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hi and welcome to Christine's crafts
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calm today I'm going to show you how to
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make a garden gazing ball this can be
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really expensive but today I'm going to
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show you how to make one on a budget
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these are the three that I've made
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they're in my garden I think you'll
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agree they're very effective to replace
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them on the ground or in a stand or you
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can make them with a stick to hold them
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up the choice is entirely yours I'm sure
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you can start to see how I've done them
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so first of all you need some sort of
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ball I've used two polystyrene Bowl mine
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was about five inches diameter and you
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need something to stand it on while you
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working on it I've just used a little
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ramekin dish might use whatever you've
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got then you're gonna need your glass
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beads or pebbles they're sometimes known
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that you can stick on to it they have a
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flat side so that they stick on nicely
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I'm actually gonna stick them on with
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hot melt glue so you're gonna need a hot
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melt glue gun doesn't matter what size
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if you want to put it on a stick clearly
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you're gonna need a stick and it's
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optional but you may want to use some
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clear silicon sealant to seal it all to
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make it more weather resistant I'm not
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showing that in this video but you can
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do it at the end if you want to so take
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your ball get your glass beads and
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you're simply going to cover it so you
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gonna get your hot melt glue put a
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little bit on each glass bead and then
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stick it on now obviously I've sped this
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up because it'd be very boring to watch
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me do all of it but notice that I'm
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working my way around steadily the idea
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being that it won't keep sliding because
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the weight of the glass if it's all on
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one side will mean it keeps flipping
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down and making it difficult and
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annoying to work on so keep working your
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way around getting those glass beads on
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you're gonna keep going until you get a
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good half way down your sphere and then
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flip it over keep going keep adding your
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ball keep pebbles tea ball
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if you're going to put a stick in I
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suggest you drill a hole to put it in a
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little bit smaller than your stick and
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that very soon before you get to the top
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of your ball you put the stick in to
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make sure you can get it in and you
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haven't put a glass purple in the way
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okay and then that's it you're done once
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it's covered it's all finished
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if you want to silicon it like I have to
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mine you can do but to be honest I'd
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still recommend bringing them in in the
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winter I don't they're gonna be
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completely weather resistant so mine
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catching the light just the Sun filters
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through dappled shade from the tree and
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I love them so once again you've been
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out to craft and do it on a budget so
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thank you for watching I hope you've
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enjoyed it and I hope you enjoy making
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your own gazing ball it'd be great if
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linked making your crafts do work better
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for you on a budget so once again thank
