A DIY Flower Wreath is just want the doctor ordered to make your home just a little more cheery. It’s easy, fun, and a great way to get creative with your kiddos. But this time we are going to find a way to make our own flowers!
Finding ways to make something out of nothing is the new way of crafting in 2020… #covidcrafts. At our house we have loved finding ways to use things around our house to get creative with, and I’m loving seeing what the kiddos brains come up with!
We were inspired to get creative when we read the cute kids book “Something from Nothing” by Phoebe Gilman. It’s a super cute book that inspires creativity by sewing the same piece of fabric, over and over again, into different things! Totally my crafting jam!!
So after reading this book and with our DIY Flower Wreath on the brain, I let the kids decide what they wanted to get creative with, and after rummaging through the recycling bin they decided they wanted to make flowers out of a cardboard egg carton! So… Lets get to it!
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MATERIALS NEEDED:
EGG CARTON FLOWERS:
- Large Cardboard Egg Carton (we got ours from Costco)
- Scissors
- Paint in beautiful flower colors (Dollar Store Paint)
- Paint Brushes
FLOWER WREATH:
- Wreath Form (found at the Dollar Tree)
- Preserved Moss
- Hot Glue & Hot Glue Gun (I highly recommend the Gorilla Glue sticks!! The glue is so much stronger than any other hot glue I have tried)
- Egg Carton FLOWERS!!!
METHOD TO MAKE A DIY FLOWER WREATH:
STEP 1: Cut your cardboard egg carton into little flowers. Cut each individual egg container slot out. Then use the center bottom of each individual egg slot as the center of the flower, and the sides of each egg slot as the petals of the flowers. You can get creative with the shape of your petals, or even layer a couple of them to create flowers with more petals!
STEP 2: Get your kiddos to paint them all the colors of the rainbow, or HINT: give them colors that look good when mixed together, otherwise your beautiful cardboard egg carton flowers could turn out all brown…
STEP 3: Hot Glue all of your super cute egg carton flowers onto a wreath form. We mixed in some dried reindeer moss too, to give the DIY Flower Wreath a little bit of a fresh green spring vibe.
And there you have your very own something out of nothing, cardboard egg carton, DIY flower wreath that is perfect to decorate your front door with. It’s also perfect as Spring home decor, or even a fun decoration for Mother’s Day! I love kids crafts that you can actually enjoy in your space as home decor. Winning!
I hope you feel inspired to create your own DIY Flower Wreath. What else could you make some flowers out of? Or what else could you turn an egg carton into? Corbin says “A VILLAGE!!” LOL… I’d love to hear your creative ideas!
Until next time, enjoy finding ways to create something from nothing, and have fun creating beautiful things everyday!
XO JCL
