Star Power!

Star Power Wreath!

God Bless America! Even though the 4th of July is over for this year, there's no reason why you can't still rock the Americana decor! These also happen to be my school colors! GO SCREAMIN' EAGLES!

All of the materials I used were recycled. You will need the following:

1. 3+ cereal boxes- you can usually cut two stars out per box.
2. Pizza box
3. hot glue gun
4. spray paint
5. ribbon

Unfold the card board cereal boxes then trace a star with a permanent marker on the colorful side of the box. If you don't feel comfortable free handing a star you can look for a star shape in Microsoft Word Clip Art, print out the shape, cut it out and trace it. I liked to free hand the stars so they were all unique. It gave it a country chic feel to the wreath.

I used three different boxes and ended up with 6 stars. With each box I made various sizes of star shapes to give the wreath an interesting look.

Okay so you should have your 6-8 stars. To give them the 3-D effect you will need to score the points with the edge of your scissors. BE CAREFUL!! Make sure to not only score the points but the inverted points as well on the inside of the stars.

Then I took the stars outside and spray painted them RED, WHITE, AND BLUE!

While you're waiting for the stars to dry outside you can cut a circle wreath shape out of the pizza box. I just traced a circular shape with a permanent marker and cut it out with scissors. It doesn't have to be perfect because the stars will cover up the shape.

Once the stars are dry bring them inside and arrange them on the wreath the way you want them to look. Plug in your hot glue gun and make sure you have an extra glue stick. I put the glue on the back side of the stars where they touched the wreath. You will need to overlap and layer the stars.

Cut a ribbon to a desired length. I cut mine about 6 inches. Put a quarter size of glue on the back of the wreath and loop your ribbon with the two ends touching the glue then add another quarter size on top of the ribbon so that it is secure. Let the glue dry and you're done!!!

It looks so cute!! When my bf got home he thought is was a metal wreath. Little do the neighbors know i spent $0 on this project :)