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DIY Fall Twig Ball

October 18, 2017 by Julie 7 Comments

This fall take a nature walk and collect some twigs for a DIY Fall Twig Ball!

Im going to make an assumption here and say that my kids aren’t the only ones who like to collect sticks when we take walks or go to the park. If I’m really being honest, I sometimes pick up cool looking sticks when I’m walking. I love the different shades of wood and various textures. Some are incredibly smooth while the sticks from the pine trees in our backyard and generally fairly rough.

The kids often turn their sticks into swords or wands or something else imaginative. Most of the time I make them drop their handfuls of sticks before we leave. But I’ve been seeing these gorgeous twig balls at home decor stores, and with falls arrival I thought that maybe we could use those sticks to try to make a our own!

We collected a good handful of sticks in varying lengths and thicknesses. Then we trimmed (aka I broke) the sticks so they would be roughly the same length. I picked a size that I thought would work well for our finished twig ball. So each stick was a little shorter than what I envisioned the finished circumference would be.

Since I wasn’t thinking about preserving the project for future years (we can always make another one!) I didn’t bake the sticks. But you certainly could.

With the sticks prepped and a glue gun we got busy creating a twig ball. Since we were using a hot glue gun, Oldest Twin and I did most of the gluing while Littlest supervised.

I love our finished twig ball and the kids are happy to see their sticks on display. I call that a win-win.

Happy fall decorating! Want some more nature crafting ideas? Check out my Crochet Acorn Cap project! 

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Filed Under: Craft, kids Tagged With: diy, fall

Comments

  1. Debra says

    September 29, 2018 at 12:35 am

    This is so fun – definitely putting this on the fall to-do list!

    Reply
  2. Sandra says

    August 10, 2019 at 11:37 am

    How do you bake the twigs?

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    • Julie says

      August 10, 2019 at 1:32 pm

      Hi Sandra! I like to bake them at about 200 degrees for maybe 30 minutes. I line a baking sheet with foil and put the sticks on top.

      Reply
  3. Angela L Nieto-beardslee says

    September 5, 2019 at 11:25 am

    why do you bake the twigs?

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    • Julie says

      September 5, 2019 at 11:54 am

      Just to make sure there isn’t anything growing/living on or in them. There might be mold or small bugs that you would want to make sure you get rid of.

      Reply
  4. Jan LaBine says

    February 29, 2020 at 2:30 pm

    I didn’t get to see how you glued them together. I’m a novice so I need to be told how to do this. They are Darling. I also love sticks. Did you tie some twin around them?

    Reply
    • Julie says

      February 29, 2020 at 8:31 pm

      I just started criss-crossing them! No twine, just hot glue them in various directions.

      Reply

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