{"id":404,"date":"2004-12-17T19:50:59","date_gmt":"2004-12-17T19:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/wordpress\/?p=404"},"modified":"2004-12-17T19:50:59","modified_gmt":"2004-12-17T19:50:59","slug":"surprise-blobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/?p=404","title":{"rendered":"surprise blobs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently I have become obsessed with surprise balls, those crepe paper-wrapped balls layered with little surprises. When I was in Portland my friend Taya and I were lucky enough to find some on clearance at Sur La Table<\/a>. We snagged them quickly to conduct some research. These surprise balls generally retail for $20 or more. You’d think for 20 bucks you’d get something really great, but our balls contained toys you’d find in a box of Cracker Jacks. I decided I could try to do better …
\nSo today I made my first surprise ball! Here are some of my supplies:
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\nI had a lot of help from the inifinitely clever Megan<\/a> and her instructions<\/a> on making surprise balls. I ordered the crepe paper rolls from Dick Blick<\/a> and foraged around for some trinkets.
\nI put a good prize in the center then started wrapping:
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\nThe crepe paper is a bit wide, so I cut it in half as I went along. That was kind of a hassle. For some layers I used squares of crepe paper and just wrapped the whole ball in the square. I layered in stickers, candies, little charms, etc. It was actually kind of difficult to get the thing to resemble a ball, and I wasn’t feeling particularly Detail Oriented, so here it is, the surprise blob!
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\nOh, and thank you all very much for all the soup suggestions! I may try one of the other butternut squash soup recipes. Yes, I think maybe roasting the squash first will help enhance the flavors, especially since I am skeptical of the natural deliciousness of the squash around here. And yes, I did caramelize the onions, but apparently not enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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