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A Patriotic Fourth Of July Wreath
By Abigail Beal
Celebrate the Nation’s
birthday by hanging the flag outside of your home, and create
a special wreath for your door. This is an easy craft that you
can complete in an afternoon – and it can be a good craft
for children (supervision with the glue gun may be necessary).
You will need:
- a wreath - grapevine or other
style of your choice
- 9 wooden stars
- red, white and blue acrylic
paint
- red, white and blue ribbon
– about 2 inches wide and at least 3 yards of each color
- red, white and blue paint
pens (optional)
- paintbrush
- a glue gun with glue sticks
- small American flag
Begin by painting your wooden
stars. Paint 3 wooden stars red, 3 blue and 3 white. Allow these
to dry.
You will braid your red, white
and blue ribbon through the wreath and then tie it with a bow
at the bottom. Braid all of the colors through the wreath and
then tie the bow using all three of the colors.
Now arrange your stars on your
wreath. Glue three stars at the top, close together. The others
glue at about the four o’clock and eight o’clock space
on your wreath. Space the stars to your liking. You may also
want to arrange them so that the stars are glued in order –
so that each bunch begins with the red star, has the white star
in the middle and ends with the blue star. Or you may want it
to be more casual, its up to you. It is fine to glue the stars
to ribbon if that is the best placement, just be sure to add
extra glue and glue the star also to the wreath to be sure that
the star stays firm on the wreath.
With your paint pens –
you will write “God Bless America” on the top stars.
Use the white pen on the red star, the blue pen on the white
star and the red pen on the blue star. Allow the words to dry
before you hang the wreath.
Hang the American flag so that
it hangs in the center of your wreath. Glue the stem of the American
flag so that it stays, probably you will glue it to the side
of the wreath.
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About The Author
Abigail Beal a.k.a. “the
Gift-wrap Goddess” teaches gift wrap in suburban New York.
She is the author of 2 ezines: GiftWrapGoddessWraps and CreativeCraftsTeachers.
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Source: ArticleCity.com |
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ARTICLE POSTED
NOVEMBER 30, 2005 |
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