The first Thursday of the month came pretty early this month, but it gave me the motivation to undecorate my porch and replace my monster wreath with my version of this instead.
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| Inspiration pic |
Anyway, this wreath is super cheap, assuming you live somewhere where you can forage your own acorns.
Supplies
- One straw wreath -- $2.50 @ Walmart, or $1 if you go now and they still have some.
- Lots of acorns -- at least one Walmart bag full -- free.
- Hot glue -- lots
Total = $2.50 or less!
1) Wash and bake your acorns. Put them in a single layer on a cookie sheet in a 400 degree oven for 15-20 mins. This will prevent you from having maggot problems, which my fellow wreathers had, or from having them sprout, which happened to me. Apparently a plastic sack in my garage is the perfect conditions for growing oak trees, in case you need to.
*Also very important* -- use the acorns within a day or two of baking, otherwise you have major molding problems (which we all had) and have to repeat step one.
Also, I would like to note that my acorns are different from the cute little hatted ones that came from my friend's backyard forest because I picked mine off the walking path around Monticello. So I can keep some sentimental, patriotic memories with mine. (And my own Monticello oak tree, I suppose, had I only let one of the acorns sprout like it wanted to.)
2) Glue the acorns to the wreath. After much practice with stones and poof balls this year, we have learned that for best looking results, you should start with a circle like this. Then build more rows around the middle and get it as tight as you can. Rule of Thumb: the bigger the objects, the more gaps you get. That's why we decided to unwrap our straw wreaths, we decided the straw poking through would look very fall-esque.
4) Attached any ribbons, bows, or embellishments and hang on your door.
1 comment:
Toni didn't use acorns though, but yours is cute. nice work
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