Project Christmas Wreath

Over the Thanksgiving Holiday, G and I worked on a fun Christmas Wreath project. You should definitely try this at home! Things you'll need:

One Pack of clothes pins. (we went with the 100 count and had some left over)

Two colors of green acrylic paint (a light and a dark...we went with Christmas Green and Evergreen), red beads, and wire--a wire clothes hanger will also work here.

Now it's time to get started!
Step one: Paint half of the clothes pins light green and the other half dark green. (The number of pins you'll need depends on how large you want your wreath to be.)

Note: this step is easier if you have an assistant that likes to get messy.

Step Two: Let your pins dry. Over night worked well for us.

Step Three: Put a clothes pin on the wire...the wire should go through the springy part of the clothes pin and the clamping part should be facing outward. Next, put on a red bead. Continue this process, alternating the light green and dark green clothes pins until you've reached the the size wreath you want.

Step Four: Bend the wire into a circle and twist the top together.

Step Five: Hide the twisted wire top with a lovely Christmas bow.

Now you have a fabulous Christmas wreath that just so happens to be a perfect way to display your Christmas cards this year!

We hung ours on the fridge.

As much as I'd love to take full credit for this project, the idea came from here...with some minor tweaking on our part. If you try this, let me know how it turns out for you!