Patriotic Flag Wreath
I used:
*plumbing foam tube
*6 red sheets of felt
*6 white sheets of felt
*4 blue sheets of felt
*scissors
*3 boxes of 100 pearl head pins (sewing section of Walmart)
*Sharpie, Highlighter, pencil, or pen (to curl wire)
*jewelry wire (silver)
Step 1: Create the wreath form by using plumbing foam tubing.
I bought a plumbing foam tube @ Lowe's for less than $2.00. Cut the tubing in half. You'll have enough for two separate wreaths. If you want your wreath to be 18" or 24", you can measure the tubing before cutting. I measured out 24" for mine and still had enough for a for two wreaths. Remove the vellum and carefully stick the piping together. Then, Duct tape the ends together.
Step 2: Cut the Felt
I found the felt sheets in the stationary/kid's craft section @ Walmart. They were only about $0.23 per sheet. If you can't find the sheets you can always use fabric from the bolt. I couldn't find blue felt sheets so I bought a half yard on the bolt @ Walmart. You'll only need about 1/4 a yard of the blue.
Cut the felt into 2" X 2" squares. This takes quite a bit of time. This is the most time consuming part. You may want to put on some music or the television to complete this part.
Step 3: Folding and pinning the squares onto the wreath
Fold each square in half (diagonal/triangular) and then in half again (diagonal/triangular). You can refer to the website above if you need pictures. Carefully hold the folded felt and pin it at the end. Connect four corners (of folded felt) together creating a "flower" with your felt. I made about two/three rows of each color. You can fill in as you see a need. I covered my pearl pinheads by tucking another piece of folded felt into a nook over top of the pins. I like the pearl head pins because if you do see them, they are pretty. Colored pin heads don't look as great.
Create the colors above by repeating this pattern until you have your desired amount of coverage. I took leftover colors and folded them into crevices.
Step 4: Curl wire on a Sharpie, highlighter, pen, or pencil
Once the wire is your desired length, stick it into the blue part of the wreath and adhere a white star to the middle of the wire. I printed off a star template and used it to trace and cut out tag board stars.
