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DIY Let It Snow Wreath For The Whole Winter Season

Don't let the timing of this project shy you away.
You will be spray painting a few items and you need to allow them to dry.
It is not ACTiVE time, it is the drying time that is listed.
Prep Time10 minutes
Active Time30 minutes
Additional Time6 hours
Total Time6 hours 40 minutes
Yield: 1 Winter Wreath 15"

Materials

  • Glue Gun & Glue
  • Wreath Frame dollar stores ($1)
  • Leftover Garland or pieces of swag
  • Wooden Sign 'Let It Snow' from a dollar store $
  • Styrofoam pieces from shipped packages is what I used
  • Vase Filler from the previous project but also available at the dollar stores
  • Pink Spray Paint or any color, blue, purple, etc
  • One Pizza Pan dollar store or one you don't use ($1)
  • Pieces of metallic ribbon or bow you have
  • Sprigs from old wreaths or previous projects that sparkle
  • **Optional** Matte Clear spray paint

Instructions

  • First, spray paint your pizza sheet black.
    painting pizza tin
  • Then Paint the Let It Snow Sign in Pink.
  • Allow them both to dry before attempting to handle.
  • For the Let It Snow In Pink, I marbled it with some Metallic exterior paint as well about 2 hours after painting it pink to have it shimmer more like the snow.
  • Allow this to dry several hours and follow with clear matte spray if you are choosing to add clear spray.
  • Otherwise, allow the painted pan to set up to 24 hours before handling.
  • Gather your supplies so they all are within reach of you and your glue gun.
  • Invert the pan and place it inside the wreath frame.
    Pan from painted to inset into wreath frame
  • The Wreath frame will be right side up, and the pizza pan will be inverted with the painted side LOOKING at you.
  • See the video and images in the post to understand.
  • Now glue the pan to the wreath frame.
  • Next, it is time to add the garland or swags to the exterior of the frame.
  • Wrap one layer on the outermost part of the frame, using the frame as your guide for wrapping.
  • Along the way, twist it between the frame and the exterior (refer to images) and also add a few dabs of hot glue to make sure it is secure.
  • Use more of the garland on the interior to trim and hide the frame.
  • Before installing the Let It Snow sign in the middle of the pan, do a test run for placement.
  • Once you are satisfied, glue the back of the sign and then place it CENTERED ON THE PAN.
    Let It Snow On Pan
  • Next, I added some glitter sprigs I had, hot gluing them for a pop of glistening silver.
  • Because it might look sparse depending on the garland you used you can either add more garland or swags or just add these sprigs.
  • Then I took these little styrofoam balls and lightly covered them with hot glue (on low) then dipped them into a cup that had vase filler glitter balls to make it look like glistening snow.
    styrofoam to glitter filled
  • After I then glued those onto the wreath and the Let It Snow Sign.
    Styro balls in bag
  • On the Let It Snow sign, I attached one ball to dot on the letter 'i" & on in the middle of the snowflake.
  • Then, take some metallic bow in about 3" pieces by 2"W and scrunch them, using them as fill-in different areas around the wreath for color pops and to tie in the pink Let It Snow Sign.
    snowflake with baubles and bows tucked on
  • Last I added Twine on the back as a means to hang and disguised it with a pink pearl-like necklace crafting item I had left from making a Hot Air Balloon.
    complete Let It Snow Wreath with Pink Holder
  • Using a wreath hanger, hang on a door and ENJOY ~ Dana XO

Notes

To hang you could use sparkle pipe cleaners, or leave the twine as it.
You could even use ribbon (stronger than party ties, but like metallic with a wire in it)
Do try to coordinate the Let it Snow Sign with the ribbon to pull it altogether