Fall is fast approaching! I love this time of year. Everyone is back into their school and work routines after the summer. Yet the hustle and bustle of the holidays has not yet arrived. I love that the weather is starting to cool off, well in some parts of the world it is. I made this super cute wreath for $0.
Yep!
I was so excited that it turned out so cute. There are only a few supplies that you need and all of which I already had on hand.
SUPPLIES:
-News Papers
-Card Board Box
-Flat Paint
-Hot Glue Gun
– X-ACTO Knife
To start off you will need a box that is as big as the size you want your wreath base to be. I think mine ended up being about 2 feet across. For the outer circle I used my basket as a guide to draw my circle.
The inner circle I just eye balled and free handed it. If yours ends up not being perfect like mine, it’s ok,
it will still work out. I used an X-Acto knife to cut around the lines. Once I had my frame all done it was time to make the leaves.
I happen to be a part-time couponer and so I have A LOT of news papers laying around. If you don’t get the paper, chances are, one of your neighbors does. Try going outside early on a Sunday morning and look down the street to see who has a newspaper sitting in their driveway. Ask them if you can have it when they are done reading it.
In order to make the process of cutting out the leaves faster, I only used the fold of the paper. Below is a picture of what I mean. I kept the original fold of the news paper and just cut out a half tear drop shape, once opened it looked like a leaf. You can totally customize how big or small you want the leaves to be. My leaves are about 4.0 inches long and 4.5 inches tall. I was able to cut out 4 leaves from each fold.
I really like the look of just plain newspaper but I ended up deciding to paint the leaves. I had some left over paint samples from when we painted the inside of our house. I grabbed one of those and added about 1/2 cup water to 2 tablespoons paint.
I basically wanted to make a white wash.
This is the same process that I used when I made my DIY Barn Wood. The white wash made it so that I can still see some of the words on the newspaper. It worked very well. Once they were all dry I gathered them up. As I picked up each one I gently crumpled it into my hand to give the paper some dimension.
Next I needed to decide how to arrange them on the wreath. I ended up grouping three together like the picture below. Once I made all of the leaf groups it was time to assemble.
I laid them all out on the wreath and used my double sided tape to attach them to the card board. I overlapped each leaf group about half way. I really love how this turned out!
It matches my DIY barn wood picture frame so nicely and it just has a fun fall feel. Plus the thing was FREE to make, a total bonus!!! What do you think of this FREE fall wreath? I would love to chat with you on Instagram, Facebook or the comments section below. Thanks for stopping by!
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This is adorable! My kids would love to help me make this. Pinned for this weekend…
Thanks Meredith!! This really is a great craft and super easy, kids could totally make one!
I LOVE this! So cute and so simple! And, I really loooooove free. 🙂 Great job! Sharing and pinning 🙂
Thanks Amanda, free is pretty awesome! It was actually a fun craft to make too, took me less than an hour.
Hi Shonee! What a creative idea! And a great upcycle as well! Thanks for sharing! Blessings from Bama!
Thanks Felecia! I always love a good upcycle. I have been tying to come up with a way to use all those newspapers. I still have A TON more so maybe I will come up with another way to use some more of them.
I love the way it turned out! And you definitely can't beat that it was FREE 🙂
I know right, FREE is pretty awesome! This is actually the first craft that I have done that did not require at least one item from the store, I was pretty excited and a little proud of myself 🙂
OMG! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the frame & wood plank backing your chose for this wreath. Such a beautiful combination!
Wow thanks Audra!!
This is so great! I love the mixed media and all the textures. Pinnng!
Thank you so much Kelly!!
At first I thought these were real leaves. So creative and I love that you recycled:-)
Thanks Erlene!! I had someone else tell me that they thought they were real leaves and they were looking at the real thing sitting in my house!! I am really not that big into recycling ( I wish I did more) but I was really really glad to be able to use up some of my newspapers.
Beautiful!
Thank you so much!!!
I love the way it looks on the wood, such a fun idea! 🙂
Thanks Diana!! I really like how the wreath looks against the wood too. I am totally loving that barn wood. I just might leave it on my mantle forever!
This is so great! I love it! I'm pinning and planning on doing this. Even if I have to "borrow" my sister's newspaper!
Hahaha! Hey that is awesome if you really make it!! Let me know when its done so I can share it!! Thanks for pinning 🙂
Such a cool wreath! Thanks for linking up at Your Designs This Time!
Erin & Emily
Thanks guys!
That is really super-cute! Thanks so much for sharing!
Thanks for stopping by Carol, glad you like it!!
This is awesome! You did a great job and it looks beautiful! =)
Thanks Jessica! Glad you like it, I think it turned out good.
You can't beat free. And what's even better is that it's free AND pretty! I will be featuring this on the Merry Monday Link Party Sunday night at 8 CST! Thanks for linking up with us!
Thanks Amanda! I like free and pretty too! Love Merry Monday Link party, thank you so so much for featuring my wreath!
This is beautiful – and I adore the backing you hung it on!
Thanks Carrie! I love my DIY barn wood too! I am having a hard time changing it out with the changes of the seasons. Who knows I just might do light blue colors for Christmas so I can keep it up there longer!
Haha, Amanda beat me to it! I wanted to feature this too at Merry Monday. Oh well, double feature then because this is so beautiful!
Haha thanks Rachel!! Love Merry Monday link party!
Love this wreath decor! Great job reusing the newspaper and the leftover paint! So pretty! Thanks for sharing at my Creative Ways Link Party. Hope you'll be back again this week with more awesomeness!
Blessings,
Nici
Thanks Nici!! I have so many newspapers laying around. I have been trying to figure out a way to use some of them up!
This looks so good! Beautiful. Pinned. We had so much fun partying with you at our last party. We hope to see you tonight’s party at 7 pm. We love to see what you have been working on! http://loulougirls.blogspot.com/
Happy Monday! Lou Lou Girls
Thanks Kimberly! Love your party each week!
How thrifty and creative. Looks great!!
Thanks so much for linking up at Teach Me Tuesday last week. You are very much appreciated. Hope to see you again this week. Starts tonight at 8PM CST.
Have a great week!!
Thanks Bobbi!! Love your party!
Love this! I'm featuring you today at Mabey She Made It.
Thanks you so much!! Love your blog and your party!!
This is darling!! I'd love to have you link this at Found & Foraged too….wink wink, nudge nudge! 🙂 xo!
I love the wreath! When I clicked on it I didn’t expect to find the leaves made from paper. Great idea and very unique!
Thanks Virginia! I am glad that the leaves look better than just paper! It is a fun easy project for sure!
Very clever. I love reusing items in a new way and free is just an extra bonus!
Thanks Mary! I love to reuse stuff too. Free is defiantly a plus.
I love this! Such a good idea to cut your own wreath base!
Thanks Kate! The wreath base idea came because I wanted the wreath to be bigger than any base I could find. I figured that since the wreath would only be made out of paper that it could withstand the weight.
Sooo pretty and love your creativity!! 🙂
Thanks! This one was simple for sure. I think that it is difficult to tell that it is made out of paper, which I like!
What a beautiful wreath! I love the picture frame behind it too.
This is really cute! I love how you used newspaper to make the leaves.
Thanks Lauren! It sort is a surprise to see that its made out of newspaper. I love it!
This is so cute! Not what I expected when I clicked on the link! I am going to pin this and give it a whirl sometime. (Found this over at Savvy Southern Style)
Thank Brooke! It was super easy. I love that people can’t tell that it is made out of newspaper.
That is beautiful!! What a great way to use what you already have! Thank you for sharing with us at the #HomeMattersParty
Wow! I love that you used stuff you already had! Those are my favorite kinds of crafts! Thanks for linking up at the Creative Exchange.
This is so CUTE!! I love the newspaper leaves. This is going on my to do list 🙂 Pinning and sharing!
How sweet! I have fallen in love with it!!! I’m an avid DIYer and always try to be busy with some new projects. Was searching for a unique idea to start. The Wreath made me stop and crazy to make it asap! In a hurry to start. Wish me good luck, Shonee! 🙂
It was an exciting project to do with my kids, thanks for nice idea.
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