Halloween wreath

Now that we have beautiful front doors I have been dreaming of ways to enhance them as the seasons change. One trend I have seen a lot around lately is the cupcake wreath. {Wouldn't it be amazing if it was an actual wreath made with real cupcakes?? Ok, moving on...}

Last week I went out to gather my "ingredients". I started at Target because I thought that I could find some cute items for cheap and then I headed over to Michael's to get the rest. I was surprised that Michael's had a big wall full of cupcake liners in all different patterns for only $1.99. I might have gotten liners to make Christmas and Valentine's day wreaths too!

I decided to make with a Halloween wreath and I started with:

8 inch foam wreath form (I would get a bigger one next time)

Orange ribbon to cover the form

about 125 cupcake liners

Step 1:

Cover the form with the ribbon. One roll of ribbon was perfect for covering it, I tacked it down in a few places with hot glue.

Step 2:

Fold up the liners so they look pretty on top. I did a few different ways of folding them (as you will see in the finished project below) and it really does make a difference in how it comes out. Play around with it, and see what works best for you.

Step 3:

Hot glue the liners to the covered form. I wasn't exactly sure how many liners I would need, so I did it in sections in case I had to intersperse different liners. {Here you can kind of see the different ways I folded the liners and how tightly they are put together}

Step 4:

Finish hot gluing the liners to the form. If you want, embellish with a "flower" (I chose an orange liner to make my flower for contrast). I added a little goblin eye to the center of my flower for a little whimsy.

Step 5:

Add a ribbon for hanging and enjoy!

This was such an easy, quick project to do! It only took about an hour start to finish. I didn't put any liners on the edges of the wreath, so the orange ribbon would show through, but if you wanted it more full it would be easy to do. I see many more of these in my future!

What is your favorite holiday project to work on?