I dressed up my plain burlap wreath for Jake’s Vintage Red Scooter Party {I’m still in shock that his party was featured on Hostess with the Mostess AND Kara’s Party Ideas… wahoo!!} I love how this wreath turned out, in fact it’s still on the front door even though Jake’s party was over a month ago. Here I am spending a fun Friday night on a date with Pinterest and I just saw my wreath pinned under July 4th decorating ideas… what a great idea! I’m just going to switch up the “welcome” and put “Happy 4th” and I get to leave it up!
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Here’s the original post with a tutorial on how to make your own burlap wreath {I just pinned on the red and blue ribbon later and used stamps and cardstock strung on jute for the mini pennant across it}…
I’ve had my eye on gorgeous burlap wreaths for weeks now and now I have one too! Here’s how I made mine…
I used a 12 inch straw wreath. I wasn’t sure if I would use the green floral kind or straw until I saw the prices. Green one was $7.99, straw one was $2.49. So, cut some loooooong pieces of burlap {a yard long or so} and it doesn’t matter if they’re pretty, straight pieces. Then grab your straw wreath {with the plastic ON}, some sewing pins and start wrapping the burlap tightly around the wreath. Pin as needed to make it nice and tight.
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Once you have strips of burlap tightly pinned on all the way around the wreath, cut squares of burlap. Lots and lots of little squares {about 2 x2 inches or so}… and again they do NOT have to be perfect. Wow, this is my kind of project!
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I had no idea how many squares I’d need so I cut about 30 or so at a time, pinned them on, then stopped to cut more squares as I went so I wouldn’t waste any burlap. So, just cut a little pile of squares to get you going, grab one and twist it in the center a little like this:
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Then start pinning! I used one sewing pin per square and just started filling in the wreath.
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And then just keep going and going…
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Once you’re about halfway, it’s time to stop and take pictures of your adorable kids running around in their underwear…
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Now back to this burlap beauty… and before you know it, you’ll be done!
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When it’s done, boys say, “Wow, that’s cool Mom! Looks like a lion…”
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So they’ll take turn wearing the new “lion” wreath…
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Then tie a big pretty ribbon on it {I used brown grosgrain because I wanted a blank “slate”… I’ll be dressing it up in red and blue for Jake’s birthday soon!}
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Then just hang, admire, and love your burlap wreath! And the fact that it only took about 45 minutes tops… and that included the times I stopped to attend to my three little “lions” hanging around!
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