My newest Spring Pinwheel Wreath makes my heart go pitter patter–you can find it in the June edition of Hobby Lobby’s magazine! I LOOOOOVE Spring time (even if it did snow 4 inches the first few days in) and to celebrate I decided to make my door a new fun, bright, colorful spring wreath!
EEK! I love it. It was pretty simple to make too and it uses so many fun colors and patterns!
Here’s what you need:
Straw Wreath Form
Wide ribbon
Scrapbook paper of your choice
Paper cutter or scissors
Wooden circles for the centers of the pinwheels
Washi tape for the circles
Contrasting ribbon for bow
Hot Glue/Glue Sticks
Start by wrapping your wreath form with the ribbon of your choice. Navy blue just happens to be my favorite color, so I went with that. I wanted a darker ribbon to contrast the bright patterned papers I was using for the pinwheels.
From there, make your pinwheels:
Cut two pieces of paper the same length and width. I used the length of the paper and the width varied from 1-1 1/2 inches each. Remember that one piece of the paper will just be one half of the pinwheel, so if you go wide the pinwheel will be huge (you may want that–up to you).
Lay your strips on top of each other and accordion fold them back and forth evenly.
Lay one end on top of the other and hot glue it down.
Glue both ends of the paper together to create a circle like this…
Then push it all together and down to form your pinwheel.
Add a large amount of glue to the center and allow to seep into the pinwheel a bit, then hold together for a minute or two by hand until the glue hardens.
Flip it over and you have your pinwheel! I added wooden dots with washi tape covering them to the center of my wheels by gluing them down the same way on the front. Then I attached the pinwheels to the wreath with hot glue.
Sigh…this wreath makes me so happy. It’s so “me” and I love it. In case you’re wondering…my front door was painted last year using Benjamin Moore Wythe Blue. It’s a tealish/blue…and it TOO makes me happy.
Happy SPRING!
Jill @ Create.Craft.Love. says
March 26, 2013 at 7:19 pmSOOOOO cute!! I love it! Pinning!
Kelly says
March 27, 2013 at 8:56 amSuper cute, Abbey! Pinning and stumbling 🙂 xo
Jenn says
March 27, 2013 at 11:09 amVery cute Abbey! I love all of the colors!
crystal says
March 28, 2013 at 12:07 amSo cute, Abbey! I love the colors annndddd the color of your door. Have a wonderful Easter! 🙂
Melissa says
March 28, 2013 at 2:55 pmLove the navy! Also love the way you came up with the flowers. Thank you for sharing!
Melissa
xo Dee says
March 29, 2013 at 7:49 pmCute!! And I love that you made the pin-wheels.. it just makes it that much better. xo, Dee from From Wine to Whine
Randi - Dukes and Duchesses says
March 30, 2013 at 9:16 amThat’s so pretty! I love those pinwheels but never knew how to make them … great tutorial!
Donna @ My Sweet Things says
March 31, 2013 at 8:49 amLove your colorful wreath! I didn’t know how to make pinwheels and your tutorial will be very helpful! Thanks so much for sharing!
Megan says
April 1, 2013 at 9:38 amWhat a beautiful wreath! I love all the colors you incorporated. 🙂
Abby @ Just a Girl and Her Blog says
April 1, 2013 at 8:13 pmHi, Abbey! I’m Abby! 😉 I absolutely love this project! So bright and cheery for spring! You have me itching to make a new door wreath! I found you at Project Inspire{d}–thanks for sharing!
~Abby =)
Kelly @ A Swell Place to Dwell says
April 1, 2013 at 9:24 pmI love your wreath. The navy against the teal door is fantastic. So cheery.
Kelly says
April 2, 2013 at 8:55 amJust died over this! Is it creepy that I love the color of your front door too? Yeaaa, that’s creepy…….. All the colors just coordinate so perfectly! Pretty colors make me happy!
Katie Adams says
April 2, 2013 at 8:56 amYour wreath is absolutely gorgeous! I would love for you to share this on my weekly link party Blog Stalking Thursday. Thanks for the inspiration!
Amy says
April 2, 2013 at 12:31 pmThis is really cute and creative! I love that it’s so easy…
Stephane says
April 4, 2013 at 6:48 pmSo cute! I am going to have to make this for our new house 🙂
Heather says
April 7, 2013 at 8:37 pmThanks for sharing your gorgeous wreath at Project Inspired – pinned to our group party pinboard – hope to see you at tomorrow nights party too!
natashalh says
April 9, 2013 at 10:24 amAbsolutely beautiful! I was looking for great spring tutorials to include in an inspirational list for Mother’s Day craft ideas and this will be included, for sure! I’m glad I found your blog and look forward to following you!
Julia @ FaveCrafts says
April 11, 2013 at 3:37 pmWhat a cute project! I love it so much that I decided to feature it in our roundup of pinwheel crafts! Check it out here: http://www.favecraftsblog.com/link-love-pinwheels-crafts/
Have a great day!
Brandy says
May 16, 2013 at 10:47 amLove this so much that I am heading downstairs to make one!
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