Paper pinwheel wreath

I've been on a crafting kick lately. It's my goal to complete the items on my Pinterest to-do list. So far I've made paint chip gradient art and rearranged some existing frames to create a focal wall in my bedroom.

Next I decided to tackle this paper pinwheel wreath:

I wanted to use some bright colored paper rather than making mine 4th-of-July themed (though I love that wreath! And America!)

I grabbed a few wreath forms from Goodwill ($1! Some had flowers and various ugly things glued to them, but I just ripped those embellishments off). It never hurts to have a few spare wreath forms on hand.

Then I used scraps from my handmade wedding thank you cards (I'll post on them soon!) and made pinwheels following these instructions. It's pretty easy peasy--I did it while watching TV.

After I folded enough materials to cover the wreath (I just guesstimated), I tied some orange baker's twine to the other layer of the wreath so that I'd be able to hang it later. Then I just started hotgluing the pinwheels to the wreath. I applied a big glob of hot glue to the pinwheels...

and pressed them hard onto the wreath form.

I made my way around the wreath, layering the pinwheels and alternating between the colors.

Here's how she turned out!

I love how colorful the wreath is--it really brightens up our blah beige door. It's certainly not spring up here in Montana yet, but I'm hoping this bright and cheery wreath can coax out some sunshine!

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