Finished wreath

I’ve been saving all the free CD’s that come in the mail for a few years and have ended up with a big box.

As I was trying to clean out and get rid of stuff not being used I decided to make something out of the CD’s.  Now it is turning into a class project.

Spring is coming so I decided to make a wreath for my front door.  This ended up being a very inexpensive project.

Start by cutting a circle out of poster board to give stability to the CD’s. I used a salad plate for the center opening.  Trace around the plate and then trace another circle about 1 1/2” wider.  Cut out.

Now get out your glue gun.

Depending on how big your circle is, start gluing CD’s on the ring.  I had 7 on the first row.  Glue with the shiny unprinted side facing up.

Glue the second row on top of the first spacing between the first row.

If you want a larger wreath add a third row in the same way.

Now the fun part.

I purchased several types of flowers at the Dollar store.  Cut the flowers off so they are fairly flat on the bottom. Glue a flower in the center of each CD.  leaves can then be glued to fill bare spots.  I also was able to purchase a few sprigs of Baby Breath and these are pretty to be scattered among the larger flowers.

Glue a pretty stone or pearl in the center of the flowers.

I also found two crystal Humming birds and a plastic butterfly that I added to the wreath.

One of my students suggested spraying the wreath with glitter spray to make it glisten.  This  would be nice but I decided to leave it a more natural look.