Sweet Gum Tree Balls Crafts

These seeds are often called porcupine balls because they are covered in small barbs.

Sweet gum tree balls crafts. As a monoecious plant a sweet gum bears male and female flowers. The sweet gum tree is the sand spur of the forest. See more ideas about sweet gum pine cone crafts gum. For a large quantity of trees you could go with either the 36 push or the 36 pull behind.

Make sure to work outside with a face mask on while painting. Sweet gum balls are the seeds that fall from sweet gum trees. Lay the balls out on sheets of newspaper and spray paint them red gold or silver. Mar 24 2017 explore tarina laxton s board sweet gum balls followed by 225 people on pinterest.

Perhaps it is time for some rehabilitation. See more ideas about sweet gum crafts sweet gum tree crafts. The only edible part of the tree is the dried sap pinecone crafts kids pine cone crafts christmas crafts for kids christmas fun xmas christmas. Next tie a piece of ribbon thread or colored string around to the stem to hang the colored balls on your tree branches.

Cardinals measure roughly 4 tall to tip of tail and about 3 wide. The round fruit balls are produced from fertilized flowers. The vicious seed pods have impaled many a forager and has done much to ruin the sweet gum s reputation. They will glitter and pop on any color tree and are a nice compliment to other holiday decorations.

There are also the mini sweet gum ball harvester the 12 classic flip up sweet gum harvester and the 18 sweet gum ball push harvester for a decent amount of trees and land. You painfully find them with your feet. This means that only one tree is needed for the flowers to be pollinated and a single tree can produce the spiky fruits even when another sweet gum tree is not in sight. Dec 5 2015 explore paula searls s board sweet gum spiky balls crafts followed by 107 people on pinterest.

Cute cardinal christmas ornament made of natural sweet gum balls glittered a bright red just like the real thing. Aug 7 2019 explore diane dann s board sweet gum tree balls on pinterest. The barbs are carried to new locations when they latch onto animals fur. Cover them in glitter glue them together to form different animal shapes like mice and birds or make a heart shaped wreath for valentine s day.

Many people think of sweet gum balls as a nuisance but they can be used to make many types of crafts. See more ideas about sweet gum pine cone crafts sweet gum tree crafts. Sweet gum balls can become ornaments on your christmas tree.