$3 Thursday – Faux Feather Halloween wreath

I took a trip to the Dollar Store this week to check out their Halloween items.  I have seen lots of thrifty ideas and wanted to get some supplies to make a wreath.

I knew I wanted to make a black wreath if I could similar to the white bag wreath I made here.

I found a wreath, a black table cloth, a glittered skull and some smaller plastic skulls.

 

I had thought of spray painting the wreath black but I didn’t have any on hand so I cut a long strip of the table cloth and started wrapping.

I didn’t glue the end of the strip, I just made sure to wrap over it.

Once the wreath was all wrapped I cut it off leaving a few inches.

I cut a strip about 12” long and tied it over the end of the strip to secure it.

Then I cut the rest of the tablecloth into strips about 2 1/2” x 13” and started tying them on.

I just kept tying trying to tie one towards the inside of the wreath and the other a bit towards the outside.  This gave me a full look like I wanted.  I kept tying until I used up most of the tablecloth.
Then I tied a knot in a strip to make my hanger.

I attached this by tying another strip through this.

I wanted to attach the glittered skull to the wreath so I got some wire and poked a hole in the back of the skull with a pen I had laying around.  I’m sure there is something better than a pen to do this but I used what I had. 

Then I cut the wire to about 12” and ran it through the hole in the skull and attached to the wreath.

I took a step back and looked for spots in the wreath that needed a few more strip and used up the rest of the tablecloth strips I had.

Here it is on my front door.

A close up of the skull.

Here it is outside on my wreath holder.

It really isn’t all the deep of a wreath even with the skull.

It reminds me of a feathered wreath I saw in the craft store and drooled over, until of course I saw the price.   At half off it was still $30.  That is a lot more than my budget can handle for a seasonal wreath. 

I think I need to wait until October 1st to hang it up for good.

Total cost:  $3
Dollar store supplies: 
Wreath  $1
Tablecloth  $1
Glitter skull  $1
I did use a piece of wire I had in my supplies but that was it from my supplies.

I decided not to use the smaller skulls I bought on the wreath.   I think I’ll display them in a glass jar.
If I made a second wreath I might do a couple things different – I would either get a slightly smaller wreath or pick up a second tablecloth to make the wreath just a bit fuller.
Please let me know if you make one.  I would love to see what you make.

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