Summer Wreath

Saw a tutorial for a wreath from the how to mom for the 15 minute, 15 dollar wreath on pinterest and was inspired to make a summer wreath for my pantry door.

All supplies for the wreath are from Hobby Lobby, except for the ribbon which is from Michael's.

One of those projects that actually turned out how I imagined it!

Had fun making it with my sweet K* while brother and dad were gone.

Adding the yellow flowers made mine more than $15, but I just love them. I cut the yellow flowers off the flower bunch and added them to the wreath individually.  I didn't add in any of the excess greenery on mine after going around the grapevine wreath once.  The ribbon is 1 1/2 inches, so I made a double bow to give it more width.

Makes me smile every time I walk by the pantry door.

String Art

For a fun, crafty project today I helped the kids make some simple string art.  We actually made string art hearts at activity days yesterday as a present the girls can give their fathers on Father's Day.  The other leader did all the planning and supply gathering for this one.  So I just basically showed up, helped out and went home with some of the leftovers.  How easy for me.  Anyway, the kids had a great time.  We dashed outside to snap a few shots right as it started raining.  Yay for rain!

 

 

We used foam boards instead of wood to make things easier at activity days.  That way you can just push the nails in instead of using a hammer.  The thread is varigated to give it some visual interest.  For activity days, ribbon was hot glued around the edges to give it a more finished look.

Some ideas from pinterest found here, here and here.

There are lots of ideas for shapes, words, states and all sorts of string art on the internet.  Funny thing is earlier this year I saw a pin for string art words and I thought about making something and never did, maybe now I will, it's so fun.