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Make a Patriotic Fourth Of July
Wreath
by Abigail Beal
Celebrate the birthday of United States of America's by hanging the flag
outside of your home, and create a special wreath for your door. This is
an easy craft that you can complete in an afternoon – and it can be a
good craft for children (supervision with the glue gun may be
necessary).
You will need:
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A wreath - grapevine
or other style of your choice
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9 wooden stars
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Red, white and blue
acrylic paint
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Red, white and blue
ribbon – about 2 inches wide and at least 3 yards of each color
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Red, white and blue
paint pens (optional)
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Paintbrush
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A glue gun with glue
sticks
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Small American flag
Begin by painting your
wooden stars. Paint 3 wooden stars red, 3 blue and 3 white. Allow these
to dry.
You will braid your red, white and blue ribbon through the wreath and
then tie it with a bow at the bottom. Braid all of the colors through
the wreath and then tie the bow using all three of the colors.
Now arrange your stars on your wreath. Glue three stars at the top,
close together. The others glue at about the four o'clock and eight
o'clock space on your wreath. Space the stars to your liking. You may
also want to arrange them so that the stars are glued in order – so that
each bunch begins with the red star, has the white star in the middle
and ends with the blue star. Or you may want it to be more casual, it’s
up to you. It is fine to glue the stars to ribbon if that is the best
placement, just be sure to add extra glue and glue the star also to the
wreath to be sure that the star stays firm on the wreath.
With your paint pens – you will write "God Bless America" on the top
stars. Use the white pen on the red star, the blue pen on the white star
and the red pen on the blue star. Allow the words to dry before you hang
the wreath.
Hang the American flag so that it hangs in the center of your wreath.
Glue the stem of the American flag so that it stays, probably you will
glue it to the side of the wreath.
Abigail Beal a.k.a. "the Gift-wrap Goddess" teaches gift wrap in
suburban New York. She is the author of 2 ezines: GiftWrapGoddessWraps
and CreativeCraftsTeachers. To subscribe:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CreativeCraftsTeachers/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GiftWrapGoddessWraps/
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