SENIOR LADY: JULY 4TH WREATH!

 

I suddenly panicked! I couldn't find last year's

 July 4th wreath. I remembered buying the

materials to make the wreath. Was I having a 

Senior Moment!! My mom called and said

thanks for making my July 4 wreath. Now,

I recalled that I was staying with her last

July 4th.  I made her a July 4th wreath 

to go on her front door. 

I didn't feel good about visiting Discount

Stores. It is already three days before the

the July 4th celebrations begin. Most of

the selections of July 4th decorations are

probably gone. I left home prepared to

visit more than one store in order to

find enough red, white, and blue

items to make a wreath. Most of the

July 4th displays were a "hot mess."

I was surely blessed. There were

limited red, white, and blue 

items on some displays. I'm

glad I checked the party and 

craft sections. I even found

 a patriotic bandana.

DIY JULY 4TH WREATH:

SUPPLIES NEEDED:

10-inch Styrofoam Wreath Form 

1 Patriotic Bandana (20 in. x 20 in.)

5-piece Package, Red, White, & Blue Berry Picks

14-inch Wire of Pipe Cleaner for Wreath Hanger

 

TOOLS NEEDED:

Glue Gun & Glue Sticks

Scissors

Tape

DIRECTIONS

Cut bandana into 5 strips. Use 4 strips to

wrap the wreath form. Wrap each strip 

around wreath form.  Over-lap each

strip and try to make sure red checks 

and white stars are visible. Secure each

end of the bandana with glue. Make sure

 all glued ends are facing the back of 

the wreath.

Bundle red, white, & blue berry picks. 

Secure the middle of the bundle with tape.

Add the bundle to middle right side of the

wreath with a thick glob of glue. Press

the bundle firmly down until it feels tightly

glued. 

Make a bow with the 5th strip. Glue it to the

middle of the berry picks so tape isn't visible.

 Fold the wire or pipe cleaner in half to make 

a 7-inch wreath hanger. Glue hanger securely

 to the middle area of the back of the wreath.

Note:

I decided not to use the patriotic flowers

shown in the image.

I enjoyed creating this wreath. I only used the 

bandana because, all of the large spools of

red, white and blue ribbon were out of stock.

The bandanas are cheap and come in a 2-pack.

I may use colorful bandanas to wrap all of my

Styrofoam wreath forms.