If I sound like I'm really proud of them, it's because I am! I really enjoyed making these and got a ton of compliments. And they were so easy.
Maybe you saw these beautiful giant stems at Hobby Lobby. They are about three feet tall and the bloom is about 12 inches in diameter. On sale, they were affordable at $25 each.
Here is a list of the supplies I needed in order to make my Topiaries
A bag of Plaster of Paris at Home Depot.
Two lengths of PVC pipe- about 12 inches long and approx 1iinch in diameter. the nice people at
Home Depot cut it for me
Two 10" buckets
About six bricks of styrofoam at
Hobby Lobby
A variety of berry picks, short poinsettia stems, Christmas ornaments and some tall, snowy branches.
Use what you have. I spray painted some ugly peach ornaments copper and couldn't believe how beautiful they looker
Red Deco Mesh - also at Hobby Lobby.
Two cheap evergreen wreaths - I found mine at Goodwill.
Two large decorative pots - if you used 10" buckets your pots will need to be just a little bigger.
If you've never done this kind of thing before the shopping list may have you confused but trust me. 
First off, you pour the Plaster of Paris slowly into the two buckets in even amounts. Slowly, because you don't want to be engulfed in a cloud of dust - very bad for your lungs. Then, you add water slowly, to the first bucket and stir. Don't add too much or it will be sloppy. It will set up almost immediately if you add just the right amount of water so have your length of PVC pipe ready and place it all the way down in the bucket of Plaster before it sets up hard. Make sure it's nice and straight.
Believe it or not, that's the hard part done. About now, you could set the bucket of Plaster in the decorative pot so you can see what you're doing. Carve up some styrofoam and wedge it in tightly so when you pop the evergreen wreath on top it forms a base for all the fun berries and ornaments you're going to stick in. I filled in the centre with a length of old garland I had lying around. You'll figure it out!
Next, I made a great big bow out of the deco mesh and placed it high up under the bloom - that really super sized the poinsettia! Drop it down into the PVC pipe and wedge it in place withe the snowy branches.
I had some berries with pine cones and evergreen and I stuck those into the pipe too. that really jazzed it up and the poinsettia stayed nice and upright
Now all that's left is for you to dress up the bottom! Tweak the evergreen wreath so it doesn't look like something you found at the thrift store and stick in all those goodies that need a home. Ideally you should be sticking the stems all the way deep into the styrofoam. Otherwise a good gust of wind will blow everything away!
So, there you have a matched pair of awesome topiaries for your front door or entryway. Just look at what you made - Way to go!
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