Burnt Lunch Sack Wreath / how to

For the next little while I’m going to be showing you some projects I have been working on to change the overall look of our living room.  We got new flooring a couple of weeks ago and I found an awesome piece of furniture on craigslist and it all just snowballed from there. First I’m going to post all of the different little projects and then I’ll show you the final result.  This first project isn’t a new idea, just one I loved the look of. 

BURNT LUNCH SACK WREATH

I LOVE how this wreath looks, but I also LOVE how much it cost me to make. Less than $2.00!  All you need is a wreath I got mine from the dollar store and some lunch sacks (brown or white would be cool too).  Plus hot glue and something it hang it by like ribbon. 

First I put a loop around the wreath so I would have something to hang it by.

Then I took a few lunch sacks folded them in half and cut out semicircles.  Like so

it really doesn’t matter how good they look (obviously)

then I just formed them into little cones and hot glued them to the wreath.  I liked using this type of wreath because it was easy to put them into the little spaces. 

Just keep doing it over and over and over, until you really can’t stand it anymore are finished.

When I got to the top I placed the ribbon through the loop so I would have something to hang it by.

After I was done I like how it look but I felt like it needed something.  I was thinking maybe I should have dipped the ends in paint or something.  Then I realized I could get the same effect just by burning the ends of the paper.   At this point the wreath is completely finished, so I was kinda concerned about lighting the whole thing on fire, but in the end I think it was better to do it all at once. That way you’re not holding a tiny little paper and trying not to burn your fingers.  Though I would recommend not doing it in your house while the wreath is hanging on your pantry door.  NOT that I would ever do anything like that.  I just lit little sections on fire at a time and quickly blew them out.  It was pretty exciting.

I really liked how it looked but I still wanted a little something more for the overall look of the room, then I remembered I had gotten these black metal letters on clearance at Michaels for 30 cents and I’m VERY happy with the end result.