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Star Spangled Wreath a 4th of July Craft

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As our week of 4th of July crafts continues, I’m back with another craft and decorating idea for you. Today’s idea is for a star spangled wreath…perfect for the 4th of July.
4th of July Craft
Of course, I have a tutorial to show you how to make your own 4th of July wreath. Ready to get started?4th of July Craft - WreathSupplies:

  • Wreath Form
  • Yarn (3 colors blue, red, and white)
  • Felt (3 colors blue, red, and white)
  • Embroidery thread (Red, white and blue)
  • Silver pipe cleaners
  • Stuffing(Polyfill or whatever brand you like)
  • Fabric Glue
  • Silver Pipe Cleaners
  • Ribbon (You won’t need nearly as much as is pictured. I was thinking of using much more ribbon in a different way, but I went in a different direction as I made the wreath)
Start by wrapping your wreath form in yarn. You can go with a solid color or a pattern like I did. If you do a pattern as I did. I found it easiest to keep the blue yarn going versus tying it off each time I added one of the stripes. For example, if I was wrapping white yarn I would wrap the blue around the white in the back of the wreath form and leave it behind the white yarn as I wrapped. Then once the white yarn was tied off, the blue yarn was ready to continue being wrapped.
 
After you have wrapped your wreath form, you will want to make the felt stars for your wreath.
4th of July Craft - Wreath
  1. Use your fabric glue to adhere the silver pipe cleaner to the felt star. Give it plenty of time to completely dry.
  2. Knot your embroidery thread and pull it through the bottom star so that the knot will be well hidden.
  3. Match up the top star and start stitching around the edge of your star. I found it best to start to the right of the pipe cleaner and make sure I had a stitch that went directly over the stem to make it additionally secure.
  4. Continue stitching around your star.

 

4th of July Craft - Wreath
 
  1. Once you get to about 2/3 of the way around the star, add a small amount of your filling.
  2. Continue sewing until you have reached your starting point. After your final stitch, go from the top to the bottom, come back up through your star near a stitch, but do not go through the top.
  3. Using your needle, wrap around the stitch and make a knot by pulling your needle through the loop. Pull this tight right up to the stitch.
  4. To make your knot more secure, double knot it. Then clip right next to the knot. Use your needle to push the knot up into the star where it will not be visible.
4th of July Craft - Wreath
One cute little star, ready for your wreath. Make as many of these as you would like, varying the sizes and colors for additional interest. I made 3 white, 2 red and 2 blue in 3 or 4 different sizes(I used my Cricut to cut out templates because I am bad at free handing). I used red, white and blue embroidery thread and varied those for each star.
4th of July Wreath
Originally, I was going to hang the stars off the bottom of the wreath as I did with my Valentine wreath or my Easter/Spring Wreath, but I had extra silver pipe cleaner after making my latest family fun game (Throw the Burger on the Grill) and got the idea of trying to make the stars more three dimensional. Almost as though they were fireworks shooting off in the night. I thought the silver pipe cleaners would work well to affix the stars to the wreath and add a little sparkle.
 
4th of July Craft - Wreath
The back of the wreath looks like a hot mess…but no one will see it (except all of you reading this…oops). Once you get the star where you want it on the wreath, wrap your pipe cleaner around the wreath form. Start with your pipe cleaner behind the wreath form and wrap it under, around the front, and to the back again. Then slip it under and around the stem on the back of the wreath form to twist it together and hold the star in place. At this point, if you want the back of your wreath neatened up a bit, you could trip the stems down, but as the back really won’t be seen, it isn’t necessary.
 
4th of July Wreath
Initially, I was just going to hang the wreath with no ribbon as I wasn’t sure if the ribbon would be adding too much with the pattern of the yarn and the stars.
 
I ended up trying the ribbon. I think it looks cute and adds some more fun to the wreath. I also think it could look really cute with the ribbon I used on the tops of the 4th of July Apothecary jars. Hmmm…might end up trying that, too.

 

4th of July Wreath
One Fourth of July wreath all done and festive on my wall. I only wish I have paid more attention when I put the star on the wreath. They were meant to be centered in the space between the stripes. Oh well, right? I still think it looks cute and festive and it brightens up the wall in my kitchen.
 
Just in case you missed our other 4th of July crafts this week, I also showed you how to make Patriotic glitter stars and how I filled my Apothecary Jars for the 4th.
 
How do you like to decorate for 4th of July? Do you do a lot of decorating?
 

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  9. Allie Gower says

    Super cute! I love the idea of using those sparkly pipe cleaners, so much cuter than wire! Yet another project I just really wanna try.
    Thank you for sharing!

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