One note on saving money: I bought my flowers right at the change of seasons. At the end of summer, Michael's still had some fall colored flowers and they were all on sale. So I hoarded them for about a month and then turned them into this! Sometimes, it pays to have a collection of craft supplies.
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Flower Wreath Tutorial
It's a great Saturday morning project. Even if you struggle with cutting some of the stems off, like I did, it shouldn't take you more that 45 min to finish.Supplies:
- Styrofoam circle
- 3-4 small bundles of fake flowers in whatever colors you want
- Burlap ribbon
- Hot glue gun and hot glue
- A sharp pair of scissors
- A pair of wire cutters
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Instructions:
1. Snip the heads of the flowers from the stems, leaving about a 2-in length of stem to push into the Styrofoam.
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2. Some of the stems will probably have a few layers of plastic on the stems. I found that scoring the plastic with sharp scissors and then pulling it off worked really well to expose the wire.
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3. Lay out how you would like to arrange your flowers. I recommend a big, shaggy carpet as your table. It works really well for organizing the flowers ;)
4. Wrap the Styrofoam wreath in the burlap ribbon. Use the hot glue to attach the ribbon at the start and at a couple points along the wreath as you wrap. BE CAREFUL: the hot glue will seep through the ribbon and attack your fingers. It's called hot glue for a reason. It hurts. Trust me.
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5. Start pushing your flowers into the wreath like you arranged earlier.
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6. Arrange all your flowers and admire your work! How easy was that?
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To hang it, I just cut a piece of yarn and tied it around the top.
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Bonus? You can reuse this wreath a few times. When you get tired of these flowers, don't toss the wreath. Take out the swap out the flowers! I love when life is easy.
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