Napkins Reimagined Into a Wreath
5 Materials
$10
4 Hours
Easy
Take some beach themed napkins out of the drawer and turn them into a wonderful OOAK wreath using ModPodge to cover the shells with the napkins!
Start with a Dollar Store metal wreath form and assorted shells. For the nautilus shell and sand dollars, use white cardboard or mat board.
Cut out the shell elements of the paper napkins and cardboard pieces that will be the same size so you can cover the cardboard without any blue edge showing. Cover the card board with ModPodge and the paper napkin. Cover the actual shells with ModPodge and napkin shells.
use hot glue to attach the blue edge to the back.
This is what they look like when they are finished.
Place the nautilus “shells” and the sand dollars around the bottom securing with a bit of hot glue on the wreath form wire and a dab of hot glue where the pieces touch each other. I cut up crochet pieces and tack them with hot glue to the wreath form because the shells stubbornly stay on fabric! (You can hardly remove shells that have been hot glued to fabric even if you want to remove them.)
After the Nautilus and sand dollars are all attached to the wire form flip it over and secure each end with some hot glue covered with a bit of paper. AHA! The pieces are very secure!
Now just play with your design! TIP: when you are attaching shells, it is easiest to only glue the end area so it will “flap up” then you can tuck other shells under it. Then you can add glue to secure the pieces so they are solidly together.
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Brilliant! On my monitor it reads vintage. So lovely
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Wonderful, the last photo with just the blue shells is beautiful x
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