With bright green construction paper, glitter and some other glitsy materials you can create a paper wreath. Kathleen George shows us how to make a wreath. It can be used inside or outside and it would be a fun craft for the kids to do.
Materials:
- STYROFOAM™ Brand Foam:
- Balls, 1", 24
- Beveled Wreath, 12" x 2" x 1"
- Block or Sheet, scrap
- Two sheets bright green construction paper
- Origami paper, four sheets each: yellow green; dark green
- Green floral wire
- Ultra-fine glitter: hot pink; green; silver
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- Pencil
- Ruler
- Extra-long straight pins (optional)
- 24 Wooden toothpicks
- Paper trimmer or scissors and ruler
- Spray adhesive
- Large needle or needle tool
- Wire cutters
- Low-temp glue gun and glue sticks
- Thick, white craft glue
Steps:
- Spray dark green origami paper with spray adhesive; adhere yellow green sheets to dark green, creating double-sided paper.
- Use paper trimmer to cut double-sided paper and construction paper into 1" x 5" strips. (Or, measure strips with ruler and cut with scissors.) Use white glue to glue each strip into a loop; alternate outside color on origami paper loops.
- Use glue gun to glue loops to foam wreath; white glue may also be used, but loops will need to be pinned in place. Glue alternating shades of green onto wreath, overlapping loops approximately 1/2" to completely cover foam.
- Glue toothpicks into foam balls. Spread generous amount white glue onto each ball and roll in glitter; make 12 to 14 green, five or six pink, and five or six silver balls. Place toothpicks into scrap foam to let glue dry.
- Refer to photo to insert ornament toothpicks into wreath. If toothpicks don't go in easily, first poke hole through paper loop with needle or needle tool.
- Cut 5" length from wire. Twist ends together to form hanging loop. Glue loop to top center back of wreath.
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