A Purrrr... Fect Valentine's Day Wreath

by Tuula - Color Me Thrifty

We share our home and life with four feline friends who think they rescued us and allow us to live here.

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While they do bring us a lot of joy and unconditional love, they also are the reason that our recycle bin fills up rather quickly each week. All those cat food cans!

So I challenged myself to try to think of something to do with some of these cans.

We live in the country and our recycling is picked up every two weeks so we're in the habit of rinsing out the cans very well.

To use them in this project, after rinsing, I placed the cans in hot soapy water for awhile. Then I scrubbed them very well and removed the labels, making sure to wear rubber gloves so I wouldn't cut myself.

I used my glue gun to glue the cans together in a heart shape.

I couldn't decide whether to spray paint the wreath red or white. After much deliberation I spray painted both sides of the whole thing Krylon Ultra white. Before I painted I changed my mind and decided I wanted all the cans facing the same way.

I added small 4" dollar store paper doilies on top of each can with my glue gun. Somehow my pic for this disappeared, but you can get a glimpse here. Then I sat back and thought about what to do next.

Then (surprise, surprise) I changed my mind and decided I wanted the sides of the cans to be red, but I couldn't spray paint them now that the doilies were attached. Hmmmm.

So I scouted through my stash and found this red Christmas ribbon that I thrifted for $1. Luckily it was just the perfect width to fit the cans.

I attached the ribbon all the way around the outside of the wreath with my glue gun, following the contours of the cans.

Then I attached the ribbon all the way around the inside of the wreath the same way.

Here it is with with the ribbon all the way around.

Here's the front of the wreath.

Next I printed the word MEOW 3 times and cut out the letters with an exacto knife

I glued the letters on the doilies with spray adhesive. Then I printed out the words, cut them out in circles to fit inside the doilies, and glued them on the same way.

All you need is... meow!

All you need is... meow... meow!

Meow is all you need.

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Hannah V on Jan 27, 2016
You are seriously queen of the upcycle! This is so pretty. I'll have to hang onto some of my cans too!

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- Tuula - Color Me Thrifty on Jan 27, 2016
  @Hannah V Thanks so much Hannah! I really need to think about more things to make with cat food cans.I have an endless supply. lol.
  
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