i found a plain wreath at the goodwill awhile back for $4 and i knew i could “christmas” it up. i love making fun wreaths! my family christmas presents last year were wreaths that i made. they are super easy and there are one million and one ways to decorate them. here is what i did this year:
1. i took some wired string with little puff balls and weaved it in and out of the wreaths leaves. i tried to make sure to get the wire evenly spread throughout the green.
2. i took styrofoam ball that i got from the craft store in all different sizes and started wrapping yarn around it. i hot glued the end to the ball and then just wrapped away.
3. the more you wrap the more you will start developing a system to get the best coverage over the styrofoam. once you get all the styrofoam covered i hot glued the other end to the ball.
4. i took all the yarn balls and placed them where i thought they looked good on the wreath. i made sure to get the bigger ones pushed down in the wreath, while the smaller ones could sit more on top. once i found the placement i liked i just took them and glued them to the wreath one by one. there isn’t really a method to the hot gluing, just make sure it’s secure enough.
5. then it’s time to hang it on your door and make the neighbors jealous!
Need to do this for our house!!! We have a wreath that lights up, should put some pink balls in there to match our pink tree. Photo #5 on the right just needs a wee one looking out at us:) Soon!
haha yes! i did have a little wee one looking out at me but he was furry and bratty…haha. soon we will be filling our tree and decor with handmade ornaments that look like a little blob of clay with holes poked in it 🙂 you know what i am talking about!