$4 Fall Wreath {Dollar Tree Craft}

I took the boys to Dollar Tree last week and we just went wild picking up all sorts of Fall and Halloween decorations.  I love splurging at Dollar Tree because I always walk away thinking I got a deal 🙂  I decided to give wreath-making a try and since I had never attempted one before, I figured if I totally failed, it wouldn’t cost me too much {other than my pride!}.  I ended up making three because I was having so much fun and sent my mother-in-law home with the materials to make one for herself.  She texted me the next day with a picture and hers turned out great too!  So the one I’m sharing with you today cost me $4.
 Four.  
Dollars.  
Dang!  I totally impressed myself!  For this wreath I used one of the smaller, darker wreaths.  {The other two are 18 inches}.  Here are my supplies:

2 picks {1 leaves; 1 berries}, 1 roll of ribbon, 1 wreath and hot glue:

So the first thing I did was remove all the leaves and berries from the picks.  The plastic stem pieces can just be thrown away {or maybe you are super creative and you have a great idea on what to do with them???}

I was surprised at the amount of leaves on the pick and when I started laying them out I could see what I wanted it to look like…eventually.  I glued all the leaves down.  I put a fair amount of hot glue on each stem and shoved it into the wreath wherever I wanted to put it.  These leaves are great because they give a lot of dimension to the wreath.  I already love it!

Next come the berries.  I did the same thing with the berries gluing them into place, nestled prettily inside the leaves.  Check out this fantastic shot I got trying to show where I was applying the glue… {insert sarcasm here!}

Berries and leaves are happily glued to the wreath at this point and I am happy too!

Now for the bow!  I am in no way a bow-making expert, this being my first one and all 🙂  Let me try to explain what I did.  I folded the ribbon back and forth, back and forth, leaving enough ribbon on each end for a tail.

I pinched the center together and then, failing to locate my floral wire that I bought ages ago for who knows what reason, I used a pipe cleaner {hey – I have kids!} to twist around the center of the ribbon to keep it in place. Don’t worry!  I used a white one and then wrapped one end of the ribbon around the center to cover it up and make the bow look all nice and pretty.  The ribbon I used was wire-edged which made it relatively painless to fluff it up and twist and turn the loops to fill up the space.  I really love the gold trim on the ribbon – it reflects light beautifully up on my mantel.

I had a few sprigs of berries left over so I glued them to the center and then of course realized that all that work I did covering up my white pipe cleaner just went to waste.  Oh well!  I’m learning 🙂

And that was that!

Here she sits on my mantel looking so beautiful with lots more goodies from Dollar Tree!

Here’s a few up-close-and-personal shots:

The good news?  Anyone can make this!  This was my very first wreath and I whipped this out in about 10 minutes {plus another 5 pulling off all those pesky glue strings…} and it was so inexpensive!  Perfect for a mantel, shelf, desk, or any other area that could use a little Fall decor.  I just love it!