A Long Time Ago, Dinosaurs Roamed the Earth... Today, They Are Roaming My Wreath... A Dinosaur Wreath!

 

A long time ago, the dinosaurs roamed the Earth... Today, they are roaming my wreath!

I put this simple wreath together for my son's dinosaur birthday party.

It was super simple and quick to make. I picked up a green foam wreath from the craft store (you could use white too, but I really like the green, it looks like they are really roaming the land lol). Using my low temp hot glue gun, I glued a bunch of little plastic dinosaurs on it in no particular order. It's that simple and too cute! This wreath will be on display in my house for his party, I have another one that I am working on for the front door.

 

Pretty Fabric Wreath for Valentine's Day

I learned how to make these simple, but pretty wreaths years ago when I was in high school.

Since then, I have made a bunch of them, some for gifts and many for myself. I made some for Christmas, Winter, Fall/Thanksgiving, and now one for Valentine's Day.

To make your own, all you need is some coordinating fabric of your choice,  floral pins, and a hay wreath of your choice. You will need shears or another method to cut the fabric into 2 in. x 2 in. squares, I think it is easiest to use my rotary cutter.

Feed one side of a floral pin in and out of the edge of a fabric square, continue until you do this all the way around the square.

 This is what it should look like when you are finished.

 Push the floral pin all the way into the wreath.

Repeat the process until the wreath is covered and full.

 If you decided to use multiple fabrics, like I did for this wreath, be sure to mix them up sporadically so that they blend in with each other and almost form a pattern.

Make a Statement at Your Child's Next Birthday Party with a Simple Birthday Wreath!

 

Lately, I am on a wreath kick... I made one for Thanksgiving, 3 for Christmas (plus 11 for gifts), a dinosaur wreath for my son's birthday party (with a second one planned), and I am working on putting together one for Valentine's Day. I decided that I wanted to make at least one wreath each month of this year to keep things interesting. I figured I would make a birthday wreath for January since my little guy's birthday is this month. This wreath will also be used in April for a week or so for my big guy's birthday.  I saw similar wreaths like this one on Etsy that were selling for over $60 and I made it for under $10! This wreath was very simple to make and it didn't take too long make either.

 

I used a hay wreath that I picked up at the craft store using a 50% off coupon, so it only cost me like $2.00. I grabbed the floral pins at the craft store, they were $1.99 for a pack of 150, I used about half of them (check the dollar store for these, sometimes they have them in stock). I purchased big packs of balloons from the dollar store, I used 4 bags for my 14 inch wreath.

 

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Take 2 balloons and roughly fold them in half, take a floral pin and place it over the midway point of the balloons and push it completely into the wreath.

 

 

Repeat, placing the balloons next to each other in different directions until the wreath is completely covered. Please don't mind my severely peeling nail polish, my nails clearly need some attention! LOL

 

 

Once the wreath is covered, fill in as needed.

You have a beautiful, colorful, and very happy birthday wreath!

 

 

 

 

I found this little wooden pre-painted "party" sign at the craft store for $1.29 that I attached, using hot glue.

What do you think?

So cute and simple... And under $10.00!

What more could I ask for?

I love it and so does my son-- He woke up with the biggest smile the next morning because he knew it was made especially for his birthday!

 

Spooky Eyes Halloween Wreath

 

Last night I made this very simple, but cute wreath. I spray painted a foam wreath black, let it dry completely, and hot glued a bunch of googley eyes onto it. Like I said, very simple, but cute! It matches our Eyeball Monster Pumpkin perfectly!