Youth Craft Project

PAPER WREATH

The paper fl owers on this beautiful wreath usher in the spring and the season of fresh colors. Colorful paper fl owers are easy to create and will look beautiful adorning a wall or door. A fun kid-friendly activity to try at home. Let’s get started.

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PROJECT DIRECTIONS

1. Print out or create a paper fl ower template.

Roughly 4 inches by 3 inches. Trace the template with your pencil and cut out 10 paper fl owers from various colored or scrapbook papers. 2. Cut four strips of paper, roughly 4 inches by ¼ inches, and one small circle from various papers.

Wrap the strips to form a ring by joining the ends and then glue in the middle. 3. Lay one of the fl ower cut-outs on top of the other in a crisscross arrangement and glue it in place. For added texture, create crease lines on the fl ower by folding it in the middle. 4. Take the paper strips and attach with glue to the center of the fl ower overlaying them in a fringe pattern. Take the small circle and glue it to the center of the fl ower. 5. Repeat this process to create more fl owers, about fi ve in total, and cut out some small leaf patterns from green craft paper. 6. Almost there! Cut out a circle from the front of a cereal box roughly 7 inches in circumference.

Then, cut within your circle, 1 inch inwards, to make a wreath shape. 7. Next, glue the fl owers to the wreath shape until fi lled, and glue the green leaves into any blank spaces. Allow the glue to dry and it’s done!

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