Gumball Containers

Hey everyone!  Sorry to have been gone so long after my first post.  Here is my problem... I love to create late at night, but then getting a photograph of my art has to wait until daylight.  With daylight comes kids, chores, errands, work, etc.  You get the picture.  Anyway, I finally got some pics of some of the projects I have been working on...

Here is a fun gift that was inspired by one of my son's preschool teachers.  They look like gumball machines, but it is actually a terra-cotta planter spray painted in whatever color you would like.  Then I placed one of those fish bowls (you know the one everyone uses at parties) on top.  I used my hot glue gun to secure it all.  The "lid" is a water catcher for a planter.  I just chose the size that would set on top of the fish bowl and not fall in.  It was spray painted to match and then I finished it off with a wooden dowel on top.

The green one is for my husband.  He asked for one to put on his desk at work to hold instrument reeds and green is his school color.  The blue one is for me.  It sets on my desk and I am using it to store odds and ends at this point.  I made a red one at Christmas and filled it with M&M's as a gift.  Super easy and so fun!
Let me know if you have any questions.  I will be back in a few days with a super cool project I did for my mom's birthday!