Patriotic Wreath Using Dollar Store Leis

by Beverly Roderick at Across the Blvd

9 Materials

$10

30 Minutes

Easy

I love finding items at the Dollar Tree that I can use for crafts. I always find some great seasonal items there. When I spotted the red, white, and blue leis this year, I knew they would be great for a wreath.

patriotic wreath using dollar store leis

The flowers on the leis are attached using a plastic tube. It was easy to attach them to the straw wreath form using pearl head pins.

I added pins as I wrapped the leis around the wreath form, making sure keep them bunched together for a full look.

As it turned out, I should have purchased one more pack of leis. Rather than making a trip back to the store to get another pack of them, I improvised. To make sure that none of the straw would show, I added a couple of strips of wide ribbon around the blank spot and then covered that with two large silk blooms from my craft stash. The flowers are also pinned in place.

I wanted to add stars to the center of the wreath, and I wanted to make sure they would stand out. To get the look I was going for, I added a piece of blue felt to the back side of the wreath. After pinning it on, I trimmed it down in size.

Using acrylic craft paint, I painted three different size stars in red, white, and blue and glued them to each other and then to the felt.

I added a red flower to the bottom and another blue one at the top. It didn’t seem to be balanced well with only the flowers at the bottom. I’m using this as the focal point of our patriotic mantel decor.

Making this didn't take long at all and since the leis came from the Dollar Tree, the cost was low. I had all of the other materials on hand to make the wreath.

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