I found this beautiful wreath online and thought it looked pretty cool. I found some tutorials and off I went creating one of my own.
I took a used copy of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. The entire book. It always hurts me to defile a book but it was worth it for the end result. Plus it was a homeless book at a library book sale. It will just be enjoyed in a different way.
I bought a medium sized Styrofoam wreath and went to work with paper, hot glue and staples.
I started in the middle of wreath. On all layers but the first I only used hot glue. Once I got to the layer that would sit on the wall I added a staple for some extra substance.
Once I made it to a flat back I flipped it over and started working again. As I went along I used different folding patterns for various pages. Some in cones, S shapes, and hearts.
Once I got to the inside on of the wreath I again secured the inside most layer with staples. I had a couple extra sheets of paper in the end which I placed in any place where ever I could see the white from the foam wreath.
And it's complete! Not to shabby for about a $5 project.
Another project complete. I just need to make a second one for my mom. Another day and another craft project to add to my list.
This is beautiful! Please do some newspaper stuff. I'd love a tutorial on something like that.
ReplyDeleteThe only step I would add would be to cut the newspaper to the size of a book page and move forward from there.
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