How to Make a Paper Wreath
Have no wreath yet for your dinner party room? No problem. With this easy, super-fast tutorial you will make yourself a professional paper wreath in literally 1/2 a hour. Best of all, you won’t need anything you don’t have in the house already.
Materials
So, what do you need?
* Scissors
* Sticky tape
* Cereal box or old cart board box
* 10 sheet of copy paper, gift wrapping or other decorative paper. Use the thin stuff, not the heavy weight ones.
Step-by-Step Instructions on Make a Paper Wreath
1. Take of the box of your cereal box and cut it into a flat piece of cardboard (or, cut the side of one of your empty boxes in the garage, if you want a larger wreath. The one I used here is of a small, thin Ikea box that ‘s a tat larger than a standard size cereal box.
2. Place a plate onto the card board and draw a circle. Within this circle, draw a smaller circle using a saucer.
Use these circles as your guides to cut out a circle. Adjust the inner and outer circle to get the exact size of wreath that you want. Keep in mind that the leaves will go a bit inwards and a bit outwards, so that the base at the back should be a tat smaller. Allow for enough opening at the center.
3. Now take your copy paper (or use the blank backs of scrap paper) and fold it in 6 equal parts. First fold it in half, lengthwise, and then again in 3 equal parts. Draw a simple leave shape, diagonally onto that square.
4. Cut out your first 6 leaves. Fold each leave in half and see if you like it. Adjust accordingly. Once you have a leave that you love, fold it flat again, and use that as a template for your remaining 9 pages.
5. Repeat step 3 and 4 for the remaining 9 pages of copy paper, using your favorite leave as a template.
6. Fold all leaves in half, and fold the bottom end of each leave.
7. Stick the leaves in a rather orderly fashion onto the base, 3 in a row: one in the direction of the wreath, one fanning outward, and one fanning inwards. Have a look at the wreath here to show what I mean.
8. In my wreath, one half of the wreath is very orderly, like the wreath at Sweet Paul,where the other half is a tat more random, like the one of the Red Thread. I wanted to show you the different effects here in one wreath. When you make your wreath, choose 1 style for your whole wreath. For best results, stand back from result early on, and assess where and how you need to make changes.
Required Time for this Craft
Wreath making is incredibly easy and fast, I made mine in less than 30 minutes. If you want to make this into a cozy Christmas craft, and serve tea and cookies half way, well, then, allow for an hour or so.
The craft is so easy, it can easily be done with kids. A 4 or 5-year old child can help you by handing you the leaves while you stick them on. A 6-year-old let them cut the pieces of sticky tape. A bit older kids can make the whole wreath on their own, perhaps with some supervision. as a Christmas gift for grandma.
Tip: I personally think the wreath looks far superior if you work in one direction.
Ribbon It Up
Time for the final touches: Look at your wreath from a distance to see which way should be UP. Then, punch a hole at the base.
Cut off about 50-75 cm of interesting ribbons
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