Create a beautiful and functional wreath for your home! Below is a tutorial on how I made this wreath!
Supplies:
Paint Chips-- I recommended getting the kind that are one single color with lots of room so that you can cut out your leaves easily. Make sure to grab at least 4 or 5 of each color so that you can make the color changes gradually
Wreath Base-- You can use a metal, cardboard, or foam wreath base in whatever size you want your wreath to be! I recommended going for a little larger than you initially think. The leaves will fill some of the space in the middle.
Hot Glue Gun
Step 1: Cut Out Leaves!
Here are some ideas for some different leaf shapes. You can use this as a template or free hand it! I kind of liked the look of them being generally the same size, but not all perfect. Because you'll want the fold in the middle, what I did was LIGHTLY fold the paint chip in half (Don't press on the crease. The paint chips can crack and show white if bent too much), and then I cut out a half leaf shape. on the fold. That created the perfect leaf shape for me!
Step 2: Start Gluing!
Starting with the lightest color first, start gluing down the leaves using the hot glue gun. Spread them out and make them go in all kinds of different directions to make the wreath shape and to blend the colors.
Something that helped me during this step was taking each leaf and placing it where I thought it would look good BEFORE putting glue on. Then I could change my mind or switch up the angle until it was where I wanted it to be.
Step 3: Keep Gluing!
Keep going around the wreath going from light to dark.
For mine, I decided to leave part of my wreath base exposed (because I liked the look of it), but you can go all the way around to create a full wreath. Below is my finished wreath (hung up via Command Strips) and also a picture of one I found on Pinterest that went completely around the wreath base.
BE CREATIVE!
^ My finished wreath!
^ Inspiration from Pinterest-- they went around the whole wreath base!
Make Different Wreaths for Different Occasions!
Since you get to pick the colors, you can totally adapt this wreath to make it match your home or any occasion!
I also did a Christmas wreath using different colored GREEN paint chips and red paint chips for the berries. I decided to do smaller leaves and I made some of them skinnier to add some texture.
You get to decide and create how you want your wreath to look!
I'd love to see some wreath's you've done! Comment or message me with your projects!
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