Cheap and Easy!

Cheap and Easy!

The crafts that I have been doing recently have all been something that anyone can do. They are fool proof! All you need for this particular craft is a circular wreath, white yarn, a star fish, and some twine.



Here is the breakdown on prices:
Wreath:      $2.99
Twine:        $2.49
Starfish:      $2.33 (This was sold in a 3 pack, so the total for all 3 was $6.99.)
Total          $7.81

(I already had the yarn, the hot glue gun, and the glue sticks.)

Instructions:
1. Don't take the plastic off of the wreath; if you already did, it's okay, it just might be a little messier.


Take your yarn and tie a knot around the wreath. Don't worry about the edges of the knot, they will get hidden when you start wrapping. Start wrapping around the wreath. I found it easier to have the yarn in a ball rather than attempting to stick the entire skein through the wreath. Continue wrapping until the entire wreath has been covered.

Once you have the entire wreath covered with yarn and it kind of looks something like this:


2. Take the twine and follow step 1 and cover the wreath. If you see that you have holes where they yarn is showing, don't worry about it right away. Once the wreath is covered you can go back around and fill in the spaces. Just be sure to make the 2nd layer as tight as the first one so you can't see the different layers. Once the twine is completely covering the wreath it should look like this:
There still are some spaces that you can see the yarn, but I kind of liked the look, but if you want it all covered, go for it!

The last part is adding accessories to your wreath. I'm sure if you know me at all, you know that I L.O.V.E. the beach, the ocean, and anything nautical. So I decided to add a simple starfish. I just took my hot glue gun and glued the crap out of it! I also wanted to make sure that the star fish would stay on, so I used some of my left over twine and tied a knot around it.

You can add anything you want to spruce your wreath up like flowers, shells or anything that would compliment your decor.

So here is the finished product. I am very happy how it turned out. Like I said above, it's super cheap and
simple!


You can wrap the wreath in felt, twine or yarn. I first got this idea after seeing a Christmas wreath in the gift shop at the Care Center where I work. I believed it was priced at over $20. I spent a little time attempting to figure out how to make something like that one. Their wreath was made with red and white yarn and had a red bow on top. You can make these wreaths for any occasion, Christmas, Easter, a wedding gift, 4th of July, a birthday present, Halloween... you get the idea! I plan on making more of these gorgeous wreaths, but adding flowers made of felt and I will post those too!

What do you think? Love it? Hate it? Want to buy one?

Leave a comment below and let me know what you think!

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