this gorgeous wreath by Krafty Kat. As soon as I saw it, I bookmarked it in my "Things to Try SOON!" folder. I loved how bright and colorful it was and that the kids could be involved in its creation. However, I only had one empty egg carton, so I adapted the wreath to match what I had on hand.
SUPPLIES:
- foam wreath form
- egg carton
- acrylic paints
- patterned paper
- fabric strips or ribbon to wrap around the wreath
- hot glue gun
DIRECTIONS:
1. Cut apart your egg carton into 12 individual cups, then cut each cup into a flower shape ( I did a couple different kinds of petals.)
2. Using your acrylic paints, paint the inside and outside of each flower.
3. While your kids are hard at work painting their flowers (and it does keep them busy for awhile!), wrap your wreath with fabric strips or ribbon.
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| I cut 1" strips from a pretty green fabric I bought for another project. |
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| Then wrapped it around my wreath, hot gluing it place. |
4. Next we cut some circles from patterned scrapbook paper for the center of our flowers and glued them in place.
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| We just used regular glue so the girls could do this step. |
5. Then I got work gluing our flowers into place.
6. Finally, I cut out a few leaves from some green patterned scrapbook paper, glued them in place and added a ribbon to the top for hanging.
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| I think the little leaves are a cute touch! |
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| What a cheery little decoration for their door! Linking up this project at the following amazing blogs: Fireflies and Jellybeans Lovely Crafty Home Sun Scholars My Garden of Eden Creation Corner Nap Time Crafters Tatertots and Jello Saturday Spotlight @ Craft Envy |
That wreath turned out so cute and how fun to be able to do it with the kids.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty! And so great that the girls were able to help make it! : )
ReplyDeleteIt's great! I love it! I'm stopping by from The Girl Creative and becoming a new follower. I am always looking for new craft ideas to do with my kids.
ReplyDelete~Julie @ Singing Three Little Brids
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I'm not throwing my cartons a way, this is adorable!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you made it. Thanks for linking up to Make & Share's 1st edition today,
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~ Christy
That is super cute!! I can't wait until my Molly is old enough to participate fully in projects like this. I am following from Creative Girls Blog Hop. I love your blog design, it is super cute!
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Jen
www.cariboobutterfly.com
This turned out so cute!!! I love it!
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Kelly
hi m triza...i jus love craft...n i must say i loved the egg crate flowers more...n the way u have used on the wreath really good...even i was thinking of using the crate but could not get any idea but now i wo'nt throw the egg crate next tym...
ReplyDeleteThis turned out so cute! Super springy and fun. Visiting from TTandJ.
ReplyDeleteYour wreath turned out ADORABLE!!! I love the colors!
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up to What's in Your Garden!!
Abbi
That is so sweet Laura. If I wasn't trying to get rid of stuff right now, I'd be making some of these adorable spring wreaths!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing this at last week's For the Kids Friday link party! This week's party is up and running. If you haven't already stopped by, I'd love to have you sharing again this week!
http://sunscholars.blogspot.com/2011/04/for-kids-friday-6.html
:)rachel
Started at some other post on your blog and ended up here ; ) Love the wreath! Just may have to do it for our door-- it's too cute!
ReplyDeleteI'm a new follower, too! Stop by my baby blog to say hi, if you can!!
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