Paper Plate Wreath

We needed some more decorations to jazz up our walls; I decided to get ER involved in making our holiday decor. After all, why should Mommy have all the fun? These were very easy to make and I had all the materials on hand. We made one for both Grandmas too. To Make Your Own: Paint paper plate green. Punch out lots and lots of circles out of green paper scraps. Make a few red ones too for holly berries too. Glue dots around the perimeter of paper plate. Add a picture in the center and tie on a bow. I had some glittery words left over from a card making package of supplies. They add just the right touch of bling but aren't necessary. The wreath is still cute without them.

This is a really good way to use up all those little scraps and a punch makes it pretty quick to get a large pile to work with. I think it's fun to have all those different colors of green on it. I was thinking that a whole class set arranged to look like a Christmas tree would make a really cute bulletin board. My school had an Ellison die cut that could cut several little circles at once so it would be a pretty easy craft too.

In case you were wondering, the pictures are from December 2007, when ER had a little bit more of her baby cheeks left. This has been added to my friend Heidi's Monthly Craft Challenge over at Blue Eyed Blessings. This is what I was going to add, until I saw that her post was also for decoupaged letters. I wrote it last year before I realized how much nicer posts are with lots of step by step pictures.