5" White Styrofoam Ball – Polystyrene Foam Sphere

A clean spherical foundation makes it easy to build floral designs with consistent shape, proportion, and coverage. The 5" White Polystyrene Styrofoam Ball provides a lightweight foam base for silk flower arrangements, dried floral designs, pomanders, kissing balls, centerpieces, seasonal displays, and decorative event work. Its 5-inch diameter gives professional florists and event designers enough surface area for detailed floral coverage while remaining manageable for hanging and tabletop applications. White polystyrene foam is easy to cut, shape, pierce, decorate, and paint with compatible materials, making this sphere adaptable for both floral production and custom décor projects. For wedding work, retail displays, holiday installations, or everyday shop production, it provides a simple form around which designers can build a controlled, consistent round silhouette.

• Diameter: 5 inches
• Color: White
• Material: Polystyrene foam
• Shape: Round foam sphere
• Primary Uses: Dried flowers, silk flowers, pomanders, centerpieces, floral décor, and craft applications
• Workability: Can be cut, shaped, pierced, decorated, and painted with foam-compatible materials

This 5-inch foam sphere is especially useful when a floral design needs a defined round form rather than the irregular shape created by building directly from stems or wire. Artificial flower stems, dried botanicals, decorative picks, ribbon, moss, and other lightweight embellishments can be inserted or attached to the surface to create kissing balls, suspended floral décor, centerpiece accents, topiary-style forms, holiday ornaments, and event installations. The lightweight polystyrene construction is easy to modify while retaining its overall shape, making it well suited for silk and dried floral arrangements as well as decorative event work. Wedding florists, event designers, retail flower shops, visual merchandisers, and floral educators can use the sphere as a versatile starting form for both one-of-a-kind designs and repeat production.

The price listed is our everyday professional wholesale rate — the same straightforward pricing available to working florists, event studios, floral retailers, and other buyers, with no account application and no minimum order required to access the price shown.

• Product Type: Polystyrene foam ball / Styrofoam ball
• Diameter: 5"
• Color: White
• Material: Polystyrene foam
• Shape: Round sphere
• Surface: Lightweight foam suitable for inserting decorative picks, pins, and stems
• Compatible Applications: Silk flower arrangements, dried floral designs, pomanders, kissing balls, centerpieces, seasonal décor, event décor, and craft projects
• Modification: May be cut or shaped as needed; paints, adhesives, and finishes should be confirmed as foam-compatible before full application
• Fresh Flower Use: Not a substitute for water-absorbing fresh floral foam

Insert silk flower stems, dried botanicals, floral picks, pins, or lightweight decorative elements directly into the foam to build coverage around the sphere. For a floral pomander or kissing ball, work evenly around the entire surface and rotate the ball as you design so the finished arrangement maintains a balanced profile. When repeating a design for an event or retail program, divide the sphere visually into sections and work each section to a similar density to maintain consistency from piece to piece. When attaching ribbon, moss, ornaments, or other materials with adhesive, test the adhesive first on a small hidden area. Glues, paints, and coatings containing aggressive solvents can attack or melt polystyrene foam, so use products specifically identified as compatible with polystyrene or foam whenever possible. This dry foam form should not be used as a hydration substitute for fresh-cut flowers.

Who Uses This: Professional wedding florists, event and corporate floral designers, retail flower shops, visual merchandisers, floral educators, decorators, prop designers, hospitality teams, and DIY customers creating silk, dried, seasonal, or specialty floral installations.

What is a 5-inch Styrofoam ball used for in floral design?
A 5-inch Styrofoam ball is used as a structural base for silk flowers, dried flowers, decorative picks, moss, ribbon, and other lightweight floral materials. Its spherical shape makes it especially useful for pomanders, kissing balls, centerpiece accents, hanging floral décor, topiary-style designs, holiday ornaments, and event installations. The foam can be pierced and shaped easily, allowing designers to build coverage around the entire surface while maintaining a controlled round form. It is a dry decorative foam and is not designed to absorb and supply water to fresh-cut flowers.

Can I glue or paint this polystyrene foam ball?
Yes, a polystyrene foam ball can be decorated, glued, and painted when compatible products are used. Some solvent-based paints, glues, and coatings can dissolve, pit, or deform polystyrene foam, so an unfamiliar product should always be tested on a small hidden area first. Foam-safe adhesives and coatings are the preferred choice when available. Testing is particularly important for professional event work where the finished surface needs to remain smooth and consistent.

What is the most efficient way to buy 5-inch Styrofoam balls for professional floral work?
LO Florist Supplies lists this product at its everyday professional wholesale rate, so the price shown on the page is already available to professional florists, event studios, floral retailers, and other buyers. There is no trade-account application required to access the listed price and no minimum order required simply to qualify for wholesale pricing. This allows floral businesses to purchase the quantity needed for a single event, ongoing production, or regular shop inventory without requesting a separate wholesale quote.

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Important Use Note: This is a dry polystyrene foam form intended for decorative, silk, dried-flower, and similar applications. It does not function as water-absorbing fresh floral foam. Keep away from open flame and excessive heat. Test paints, adhesives, glues, and coatings before full application because products containing incompatible solvents may damage polystyrene foam.