CREATIVE IDEAS on how to easily revamp this RAINBOW Wreath...
• SPRING DECOR - use a watering can filled with flowers instead
• RAINBOW BEDROOM - use a colorful patterned bucket filled with rainbow pinwheels instead
• COLORFUL CRAFT ROOM - use a plastic mason jar filled with artist utensils instead
• BABY SHOWER/NURSERY - use a tiny basket with baby supplies, also change bright felts to pastels instead. Baby mobile maybe?
• SUMMER DECOR - use a small sand bucket filled with a shovel and seashells instead
If you follow @theCreativeOrchard on social media or revisit this post again in the future, eventually I will try to provide another example of how to alter the RAINBOW Wreath concept. Let's face the facts, I already have another half of a foam wreath form and it would be a total waste if it was left unused plus there is very lonely door in my CREATIVE STUDIO that's screaming for something cute and colorful! Sounds like crafty destiny to me!
DIY TUTORIAL
MATERIALS NEEDED:
• Glue Gun/Glue Sticks [@Michaels Stores]
• Scissors [@Michaels Stores]
• Round Styrofoam Wreath [@Michaels Stores]
• 6 Sheets of Felt in various rainbow colors [@Michaels Stores]
• 1 Sheet of WHITE Felt [@Michaels Stores]
• 2+ GREEN Pipe Cleaners [@Michaels Stores]
• WHITE Yarn [@Michaels Stores]
• GOLD Spray Paint [@Michaels Stores]
• 1 Small Metal Bucket [@Target]
• 3 Small Plastic Pinwheels [@Hobby Lobby]
• 1 Bag of GOLD Basket Grass/Filler [@Hobby Lobby]
• 1 Bag of GOLD Candies/Coins [@Kroger]
• 1 Small Square of Scrap Styrofoam
• Serrated Knife (CAUTION!)
STEP #1: Carefully CUT a circular foam wreath form in half using a serrated kitchen knife. (CAUTION: Be Safe, Adults Only)
STEP #2: Using scissors, CUT 2" wide strips out of 6 sheets of felt in various RAINBOW colors. Make sure that the strips are long enough to wrap around the entire thickness of your specific size of foam wreath.
STEP #3: Hot GLUE each strip of felt around the foam wreath in a horizontal pattern and over lap them about an inch every time. Alternate the colors in a rainbow sequence until the entire foam wreath is completely covered from left to right. There will probably be left over scraps so set those aside for later use. Color sequence example: Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red, Pink. (See Photos)
STEP #4: Then using left over GREEN felt scraps, CUT out three tiny heart shapes and one triangular stem shape for each shamrock clover. Repeat this step two more times for a total of three sets of clover shapes. Set those shapes aside for now. (See Photos)
STEP #5: Go outdoors and spray PAINT a small metal bucket [Target] and three small plastic pinwheels with GOLD spray paint Let all items dry COMPLETELY!
STEP #6: Hot GLUE the GREEN clover felt shapes onto the front of the pinwheels. Plus also hot GLUE GREEN pipe cleaners onto the fronts of the pinwheel sticks.
STEP #7: Hot GLUE a square shaped scrap piece of styrofoam to the bottom inside of the metal bucket. Then use a "generous" amount of hot GLUE one end of the RAINBOW Wreath and quickly glue it to the inside of the metal bucket to the top back of the styrofoam square. Let glue dry COMPLETELY for a few minutes. Place GOLD basket grass/filler on top. Poke the shamrock clover pinwheels into the styrofoam square. (Optional) Scatter GOLD candies or coins on top. (See Photos)
STEP #8: Using scissors, CUT out one 2-sided cloud shape out of WHITE felt. Also CUT out six 2-sided raindrop shapes out of each color of the left over felt scraps. (See Photos)
STEP #9: CUT six various lengths of WHITE yarn and tie knots at each top and bottom for each raindrop to hang from. Hot GLUE the top of each knot (6) inside the bottom of one side of the cloud and each bottom knot (6) inside one side of each raindrop. (See Photos) Then hot GLUE all six of the raindrops shut.
STEP #10: Hot GLUE only the outer edges of the white felt cloud shape but be sure to leave a tiny pocket. INSERT glass pebbles (or) lightweight rocks/rice/beans inside the pocket of the cloud shape then hot GLUE shut. *(The amount of glass pebbles to insert is determined by the weight of your bucket on the other side of the RAINBOW Wreath. Make sense? Balance is key for it to hang properly.)
STEP #11: Lastly, using a "generous" amount of hot GLUE, attach the felt cloud pouch with hanging raindrops to the bottom other side of the RAINBOW Wreath. Now you can proudly DISPLAY your RAINBOW Wreath for St. Patrick's Day by using a large loop of wide ribbon to hang it. I hung mine on a door but it would also look nice over a fireplace, window or large mirror.
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