I’m very happy I was able to go to Dollar Tree sooner than I thought.
Once I made all the cuts I needed, it did not take long at all to finish the wreath.
Once it was finished, I started thinking it could use something else. So, back to Dollar Tree I went and found exactly what I needed. Now it looks like it should!!!!
I decided I would try something different for this project. I have seen lots of YouTube videos on making a wreath using plastic table covers. I had a small wreath on hand so I made my way to Dollar Tree and bout 3 plastic table covers that I thought I would work for what I had planned.
My first mistake was not paying attention to the design of the table cover. I thought it was solid Easter eggs. But it wasn’t. The Easter eggs are only on the edge.
Then the second mistake happened. Since I was using a small wreath form, I thought that strips 1 1/2 inches wide and 6 inches long would work perfectly. I was wrong. I wasted one plastic table cover. But that’s ok. I still had 2 left.
I moved on to another table cover and cut strips 1 1/2 inches by 7 inches long. This worked out well. So, I started to tie the strips to the wire wreath form. By the time I finished cutting and attaching the last plastic table, it became obvious that I did not purchase enough.
So now, I cannot finish this project until I am able to go to Dollar Tree and get some more Easter plastic table covers. I just hope I do not get distracted when I go there.
This project definitely took a lot longer than I expected.
The supplies I used were rope and wire cross wreath form from Dollar Tree, word cutout and E6000 adhesive from Hobby Lobby, and Liquid Leaf in the color Classic Gold from Amazon.
I started by attaching the rope along the bottom wire of the cross using E6000 adhesive. I allowed it plenty of time to dry before I started weaving the rope through the different sections.
While I was waiting for the E6000 adhesive to dry, I painted the word cutout using the Liquid Leaf. It only took one coat of pain.
Once the weaving was complete, I place 2 pink daisy’s at the center of the cross and attached the work cutout in the center of the flowers.
Now it is done!!!! And I can go onto the next project. I apologize for not taking any pictures during the weaving process.
I had an idea.. is it possible to make an egg shape wreath form look like an Easter basket??? Let’s find out.
The supplies: one egg shape wire wreath form, yarn, ribbon, flowers, bows from Dollar Tree, Yarn Bee Eternal Bliss yarn in the color white from Hobby Lobby, and scrap material left over from other spring/Easter craft projects.
I cut the paper strips down to 1/2 to3/4 x 7 inches. I had to decide how far up I want to use the fabric and then attached fabric strips just outside the brackets on each side. Using the Larks Head knot, I attached one fabric strip to the outer ring, then 2 fabric strips on the next ring, then 3 fabric strips, then 4 fabric strips on the last ring. I then attached fabric strips to the bottom section of the egg. My goal is to make this look like the lining in an Easter basket.
Once the bottom section was complete, I then used the Yarn Bee Eternal Bliss yarn to weave between the rings for the remainder of the wreath. This went real quick.
After I finished weaving the yarn on the wreath form, I cut out a piece of foam board and attached it to the back of the wreath. This will be used to attached the eggs to. After all, what’s an Easter basket without eggs????
I also attached a bow to the top of the wreath. This is a bow I made for a different project, but decided not to use. I also attached some of the Yarn Bee Eternal Bliss yarn to the top of the foam board.
I used Easter eggs purchased from Dollar Tree to fill the basket along with some left over pink Easter grass. I used Aleene’s Turbo Tacky Glue to attached the eggs to the foam board.
In no time at all, the wreath was completed and is ready to put up at my mom’s place when it is time to do the Easter decorating.
This definitely took longer than I thought it would. The most difficult part was getting the Easter grass glued or otherwise attached to the wreath. But once it was dry, I was able to continue working on this project.
I started by adding some pink daisy’s to the wreath using E6000 to put them in place. Then I attached the small pink bunny to the wreath, also using E6000. And then I decided the bunny needed some eggs so I attached some to the wreath using E6000.
I continued adding eggs and daisy’s on the wreath until I decided that there was enough.
The last thing I did was to trim the Easter grass so it didn’t not look like it was falling apart. I am happy with the way the wreath turned out. Especially since it was my first time to actually make a wreath like this.
Dollar Tree is always my first stop when I buy decorations for my mom’s tiny apartment. Of course I bought some eggs just in case I do not get all of the eggs I bought painted and decorated. I also bought some stuffed animals, one of which seems heavy/weighted enough to stand up by itself!! I couldn’t forget the grass for any Easter baskets I may or may not make. There were a couple of other things that caught my eye. The bunny picks and basket decorations will make any decoration I decide to make real cute. What’s a door without a welcome sign. I had to get the gnome welcome sign that they had.
I also browsed the Dollar General section that Dollar Tree has. I decided on three things: a pom pom bunny banner, an Easter sign, and a bunny that stands up. I know exactly where all of these items will go!!!
Hobby Lobby always has things I cannot seem to pass up. I purchased some Easter florals from the store while shopping for other things. They are so pretty. I also purchased an Easter egg garland that I plan to use on mom’s walker along with some other items.
I surprised myself by only buying one item from Amazon. That is very unusual for me! The garland I found is so cute and will be easy to add to the yellow rose garland currently around her door.
I just realized that I purchased two welcome signs. I think I will use the gnome in her door area now with the spring decorations I just put up and leave it up for spring. I know that I will definitely be using both signs!!!! Who knows, I might put the gnome sign in her window!!!
For now, it is time to start all the craft projects I need to do!!!!
The tree by my mom’s door has definitely seen better days. I decided to make the little tree look a little be better, I could add some flowers to it.
I went to Dollar Tree and about several flower bushes in a few different colors. I knew I would not need a lot since the tree is small so this should be enough.
I will be putting individual flowers in the tree so I used my handy dandy wire cutters to cut off each limb making sure there was plenty of stem to be able to anchor the flower in the tree.
I feel certain this will be enough for the little tree.
Then I remembered my mom likes for her frog to be festive as well. For St. Patrick’s day I found a green hat to put on the frog. But spring had me stumped until I saw a small hat that is actually for a doll at Hobby Lobby. I grabbed the hat and some flower ribbon and a plan in my brain was formed.
I decided I would attach the ribbon to the hat around the brim and also around the center of the hat. I was not sure which adhesive I would use, the No Sew fabric glue or the NUVO Deluxe Adhesive. The NUVO won out!!!
I put a generous amount of adhesive to the center of each flower and pressed it against the hat.
It did not take long before the hat was finished and ready to be put on the frogs head.
I think I have come to an end for this series of spring decorations. I’m concerned the decorations may look like it is missing something or needs to be fuller. But if that is the case, I can always add to it.
My mom’s little Christmas tree that sits outside her apartment door needs to be decorated for spring as well. I decided to make some picks to use as a tree topper.
While shopping for things at Dollar Tree, I picked up a pink baby headband that has a flower on it, some Main Street Wall creations Jumbo Stickers in pink flowers, and some floral wire. I will also be using 3 wood butterflies left over from other craft projects.
The first part of this project was to attach 3 wood butterflies to the pink baby headband. The supplies I used for this are E6000 adhesive, floral wire, 3 left over wood butterflies, and wire cutters.
The first step was to cut 6 inch pieces of the floral wire.
I then folded the floral wire in half and attach the wire to the back of the wood butterflies using E6000 adhesive. I then set them aside to dry.
Once the adhesive was dry, I then attached the wood butterflies to the baby headband using E6000 adhesive. To make sure the butterflies did not slip, I used a small piece of foam board that I pressed down onto of the wires and excess adhesive.
I have happy with the outcome. I plan to wrap the headband on the top stem of the tree but without something else around it, the tree would look like it has a pony tail. So, I will be using the pink flower jumbo stickers to make picks out of and place them around the top of the tree as well.
I used the same process for making the flower picks as I did for the butterfly picks. The first thing I did was to put the stickers onto pink poster board.
I then separated each flower but cutting them into single flowers. Then trimming off the excess poster board from each flower.
After that was done, it was time to add chenille stems/pipe cleaners to the back of the flowers. I used white chenille stems as that is what I had on hand.
I folded each stem in half and attached it to the back of the flowers using E6000 adhesive. I also place a small piece of foam board on top of the stem and excess adhesive. They were then set aside to dry overnight.
Now, I have 3 large flowers to place around the headband to make a unique tree topper. I cannot wait to see how it looks.
I wonder how many more spring craft projects I will make. I guess only time will tell!
All of the craft projects for Spring and Easter are based on one single fabric selection. The pastel plaid fabric. I just love this so much.
I decided that this rag wreath will have a total of five separate fabrics with the first one being the plaid. I am also adding fabrics in the colors pink, blue, yellow, and green making sure they compliment the plaid fabric. All fabrics were purchased at Hobby Lobby. I found that they have a better selection of pastel selections.
The pink and blue fabrics have white dots on them.
They yellow fabric has white flowers all over it.
The green is just a plain solid green. I chose this color as I did not want a darker shade of green.
I started the wreath by ironing the fabric before I started cutting them down to size.
The final size of the fabric strips is 1/2 to 3/4 inch wide by 7 inches long. Fabric strips will be attached to a 12 inch round wire wreath form that I purchased from Walmart.
I started with the outer ring and made my way in.
Now that the wreath is complete, I will spray some spray starch of each section to make the fabric stiff. By doing this, my hope is that the fabric strips will stay in place better. I’m using some spray starch I found at Dollar Tree.
The only thing left to do with this wreath is to put it on my mom’s door. Spring decorations will be going up soon.
This is a quick and easy project that took very little time to make. I decided that I want to add some butterflies to the garland that I will be putting around my mom’s door as part of her Spring decorations. It is also a very inexpensive project.
The supplies needed for this craft project are:
Main Street Wall Creations Jumbo Stickers and poster board that were purchased at Dollar Tree. You will also need E6000 adhesive and chenille stems/pipe cleaners which I had on hand.
Step one in this project is to attach the butterflies to poster board. This will give them a strong backing.
Step two: cut out the butterflies. Luckily, this does not have to be perfect.
Step three: gather the supplies needed to attach the chenille stems/pipe cleaners to the back of the butterflies. This is something you probably have already done.
Step four: fold the chenille stems/pipe cleaners in half. Add a generous amount of E6000 to the back of the butterfly. Place the chenille stem/pipe cleaner in the E6000 and press down. It is important to press down on the center of the chenille stem/pipe cleaner to make sure the E6000 covers the center of the stem as completely as possible.
Step five: put the butterflies in an area that the will not be disturbed/moved/touched and allow to dry. I allowed mine to dry overnight.
And now they are ready to attach to the garland when it is time to decorate my mom’s door for Spring.
Now it is time to start working on the next craft project for mom’s spring decorations. I wonder what it will be!
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