on the food table, on the sign in, cake and the gift table!!!
its not a great picture, and I wound up changing the white tissue for yellow, but they are cute.