Coffee Filter Wreath

Skill Level: Beginner
Estimated cost: $9 (doesn’t include poinsettia addition)
Time Estimate: 2 hours

Wake up your creative spirit this holiday season with a wreath featuring artfully arranged coffee filters. It’s so easy, the average Joe can make it -- for less than $10!

Step 1: Separate coffee filters and lay them out flat. Now fold each filter in half, then in half again (so they’re folded in quarters).

Step 2: Hot-glue a layer of filters to the outside of the locking band, separating each filter by about half an inch and fluffing them out as necessary.

Step 3: Glue a second layer of filters along the top of the band.

Step 4: Glue a third layer along the inside of the band, leaving just a little space free of filters to make hanging easier. We used the entire box of 100 filters by the time we were finished.

Optional: We adorned the wreath with a poinsettia made from wallpaper (#88936, model #SF084914) and cedar balls (#86864). First, cut out leaf shapes from the wallpaper (or scrap paper) and glue together in a poinsettia-like arrangement. Then spray-paint three cedar balls green (we used Rust-Oleum Gloss Fern) and glue them to the middle of the arrangement. Finally, glue the poinsettia to the wreath, hang with a ribbon, and enjoy!

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