Make it Mondays: Large Truffulas for a Dr. Seuss Party

Make it Mondays are brought to us by Creations by Ra-Re. Ra is a Kindergarten teacher by day and crafter by night.  Re is a former pre-k teacher and current bookkeeper/content curator and avid DIYer.  Their Store, Creations by Ra-Re, is a collection of unique hand-made collections. 

We were putting on a Dr. Seuss Baby Shower for my daughter who is having twins! I wanted to put something around the chair where she would be sitting at the shower so I came up with the idea of truffulas.  I used items I had around the house so it did not cost anything to make these.

Materials:

• PVC pipe the length and diameter are up to you (Mine are 1″ pipes cut in lengths from 3 ft – 5 ft)
• Several colors of spray point (or leave them white, gray or black whatever color pipes you want)
• Something to wrap around the pipe to make it striped. (I used what is called  fuzzy knit because someone had given it to me. I used 4 strands because it is thin)
• A block of wood with a hole drilled in the middle the size of the pipe
• Make a large tissue paper flower or buy Decorations Bouffantes from a party store (I had these left over from another project. They are pre-cut and folded ready to pull apart to make a top. Mine is 16″ in diameter)
• Material or tissue paper to cover block of wood

Instructions:

1. Cut the PVC pipes the length you want
2. Drill a hole in the block of wood and insert the PVC pipes
3. Paint the PVC pipes with spray paint
4. Wrap the PVC pipes some sort of string or yarn
5. Make or buy a top
6. Put some material or tissue paper around the block to cover it up

You are done! They are quick and easy to make and look awesome for the party.

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