Hi y’all! It’s Rachel from Like a Saturday and I’m so happy to be back with you today! I know many of you {mainly my more northern friends} are squeezing every last drop out of Summer and aren’t quite ready to let go yet. I, on the other hand, have had every last drop squeezed out of me by Summer and I am so ready for Fall! Seriously. These 109° temps plus 800% humidity just isn’t doing it for me.
How about we meet in the middle and do a fun transitional craft together? These paper laurel wreaths are perfect for the end of summer/back to school season. And they’re super easy and inexpensive to make! {Which you will learn are my 2 favorite qualities in a craft project}.
You will need a grapevine wreath form {I wanted to make mini-wreaths, so I bought small forms from my craft store}, green scrapbook paper in a variety of patterns, ribbon, and hot glue. You probably have most of this in your craft supply stash already!
The first step is to cut a bunch of leaf shapes out of your scrapbook paper. You don’t need a template for this – just freehand a basic leaf shape. It doesn’t matter if your shapes look a bit wonky.
I used a total of 16 leaves on each of my mini-wreaths. Get that hot glue gun warmed up! The next step after cutting your leaves is to turn them into 3D shapes by pinching the bottoms together and glueing.
Once all of your paper leaves are ready to go, it’s time to start attaching them to the wreath form. I recommend laying out your desired pattern before hand so you have a good idea of what your finished product will look like. Now you can begin glueing your leaves to the wreath form. You can also glue the leaves to each other’s sides so they stay in place.
After you have your leaves placed and attached, you can add a bow between each side of leaf groups. I just tied a bow with white grosgrain ribbon and hot glued it to the center.
Now you’re ready to hang your new, beautiful creation wherever you please! This wreath looks beautiful on the front door or layered on a mirror.
I also played around with hanging the mini wreaths on the back of my dining chairs. I have an adorable tea party in mind that these would be perfect for!
Where would you hang your Laurel Wreath?
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