I have a cute new sister-in-law, and she is having so much fun being a newlywed. She is experiencing cooking, cleaning and decorating a house for the first time and is loving it. Oh, how I would love to be 20 and a newlywed again! 🙂 Anyways, the other night she mentioned that she wanted to make a wreath so she could hang something on their door. So we pulled up our pinterest apps and started searching for fall wreaths. We found a really cute one from craftaholics anonymous and I just had to make one too!
Here is a list of the supplies you will need to make this wreath
- 1.25 yards of black burlap cut into 1″x16″ strips {i used a rotary cutter but you can cut with scissors too if you want to. She had a bunch of tips on using burlap that you can check out here.}
- 14″ foam wreath ring
- black paint {i used spray paint for the wreath and craft paint for the wood letters}
- Wood letters {i spelled out BOO but I thought Eek would have been cute too}
- Halloween Scrapbook Paper
- Mod Podge, rotary cutter and mat or scissors, sponge paint brush, hot glue gun
Here are the step by step directions of how I made it
First off, I took my wreath outside and spray painted it
Then while that dried I traced my letters on scrapbook paper and cut them out
Next I painted the edges of my letters black. Inside and out.
Now it was time to mod podge. So I put a thin layer on the letter and then I applied my paper. Once the paper was in position I did another light layer of the top.
Once the paper was in position I did another light layer of mod podge on the top.
Now it was time to cut the burlap 1″ by 16″
And then I tied them on in a double knot
And it finish it off just hot glue your letters on!
As I look back at this there sure seems to be a lot of steps but it really was easy to make. And it went pretty fast. But as I did it I found out some great tips that I would share with you that will make it easier for you.
- Don’t stress about cutting your strips super straight. They still look great once their all tied on.
- Don’t tie your burlap too tight because they tear very easily.
- When you trace your letter onto the scrapbook paper put your paper with the back side up and then trace your letter backwards also. (My sister-in-law had to trace her “B” 3 times before she got it right! )
- When I mod podged my paper to my wood letters it kind of went bubbly but after it dried overnight it looked great and smooth again.
- I didn’t do it with this wreath but I read somewhere that you could cut your wreath in half and then it will lay flat against your door and then you could technically make two wreaths out of one!
I hope everyone is enjoying the Halloween season!
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