Halloween Crafts: Paper Wreath With Left Over Supplies

October 13, 2009

Halloween Crafts: Paper Wreath With Left Over Supplies

October 13, 2009

Halloween Crafts, Paper Wreath, paper scraps


Now that you’ve got most of your Halloween treat bags, juice box covers and other goodies made you probably have a stack of left over papers and embellishments.

 

 

 

Halloween Crafts: Paper Wreath With LeftOver Supplies

 

 

Never fear, your favorite Creative Goddess to the rescue! I have an idea to help you use some of that up… if not ALL of it! 🙂

The above photo shows most of the supplies I used. And yes, those are mostly whole sheets but you can use whatever you have left over. I did change out the Styrofoam ring. That one was too thick.

 

 Halloween Crafts, styrofoam wreath form

 

I used this thinner Styrofoam ring instead.

 

 Halloween Crafts, Design Master

 

And I painted it with Design Master in Flat Black. Design Master is the PERFECT spray paint for styrofoam because it won’t melt it.

 Halloween Crafts: Paper Wreath With LeftOver Supplies

 

Then I cut out various sizes of scalloped circles with the Nestabilities dies on my Cuttlebug. The papers are Bazzill Basics card stock, Reminisce papers and other papers I had used in previous projects.

See how we’re doing this? No new products, no purchases needed. Just using up the stuff you already have on hand. 🙂

I also had stickers, K & Company stickers and little Darice Halloween Buttons. You could add all sorts of leftover goodness to your wreath. 

By the way, I put it all together with Zip Dry paper adhesive and it has held up nicely. Just thought you might like to know.

 

 Halloween Crafts: Paper Wreath With LeftOver Supplies

 

And see how super thin it is? I’m not sure why I think that’s a great “selling point” but I just think it’s kind of cool that it is sooo super thin.  Easy to pack away for next year, easy to put between a door and a screen door…

I hope this gives you ideas for ways to use up your left over Halloween paper crafting supplies. Goodness knows, we’re all trying to get every penny out of the products we buy these days!

 

Vicki O'Dell

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  • Grammy O'Dell September 29, 2014 at 11:46 am

    Your last name caught my eye since I’m also an O’Dell … besides that, I really liked your idea for the Halloween wreath using scrap paper, which I have a lot of and the comments from others about using the idea for other holidays and events (birthdays, anniversaries?) What a great idea, so simple and yet so attractive to display on my front door. Thanks for your ideas .. they are simple (even I can do them :o) and very attractive.

    • Vicki O'Dell September 29, 2014 at 6:33 pm

      Well hello Grammy. What part of the world are you from? Maybe we are related.
      Thank you for the compliment. I’m so glad you stopped by! 🙂

      • Grammy O'Dell September 29, 2014 at 9:56 pm

        I’m from the Pacific Northwest … Washington (the state) to be exact. The original O’Dell clan lives is Williamsport, Pennsylvania, immigrating from Germany centuries ago. Some live in Arizona, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Georgia etc. We’re slowly taking over!
        You never know … we may be ‘shirt tail cousins’ after all. Wouldn’t that be a kick.

        Not only did you acquire a good Name but you also have a great program going here. How long have you been doing this? I just came upon it today, it’s wonderfully good.

        Your new fan,
        Grammy Pauline O’Dell

        • Vicki O'Dell September 30, 2014 at 11:18 am

          The story about how my ancestors got here is rather colorful. Allegedly there were two brothers who were chased out of Ireland for stealing horses. They ended up in and around West Virginia. One of them married a Native American woman who was my great grandmother. That’s the story anyway. 😉
          Thank you. I’ve been blogging for 6 years. I love it!

  • ThirtySevenWest October 18, 2011 at 2:13 pm

    This is adorable! I love it! This is a great idea for any holiday to use up all the extra scraps. Rather than throw them away, decorate with them!

    • Vicki October 18, 2011 at 6:54 pm

      Thanks Jenna!
      Yes, why not use scraps from ALL of the holidays?!?! In fact you could make a “Happy EVERYTHING” wreath and use up paper from ALL of the holidays!
      Well, OK that might be a bit much! LOL!

  • Vicki O'Dell...TheCreativeGoddess October 27, 2010 at 11:12 am

    OOOO! Great idea! Of course you can re-make it. I can’t wait to see what you do and I always appreciate the fact that you ask AND provide plenty of link love along with your posts. That’s how the blogging universe SHOULD work! 🙂

  • Jenny October 27, 2010 at 10:32 am

    Love this idea! Mind if I re-make it using old holiday cards? With links and attribution, of course….great stuff, lady!

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