Paper Leaf Wreath

I seriously love making big decorations out of paper.  Remember my (GIANT) coffee filter flower, my rolled book page wreath & my book page flower? It’s just so fun to make something that’s beautiful out of something you had laying on your bookshelf!

My latest creation is this paper leaf wreath:

 

It’s seriously easy – I promise you can do it!  Here’s what you’ll need:

• Cardboard (I used a pizza box!)
• An old & unloved book
• Spray paint
• Paper bag (optional)
• Hot glue gun

 

In order to save money with these wreaths, I usually cut my own circle out of cardboard.  This one was just an old pizza box!  (please excuse the late night phone pictures … but when you’re a mom of a 13 month old, the only time you get to craft is when he’s sleeping)   I also cut out a simple leaf template:

 

Then I got to work cutting.  It’s really not so much cutting if you stack lots of pages together at a time!  I thought it was going to be worse.

Once your leaves are cut, you can choose whether you want to leave them plain, or spray paint them.  I had some leftover spray paint, so I decided to go a little wild & spray paint some paper at 10 PM (and yes, my neighbors think I’m weird).

For some added texture, I cut out some leaves out of Trader Joe’s paper bags too.  I then set everything up (with a Netflix TV show of course):

 

You’ll want to start on the outer edge – making sure to evenly space all of the leaves.  This where you can get creative!  I knew you weren’t really going to see the back layers, so I put more book page leaves and paper bag leaves back there.  Once I finished a row, I went in about 1/4 of an inch and glued another row.  I think I ended up with 6 or 7 rows all together. 

 

I saved the metallic ones for the more visible rows, and I changed the pattern as I went:

 

I really love how it came out! 

 

I hung it up on my wooden framed gallery wall for some pictures, but it isn’t staying there:

 

It’s going on our front door – I think it looks great for fall, but can really last all year round:

(can you see my finally finished family room through there??)

 

Would you try to make this?  It’s so customizable – you can really make it your own!

 

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