Friday, February 8, 2013
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.
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