I started out with the idea of using cardboard as base of the wreath, but then I remembered I had handy-dandy foam board left over from a previous project. So I used some bowls to trace both the outer & inner circle. Turned out (not planned) that the smaller bowl was exactly 1/2 the circumference of the larger bowl. I think that it gave it really good symmetry.
Once I cut out my larger circle, (I scored it really well with a razor knife then cut last few layers with scissors,) I found my cross section and measured my circumference of the smaller bowl & made marks around the radius from the center of the circle to get the placement of the smaller circle.
I cut "pizza slices" in the smaller circle & then the "crust" of the pizza just punched out. It left the edges a little rough, but we'll take care of that soon enough.
(Side note: I do most of this stuff after my husband leaves for work in the wee hours of the morning, so if the occasional slipper or pj pants get in the picture, don't judge!)
You don't want white foam board, or brown cardboard showing through your pretty colored eggs, so I opted to spray paint the the foam board a pretty pink.
I was being super impatient, so I broke out my hair dryer & it was dry enough to flip & paint the other side in just a few minutes. (I painted the other side because it was going to be hanging against a mirror.) I took the blow dryer to the other side as well, because I was still impatient.
I found some quilt binding strips that were left over from other projects & thought that they would be hide the ugly edges of the foam board. (You could use ribbon too! or take the time to make your edges pretty.) I cut them to size & started with the hot glue. 2" or so at a time of course.
After I had lined the edges with both of ugly edges I took these plastic eggs that I had bought for my Easter wreath & didn't use and hot glued them down. Just one little line of hot glue will do the trick. I thought that I might have issues with the eggs trying to come open, so I made sure that the glue seem was not on the little piece that held them together.
I alternated the direction that the eggs pointed to hopefully fill more space.
I thought it looked a little bare, so I had these ribbon roses that I thought would look cute at the top. So I cut them & individually glued them down in between the spaces of the eggs on top.
I still didn't like the way it was looking so I went back to the craft room & grabbed some pink tulle. It just so happens it was almost the same color as the spray paint that I used. I put a dab of hot glue down & wadded the tulle up & stuck it. I did that in between each egg on both the inside circle & the outside one to make it look fuller.
I thought it still needed something. The plastic eggs had 2 holes on the top of each one, so I thought about hanging a few from the center, but it was too full...so I came up with the idea of stringing an egg by tulle, then taking some t-shirt paint that I had & painted a "M" for the hair stylist's initial.
I hung it on a door knob to dry & that gave me another idea! 2 of my girlfriends work in cubicles. If you've ever worked in one, they're drab, usually an ugly grey or green & often accompanied by horrid florescent lighting. I took 2 hot pink eggs, strung some black tulle through the tops & painted their initials with black t-shirt paint. Cute little cubical art!
Any way, I took a piece of quilt binding left over & looped it & glued it to the back of the wreath. Once the egg was dry I glued it to the back as well. And wha-la!
This wreath didn't cost me anything to make and is super cute! Here's the breakdown if I would have had to purchase supplies:
- cardboard (free)/foam bard - less than $5
- Easter eggs $0.88/pack (2 packs purchased for other project)
- Flower ribbon - (can buy by the yard at hobby lobby or by the roll at Wal-Mart..this was the reminiscence of a roll, so I'm going to say around $2
- tulle - $3.99 at Hobby Lobby, not on sale, $1.99 on sale
- T-shirt paint - (I've had this for a while, but I believe it was around $5 for 5 or 6 colors), but you can use a paint pen, or just acrylic paint. You could even hang a painted wooden letter from the middle.
- Spray paint around $3
If you used cardboard, or something else you had on hand, and get your tulle on sale, you could do this entire project for around $10!
Remember, always raid your existing supplies!
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