Make a Dollar Store Fall Wreath

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 When I came home with a few bags of dollar store supplies for fall decorating, I didn’t have anything specific in mind. I mostly just laid it all out on the table and stared at it until I thought of a few things. This wreath was the first thing to come to mind. The packages of colorful autumn leaves were just begging me to put them into a wreath and hang them on my front door! This project took maybe 45 minutes total and was really very satisfying!

Supplies:

• old pizza board or cardboard cut into circle- on hand
• fall leaves- $1 for a package of 10 in one color/shape. (I used about half of each package from all 4 varieties)
• container filler- $1 (very little was used in this project)
• hot glue gun/glue sticks- on hand
• manilla folder or cardstock- on hand
• scrapbook paper- on hand
• optional: electronic cutting machine

I thought that was actually lovely on its own, but felt like it still needed something else. I decided to use my new cricut (hooray!!) to cut a large N (for our last name) out of cardstock and a piece of scrapbook paper that was similar in color to the “cranberry” container filler. I used a glue stick to adhere the two N’s together (for stability).

Next I glued the little cranberries down onto the N using my hot glue gun. If I was more of a craft perfectionist, I’d have chosen an N with all straight lines instead of curved corners to look a bit more crisp. I think it looks pretty great though, even slightly messy! The I put a bunch of hot glue on the back of the N and slapped it onto the wreath. I was worried that it wouldn’t be quite secure enough or that the little berries would fall off, but when I was hanging it the next morning I dropped it and it hit the ground pretty hard and was completely in tact!