Those are great! Mind sharing where you found them?

Load up on girly colors! Pink is so hot with them right now.

Hazie

Thanks, I'm making them myself. I studied those metal ones at a store last week, then using a star template found online - I cut out the 5 rays and folded them. Then it was trimming little by little till the fit together again. I used that paper as a pattern for the wire mesh. They're not perfect but I think that's cool. Betting the 10 yr olds will be wishing for a storebought item but this way they get a total original piece of art when they're done.

Wow! Those are great and what a great idea for the girlies!!!

I'd say cram as much color onto them as possible! Give em glass globs, and all your scraps.
Really neat idea NT!

Cant wait to see the finished products!
What fun!
What's the spray foam for?

Very nice, how big are they? If they aren't too big I doubt you'll need the spray foam .I love those stars too, I have a great big one above my garage door. I put it up and it took my dh about three weeks to even notice it, jeesh.Great project for little uns,
Cindy

Neat idea! What about beads?! Pearls, BBs, keys, lots of glass globs. Don't forget the pics!! Such a cool mom!

livin, hopefully to keep the concrete from falling through when I coat it. I'm trying to avoid making it 2 layers of mesh, so I think fill the void in the back with foam and it becomes part of the armature

I retract the bbs. May not want to have to chase those around the house. (And you did curse them once.)LOL.

I love this idea!! How creative! Im assuming the spray foam is to fill them out and then cover with the drywall tape and skim coat? Take pics of your making them (skim coat, foam etc...) I never have much luck with the spray foam..it just expands to much. But then you can trim it if you wanted with a knife so Im sure it will work great.

Im with bama..give them scraps and glass globs and let em go to town!!!!

Cindy I'm guessing they're 10".

Wow! you made those! great job nice. They are really perfect. Is there anything you can't do?? Speaking of that!
How are your costumes coming along?

Hazie

I couldn't sleep so I'm up at this hr. I am soooo impressed w/these. They look so perfect. Another fun project to watch. Everything you do screams talent, artist, and original thinking. How's the mushroom coming?

Thankyou. I assure you they are far from perfect. Plugging away at the mushie slowly but slowly LOL

Oh Hazie, you had to mention that! lol yep all the stuff is stitting and waiting for me to get started... I'm running out of time already argh!

NT, how creative! Can't wait to see this to fruition. Yeah, you need your own business.

What a cool idea! Those would make great Christmas decorations, too!!

Maria

AAAHHHHH....how ingenious! (using the foam like that)
Another fun thing my DH already has that I can now play with!!! LOL! I was wondering what fun things I could do with that stuff!

Love those stars Nice ..you do such neat things...Please show how your doing them as you go,if you have a spare minute to do so LOL...I know how cool they will be coming from you!!!!

Oooo!! Christmas ornaments! Great idea Maria!!

So, much to the dismay of my DH - I brought this project on our camping trip! lol

I finish sewing them together, and I had wanted to try the drywall tape on the edges to give them a more "finished" edge, then I stuck a piece inside each ray too, hoping that it would discourage the foam from going through. I think that worked well.

here are the pics, Now I need to go over each one and shave the excess foam off so that I can cement them (must remember to put haging wires on them 1st!!!!)
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That is just the neatest idea. You must be the coolest mom on the planet!
When's the big shin-dig?

LOL ugh "hanging" a hanging wire... sheesh

early nov... haven't looked at the calendar yet...

would love to think that my crazy creative side is/was an inspiration to my daughters... that would be the best legacy I could wish for!

You must be the coolest mom on the planet!

I agree - those are the coolest things I've seen for awhile!

Great project. Those are going to be something else!!

Maeia

You're a real piece of work, girlie. What a wonderful Mommy! Anxious to see what the little ones do w/them AND yours.

WOW!! I love those! Wanna adopt me, even tho you are only young once, you can be immature forever!! lol! Seriously tho, those stars make the little girl inside me scream with delight!!! Good Job!!!

They are looking great, this is such a fun project,
Cindy

Gosh nice those are turning out way to cool!! Are you gonna decorate one of them? I know they are for the party but I would have had to make an extra one for myself to do!!!!! I so would be divorced if I took my mosaics on our camping trip!!!!

Chickee, absolutely - you know I have to do one for myself! LOL

yesterday I skim coated the stars with crete but I think they'll need another layer as I didn't completely cover the tape in some areas.
Then today we went over the edges from the back sides to fill gaps where the foam didn't go andmake sure the edges are nice and strong. Yes I did remember to add a wire for hanging! lol
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Those are sooo cool!
Your imagination is amazing. Really great job..I can't wait to see what the kids do with them. What a great idea. I suggested the girls make something at my daughter's party,
and she was like " I don't think we will have time for that
mom" I haven't been able to drag her in to my world much.
Can't wait for the pics after the party!

Hazie

NT, your creativity is endless and your energy level must match it. I can't wait to see the finished product.

Those are so cool! Want to see the in progress pics of all those little girls!!

Maria

Very neatly executed. Soooooo anxious to see them all dressed up, Mommy.