RWB Deco Mesh Wreath

I created a Red, White, and Blue Deco Mesh Wreath for the 4th of July. It is still on the front door in celebration of the Olympics. All materials were purchased at Hobby Lobby when ribbon and deco mesh were 50% off. I used the tutorial from this website to assemble the wreath: http://www.clumsycrafter.com/2012/03/deco-mesh-wreath-tutorial/

Pencil Wreath

I decided to make a pencil wreath for a friend of mine who teaches middle school math. She saw a pencil wreath on-line and subtly suggested that I make one for her room. I wanted to make my wreath more full and use more pencils. I also experimented with what I hoped would be a more sturdy cardboard backing. The following pictures record each step in the process.

To create my backing, I used a compass to draw two circles on a scrap piece of cardboard.

I then hot glued three pencils, side-by-side, at the top and then the base of the board. I repeated this step for the right and left side. I then placed two pencils to bisect each of the four quadrants. I created a feeling of symmetry by mirroring my actions from one side of the backing to the next.

As the space between pencils became smaller, I began sharpening the pencils. There were four lengths of pencils once complete.

I then hot-glued a ruler in the center to serve as a nameplate. Later, I hot-glued a layer of crayons to fill in spaces between the pencils. Finally, I hot-glued a ruler to the back of the board and panted the central ruler.

I used painters tape to isolate the area that I wanted to paint black. Acrylic paint was used. I put an Elmer's glue cap on the top of a small white Acrylic paint bottle to make writing letters easier. The final result is pictured. While not perfect, I am pleased with how the wreath turned out and think it was a good first effort.

Materials: 80 pencils, 80 crayons, hot glue sticks, hot glue gun, 2 rulers, Acrylic paint, Painters tape, Compass, Pencil, Scissors, Scrap Cardboard Time to Complete: 5 hours Here are two other examples that I found on pinterest AFTER beginning my own wreath. I like these just as well or better than mine. Example 1 http://fancyfrugallife.blogspot.it/2012/07/crayon-pencil-wreath-back-to-school.html Example 2 http://thenatureofgrace.blogspot.com/2011/08/back-to-school-pencil-wreath.html

Going Viral

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