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The paper plate wreath has probably been around just about as long as the paper plate itself, but what Christmas craft season would be complete if we didn’t do at least one paper plate wreath?
So here are a couple of ideas you might like to try this year!
Tissue Paper Plate Wreath
What You’ll Need:
- Cheap Paper Plate
- Green Tissue Paper
- Red Tissue Paper
- A Piece of Ribbon or String For Hanging
- Scissors
- Hole Punch
- White Glue
What To Do:
1. Cut a hole in the center of the paper plate so that you have a ring that is about three inches wide.
2. Cut your tissue paper (or tear it for a different effect) into 2 inch squares.
3. Crumple each square up slightly and glue the center onto the plate. Fill the plate in with the green pieces, then go back and add red pieces randomly to make berries.
4. Punch a hole in the top and thread the ribbon through to hang the wreath. You can embellish this project with a bow, glitter, etc. You make this craft as fancy or as easy as you want and it’s suitable for kids of all ages!
Variation on the Tissue Paper Wreath
The tissue paper Christmas wreath above probably won’t work well with the youngest kids, but there is a variation that seems to work much better.
All you have to do is leave the tissue paper flat and glue the squares onto the paper plate, rather than crunching them up. The project will go much faster this way and younger kids understand what they’re supposed to do better when you do it this way.
Plus it still makes a pretty wreath.
Evergreen Paper Plate Wreath
What You’ll Need:
- Cheap Paper Plate
- Cheap Evergreen Garland (Dollar Store Type)
- Red Pom Poms
- Glue (Hot glue or white glue)
- Stapler
- Ribbon
What To Do:
1. Cut a hole in the center of the paper plate so that you have a ring that is about three inches wide.
2. Cut a piece of the garland that’s long enough to go all the way around the surface of the paper plate… probably about 18-24 inches depending on the size of the plate.
3. Staple the garland to the plate, making sure the place the staples on the center cord of the garland. You’ll need to staple it every four inches or so all the way around the wreath, then fluff it up so that you can’t see the staples.
4. Glue red pom poms onto the wreath using either white glue or hot glue (adults only).
5. Tie a ribbon into a bow and glue it onto the wreath.
6. If you want to hang your wreath, punch a hole in the top and use a string or simply tie a string around the wreath.
This is the wreath pictured and would work well for older kids, scouts, etc. If you don’t want to use staples, you could always hot glue the garland onto the paper plate, but most kids shouldn’t use a hot glue gun on their own.
I hope you enjoy the wreaths!
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