I made another craft. Well, specifically, I made two crafts. I really enjoyed making the felt Jack O’Lantern last week, so I decided to continue on my self-imposed weekly Halloween challenge. I have a ton of things on my Pinterest boards, but I have tried to come up with a few new things. Which is hard, because Pinterest has all of the things. But whatever, I am trying, right? Right. And I’m having fun!
I know, I don’t even recognize myself.
My Halloween door wreath last year was pathetic, so I decided to make a new one. Actually, I decided to make two new ones because I have double front doors. I walked around the fabric store again, and got inspired when I came across the feather boas.
I grabbed two six-foot feather boas, a nine-inch styrofoam wreath, some straight-pins, and some “creepy” accessories to attach to the wreath. When I was buying the stuff, I wasn’t sure if I would go with the bloodshot styrofoam eyes or the glow-in-the-dark bats.
I started by pinning one end of the boa to the styrofoam, and then I started wrapping it. I quickly discovered that if I wrapped it too tightly, I wouldn’t have enough feather boas to cover the entire thing.
Each boa should cover half of the wreath. When I reached the end of the first boa I pinned the end, then started wrapping the second boa. When you’re done, fluff the feathers to cover any bald spots.
I decided to go with the styrofoam eyes to dress-up the wreath. I used the straight-pins to attach them directly.
I played around with the placement and finally settled on this:
Annie said, “Mama! That fluffy thing is looking at me!”
For the other wreath…I really like how it turned out. But because I am a dummy, I made a mess.
I found these 9×12 inch pieces of craft fur that I thought were interesting. I grabbed two of those, another nine-inch styrofoam wreath, and my straight-pins.
First, I cut the fur in half, length-wise. Then I cut each half into four-inch pieces. THIS IS WHERE I MADE A MESS.
Do you see how I parted the fur there? That is what I SHOULD have done to start with. Instead, I cut the first few pieces of the fur willy-nilly, releasing thoooooousands of tiny strands of fake fur all over the place. Then I had to vacuum my house and myself.
Mike thought this was hilarious.
Anyway. Then I started pinning the fur to the wreath.
I overlapped each piece, making sure the fur was “flowing” in the same direction so it would cover up the gaps.
When I was done, the back of the wreath looked like this:
Then I took plastic spiders and nestled them into the fur (see what I mean about the fur going in the same direction?).
Even touching fake spiders gives me the willies.
Annie said, “Mama, look! Spiders! EWWW!”
I like how the two wreaths look next to each other:
I hung the wreaths on a long nail, but you could also use fishing wire if need be.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to vacuum myself again. I can still feel that fake fur all over me.
cj says:
those.are.AWESOME!
Heather says:
What an awesome idea, it think I need to run out to the store today for a hallowe’en craft for rainy day today.
Sue says:
Those are really great, Heather!!!
Savannah says:
Awesomely creative, unique and fun!
Antonia says:
Wow! They are both terrific, but I particularly like the first one. It’s simple but stunning.
Shannon says:
Eye like the black one best! But they are both so cute!!
Another Mama says:
Super cute and fun! You better pin that sh*t! : )
Shanna says:
COOL!
Desera says:
Wow! you ARE really crafty! Love these!
Jen says:
Those are awesome! Nice job!
Stefanie says:
CUTE! I had an unfortunate glitter incident the other day and I’m still finding that crap everywhere. All over. I found a piece in my belly button last night when I took a bubble bath and I still catch a hint of it in the corner of my eye every so often.
Melli says:
Cute
KarenM says:
I don’t get too much into decorating for Halloween, but the wreaths you made are soooo simple and not overdone I might have to add them to my decoration scheme. Very classic. I can’t decide which one I like better….I think the one with the spiders. Although working with the fake fur would drive me up the wall too!
Heather says:
Well, the good news is that once I figured out that “parting and cutting” trick, the fur was quite delightful. Heh.
Lamb says:
These are awesome! I would never have thought of one of these, let alone two.
Daisy says:
Love these! They turned out great. I thought I was the only one that has had to vaccuum myself….also, if you are ever making another wreath and you are worried about bare spots peeking through, you can start by wrapping the foam core with coordinating ribbon so it doesn’t show as much!
Amy says:
Wow. Those are awesome!
Kelly says:
Very cute! I like both of them!
Gretta says:
I tried to make the jack o lantern but would you believe the fabric store had NO ORANGE FELT?
Heather says:
NO!!! That is crazy!!!
Katie says:
Ahhhh! So cute!!!
Amber says:
LOVE THESE!!! I wish I could have a wreath on my door, but I live in a multi-unit building … they just told us to throw out all of our welcome mats because they violate fire code. Sigh.
Skye says:
I love these! Maybe I will make one this week. I keep telling myself I have tons of time to decorate before Halloween, but having the decorations up for all of October is one of the most fun parts of fall! Sigh…
Kerstin Pepper says:
That’s brilliant – you put me to shame, Supermom!! I particularly love how your door’s peep-hole is in the middle of all those eyes. This is our first American Halloween, so I think I’m going to have to shoot on over to Michaels first thing, now that you’ve inspired me so!
Jennifer says:
Ok. Those are both gross. Which I realize is what you were going for. Success!! lol
Amanda says:
O man, I love those wreaths!!
Laura says:
Those look great!