Jelly Bean Topiary

For Easter I've been wanting some more decor. I had an idea one night to try and make a jelly bean topiary. I found all of the stuff at Walmart except the ribbon (I had it on hand) and of course the stick. I started out by painting a little flower pot (my 3 year old helped me with this). I then glued the stick into the foam ball that I got from walmart in the silk flower section. I then hot glued all of the jelly beans on the ball. This took the longest to do! In retrospect I would have painted the foam ball before I started gluing just because you can see the green under the jelly beans. Because the topiary was so heavy once I had all of the jelly beans on it I had to put a bunch of rocks in the bottom so that it wouldn't tip over. I glued some foam to the pot on top of the rocks, then glued the stick into the foam.

I really don't like how you can see the green foam. I wish I would have painted the ball before I glued the beans on to it. I still might paint over the ball part (jelly beans included). What do you think?

I don't know if I like how this one turned out. I pictured it a lot differently in my head. However, it was a lot of fun to make!