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Spring Topiary with Bird Nests – Craft Room Destash Challenge

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It’s time for yet another Craft Room Destash Challenge! Today, I’m sharing a Spring Topiary with Bird Nests.
Spring Topiary with Bird Nests
If you’re new, every month a group of bloggers are challenged by C’mon Get Crafty to create a new craft or project from their own stash of goodies! Since I’m decorating for spring, I wanted to create a spring topiary with some of my favorite colors for spring: blue, orange, and yellow. In the past, I’ve decorated my mantel with these colors, so I had everything I needed to make this Spring Topiary with Bird Nests! I spent zero dollars!

Spring Topiary with Bird Nests

Yes, the craft supply list is long, but this is a craft room destash challenge. I used a ton of stuff from my craft stash.

Supplies:

  • Cone Topiary – my own home decor
  • Twine
  • Three bird nests with 5 eggs – two small and one large nest
  • wire – I used 26 gauge
  • light blue acrylic paint
  • bronze acrylic paint
  • old toothbrush
  • paint brush
  • wire cutter
  • scissors
  • hot glue gun/glue sticks
  • moss
  • pen
  • 1 spray of yellow buds
  • 1 spray of orange flowers

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How to:

Prep the Nests

Spring topiary eggs

I bought these nests last year at a thrift store and they’ve been sitting in a bag ever since. So it’s about time they got a makeover! The best way to makeover just about anything is with paint and that’s what I did. I painted the eggs with two coasts of light blue acrylic paint, letting them dry between coats. To add a bit of shine, I used an old toothbrush dipped in bronze paint to flick on speckles.

Spring Topiary Bird Nests

To secure the nests to the topiary, I ran a wire through each nest and twisted the ends together. I made sure to leave ample wire to poke or wrap the nests onto the topiary Styrofoam.

Nests in topiary

Okay, here’s the bad part. I didn’t take pictures of the rest of the topiary assembly because it was all about putting things in and moving things around. However, I did start by placing the bird nests in the topiary in a zig-zag pattern. This gave me a starting point of where to place the other items.

Disclosure, I only decorated the front of the topiary since the back won’t be seen.

Spring topiary with bird nests closeup

Then, I wrapped twine around the topiary. I also added bud and flower stems throughout the topiary and on the bottom nest. Finally, I glued the eggs in the nests and moss to cover the top of topiary pot.

spring topiary before and after

Whew! And yes, all of these things were in my craft stash! I hope this project inspired you to create your own spring creation with your craft stash. Here is the transformation from a plain topiary to the new Spring Spring Topiary with Bird Nests.

Find more craft room destash inspiration by visiting the links below! And if you would like to join the craft room de-stash challenge, you can request to join our Facebook group here! #CraftRoomDestashChallenge

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Comments

  1. Marie | DIY Adulation says

    March 30, 2018 at 8:20 AM

    This is such a sweet spring decor idea! I love the pops of orange. They give your topiary a cheerful brightness. Awesome project!

    Reply
    • Erlene at My Pinterventures says

      April 3, 2018 at 4:33 PM

      Thanks Marie. I love orange and blues for spring.

      Reply
  2. Denise Bryant says

    March 29, 2018 at 6:49 AM

    Such a fun idea. It turned out really cute.

    Reply
  3. Mother of 3 says

    March 24, 2018 at 11:21 AM

    Such a cute craft. I am a bit amazed that you had all these supplies in your stash; makes me feel like I should be working on growing mine a little. Pinned.

    Reply
  4. Lydia from Life Beyond the Kitchen says

    March 22, 2018 at 4:02 AM

    What a sweet project! I love the little eggs and the way you’ve set the whole thing up. It’s whimsical!

    Reply
  5. Deborah says

    March 21, 2018 at 8:16 PM

    What a fun idea I love it.

    Reply
  6. Shirley Wood says

    March 21, 2018 at 9:49 AM

    Perfect Spring decor at the right price. My bird watching daughter would love this. I’ll send her this project so she can make one!

    Reply
  7. Michele Michael says

    March 21, 2018 at 9:21 AM

    I’m inspired to make one with a topiary I have at the studio. I can’t get enough Nests. I think it’s because mine is empty now :(.

    Reply
  8. Debrashoppeno5 says

    March 21, 2018 at 8:47 AM

    Wow you did the Destash! The topiary is just perfect to usher in spring. It is so bright and cheery.

    Reply
  9. Super Mom - No Cape! says

    March 20, 2018 at 6:41 PM

    WOW… what an awesome DeStash project you came up with. I love that you had all this in your stash and used it so creatively!

    Reply
  10. Emily @DomesticDeadline.com says

    March 20, 2018 at 6:18 PM

    This is a great spring decoration, so cute!

    Reply
  11. Roseann Hampton says

    March 20, 2018 at 4:55 PM

    This turned out so cute! I have a few plants around the house that could be dressed up. Pinning for inspiration!

    Reply
  12. Donna @ Modern on Monticello says

    March 20, 2018 at 12:44 PM

    This is so adorable and so easy to change out each season if you like. I like the speckled eggs too. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  13. Habiba says

    March 20, 2018 at 11:21 AM

    What a huge dent this project must have made in your supplies stash, lol. I am very proud of you to rock this project and use so many things. It is a lovely little spring tree.

    Reply
  14. Florence @ Vintage Southern Picks says

    March 19, 2018 at 7:26 PM

    Erlene, that is so DARLING! You did a great job on those speckled eggs and especially on the topiary as a whole. Glad to know how to do one from now on. Thanks for the clear tutorial.

    Reply

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