Christmas Wreath Card Holder D.I.Y

HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL NEED:

1. A WREATH FORM OR A LARGE PIECE OF CARDBOARD IF YOU WANT TO SAVE A LITTLE MONEY 

(THIS IS WHAT WE WILL USE TO MAKE YOUR WREATH.)

2. A LARGE OR SMALL PLATE DEPENDING ON HOW BIG YOU'D LIKE YOUR WREATH. YOU WILL ALSO NEED A SMALL PLATE FOR THE CENTER OF THE WREATH.

(THIS IS WHAT WE WILL USE TO TRACE AROUND TO MAKE THE SHAPE OF THE WREATH.)

3. SCISSORS OR AN EXACTO KNIFE 

(WE WILL USE THIS TO CUT OUT THE WREATH.)

4. LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF CLOTHES PINS 

(THIS WILL BE USED TO HOLD YOUR CHRISTMAS CARDS.)

5. GREEN PAINT OR GREEN SPRAY PAINT 

(WE WILL USE THIS PAINT TO PAINT OVER EVERYTHING TO RESEMBLE A WREATH SINCE WREATHS ARE GREEN.)

6. HOT GLUE GUN 

(WE WILL BE USING THIS TO GLUE THE CLOTHES PINS ON THE WREATH FORM THAT WE MADE.)

7. A RIBBON OR SOME TINSEL

(WE WILL BE USING THIS TO HOLD OUR WREATH UP ON THE WALL)

8. ANY ACCESSORIES LIKE BOWS, ORNAMENTS...ETC 

(THIS PART IS OPTIONAL. YOU CAN DECORATE IT WITH WHATEVER YOU WOULD LIKE.)

9. GREEN PAINT OR SPRAY PAINT (WE WILL USE THIS TO PAINT THE WREATH FORM AND CLOTHES PINS GREEN TO RESEMBLE A WREATH.)

10. A PAINT BRUSH OR SPONGE BRUSH (YOU WILL ONLY NEED THIS IF YOU ARE NOT USING SPRAY PAINT.)

STEP 1: Make sure that you have something underneath your wreath so that you won't get mess everywhere when you paint. 

STEP 2: Bring all of your supplies to the table, and let's get started.

STEP 3: Lay your plate on your cardboard and trace around the plate to get the perfect circle for your wreath unless you have bought yourself a wreath form. Use either your scissors or your exacto knife to cut out what you have just traced. After you've traced your large plate and cut that out, lay your small plate in the center of that circle that you just cut out. Trace around it. Then, use your exacto knife to cut what you have just traced in the center. You should now have your wreath. *When I did this, I had to go back and cut around the edges because it would be jagged.* Cut as much as you need to for your wreath to look right. If you have bought a wreath form instead of making one, skip this step. 

STEP 4: Paint or Spray Paint your handmade wreath form or bought wreath form green. *I used regular acrylic paint because I already had some and I didn't want to spend any money making this. It is really up to you.*

STEP 5: Now it is time to paint all of those clothes pins green. You can either paint this with a sponge brush like I did, or just spray paint those babies! Spray paint really is a LOT faster, but like I said, I didn't want to spend a dime on this project. I didn't have any green spray paint on hand. If I did, you best bet that I would have done that instead of hand painting every single clothes pin green.

STEP 6: After you have let the paint dry, (if it isn't spray paint) it's time to plug your hot glue gun in, and glue those clothes pins on your wreath form. You will want to glue them pretty close together. I left maybe a centimeter or two spaces between each clothes pin.

STEP 7: After you have glued your clothes pins on your wreath, wrap your ribbon or tinsel around the wreath at the top. This is how you will be able to hang your wreath on your wall. I just used tinsel because I had just got some at the Dollar Tree and it was quick and available. All I did was just wrap the tinsel a couple of times around the wreath and knot it. I then stuck in on a tack on my wall.

STEP 8: Now you can hot glue your bows, ornaments, or doodads on your wreath for decoration. 

STEP 9: Put your Christmas Wreath Card Holder on your wall and stick any Christmas cards that you may receive in it.

STEP 10: Stand back and be amazed, proud, and accomplished at this awesome D.I.Y that you have just made!