Kissing Balls in San Pedro, Belize

Ok, slightly salacious blog title is on purpose, but it’s also what the darn things are called!

I was asked by a potential Belizean client about the availability of “kissing balls” in San Pedro, Belize.  I had to confess, while i thought i knew what they were, i had to look it up to be sure.  I’d always called them “flower balls”…but i guess they are also known as kissing balls.

I looked online, and they are not cheap.  Here’s a page with loads of them: Kissing Balls   I’m not sure why they are called kissing balls, i think that maybe it’s because they can replace mistletoe?

Anyway, i found a tutorial online about how to make them, so off i went to town to scavenge for supplies.  Remember, we don’t have craft stores or Walmart here, so this could get tricky.   I was able to find one large foam ball, one medium ball, and a bag of 9 small ones.  The red ball below is the first one i made, and it’s made from a small foam ball and red paper.

The red ball took me the longest, as i made the flowers TINY.  The large white has over 300 hand made (by me) paper flowers on it.  I now understand why they are so much money to buy.

These and other Kissing Balls will be available for rent in my LemonCrushBelize/RomanticTravelBelize Design Studio in town.
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