Tree eyeballs

This is another project I've been trying to get together for a while.  I saw the idea on Pinterest and wanted to do my own.  While at Partay Citay a few months ago, I saw they had an array of beach balls, but none that were solid white.  So I invested in some white spray paint, and some black spray paint. 

I spray-painted them white on the day that I got them, and gave them a few coats to ensure good coverage. The original beach ball was black and white, and I entertained the idea of masking the black part and using that for the iris but then got lazy and decided to paint the whole thing white, then paint the irises on, and follow with the white dot highlight.  As far as I can tell, that white dot highlight doesn't have a name, and is another way in which cartoons are not like reality.  If you have a white dot on your actual eye, see a physician.  I cut the circles for the eyeball stencils from an old pizza box, and sprayed them on last night. 

Now I just need to find the right tree to give the gift of sight, and figure out how to keep them from spinning around in the breeze.  

That's my daughter demonstrating the perils of loosely anchored irises

I also had an idea to try and make a mouth of some kind and make a tree into a giant puppet, but that will have to come later....