Saturday, August 27, 2011

So easy a monkey could do it...

No offense to monkeys of course. This is an UBER easy project. The idea came while flipping through some magazines and trying to find a new hanging for the front door that would cover both Fall and Halloween. Here it is:

Materials: 1 small grapevine wreath ($2 Pat Catan's)
2 stems of berry beads ($2 JoAnn Fabrics)
1 stem of fall leaves ($1 at Dollar Store)
1 pkg of 2" bells ($2.10 at Pat Catan's)
thin green wire (on hand)
orange spray paint (on hand)
Sharpie
sharp scissors

First I sprayed the bells orange like pumpkins and used a Sharpie to make faces once dry. Since the berry beads come in bunches and already on wire, I wired them individually around the stems on the wreath. I attached the pumpkins with thin green floral wire and then tucked the leaves into the wreath. Voile! No gluing. No sewing. All done! The best part is you can undo all the wires and re-use the wreath for other seasons using the same general idea. YEA!! Love being frugal :)
Jingling Jack-o-lanterns

1 comment:

Quirky Homemaker said...

So cute, Kerri! I love that you can take the things off and re-use it! And what a cute idea to use the bells for pumpkins!