Sweet gum tree crafts

Those spiny balls, seed pods, dropped by your sweet gum tree can actually be put to good use. This is a guide about uses for sweet gum balls.

little*big*harvest: I Never Knew That! --Sweetgum Balls

This is a guide about uses for sweet gum balls. Those spiny balls, seed pods, dropped by your sweet gum tree can actually be put to good use.

Sweet gum trees are plentiful in North Alabama. They are strong, beautiful trees that have many uses. They are loved and hated here because...

Sweet Gum Trees I have talked about sweet gums before in this little blog's short life. I was admiring a large sweet gum on our p...

The Atta Girls have lots of craft friends. On occasion, we will ask one of them to share their handiwork with you. Here’s a post from our friend, Amanda, who is quite the whiz at making wreaths. “If you’re from the South or have ever visited the South, there’s a chance you’ve seen little, brown,...Read More

Starburst ornaments made from sweet-gum tree seed pods, toothpicks, paint, optional glitter.

I am an environmentally conscious floral designer based in Napa, California.

Sweetgum – Eliminating Balls http://www.walterreeves.com/gardening-q-and-a/sweetgum-eliminating-balls/

When we were looking to buy our first home, which we did in May of 2009!, we wanted something with character, plenty of space, hard wood fl...

Our dried sweetgum pods are great for sweetgum ball crafts, sweet gum pod wreaths and ornaments too! Get 'em while they are fresh!

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If you have been reading this blog for a while you will know that there is one thing that I am not so fond of in my Georgia Garden. Sweet Gum trees! Arg, just to say that name makes me cringe. The trees themselves are okay because they can be pretty in the fall and provide shade in the summer. One thing I detest in them is this one bad habit they have. Can you see that habit in this picture below? Seed pods (Gum Balls) all over the driveway and in my landscaped grassy areas of the yard. Arg…

How to make Christmas ornaments out of sweet gum balls

Sweet gum tree balls are a spiky nuisance in many of our yards. So, why not craft with them and transform them into chive blossoms or flowers?

Casa Maria’s Creative Learning Zone Flubber is one of those exciting sensory experiences that young children fall in love with immediately. Through numerous play experiences the children discovered how flubber stretches, molds, drips and breaks apart. While the children were playing one day, a child placed some flubber inside a funnel and watched it drip down slowly. He exclaimed “you won’t believe this, look it’s dripping down” the other children sat beside him and giggled as they saw the…