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DIY 4th of July Wreath

DIY 4th of July Wreath

I’m not sure why but I’ve never decorated for any of the USA holidays (the 4th, Memorial Day) but this year I decided to at least adorn my door.  I’m always in the mood for a new wreath!!

I was going to do a lima bean wreath colored blue (see my pink lima bean wreath).  I even bought the lima beans.  But, I was thinking of the fabric wreath I recently did and remembered some red and white striped Ikea fabric I had leftover from my son’s 1st birthday so decided to go in that direction.  Here’s what I came up with.

Here’s how you can make your own.

Buy a wreath form or make your own using a pool noodle and grab your fabric.

I cut my fabric into 3 inch wide strips.  And I just started wrapping and pinned each strip in the back of the wreath.

I didn’t have any blue fabric on hand and I wasn’t making a trip to the craft store so I just decided to grab some blue felt which I always seem to have and I used the same technique I used in my Spring wreath.  I cut my felt into three strips, laid them on top of each other and then threaded them together all the way down.  I then gathered the felt and made it look like a ruffle.

I hot glued the blue ruffle to the wreath.  Very pretty as is.  But I knew I wanted to add some stars.

I cut out some stars with my Silhouette Cameo and hot glued them to the blue.  It may be a little tough to tell in the pictures but the white in the fabric is slightly off-white so the stark white paper was no good.  So, I added some spray adhesive and some glitter (I finished it off with some hairspray – helps to keep the glitter in place) and I love how it turned out.

Super easy.  I had everything on-hand except for the wreath but with a 50% off coupon, it was super cheap.  A fun and happy celebratory wreath for our nation’s birthday!

I’d love to see how you’ve decorated for the 4th.  Put your links in the comments so I can pop over to see.

Thanks for reading!

 

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