What is a girl to do, when given such an odd prop assignment? Search online of course! After quite a bit of looking, I came up empty handed... I had ventured into uncharted territory. The next couple days were spent waiting for inspiration to hit me. I studied the shape of regular sized nail polish bottles and realized there were many shape possibilities. That meant keeping my eyes peeled for the least expensive option to present itself. What better place to be inspired by over sized containers? Costco of course...
After purchasing my Cheese Balls, the next step was convincing my three children and various neighborhood friends to consume the entire mass of orange puffy goodness in the shortest amount of time possible. Ha! Actually that part was easy, of course each child took their responsibility to eat Cheese Balls very seriously.
Along with the test of cheesey consumption endurance came the part of picking out a fabulous paint color to match the color scheme of the girls camp skit. This is actually more difficult than you'd think, as spray paint colors are fewer in shades and hues than regular acrylic or latex paint. After several stores I found a great color. After washing the inside of the container, I tested the spray paint with one hand, while crossing my fingers with the other hand... in hopes that the color would appear as vibrant and dense as a bottle of nail polish would. Success!
Next I constructed a tall black lid out of poster board, staples and glue and attached it to the Cheese Balls original purple lid with hot glue.
Next, I created a polish wand out of a paper towel tube and an old foam brush, and painted them black.
Yay! Almost done... just a little teal colored paint added to the polish wand, and then attach it to the purple lid.
