The Easily Customizable Spring Wreath You Can Make With An Item From Your Pantry
No Easter home decorating project is complete without a gorgeous spring wreath — but did you know you could craft one out of the leftover cupcake liners you have in your pantry? Using just the liners, a wreath frame, a stapler, and some hot glue, you can create a truly spectacular piece for spring. For this craft, you'll be attaching several cupcake liners together to create sweet, fluffy blooms, then sticking them onto a wreath form. If, like most people, you already have a ton of liners lying around in your pantry, now would be the perfect time to put them to good use. However, you will need around 225 liners for a completely full wreath, so you may still need to get more.
While pastels are a great option for the season, you can also play around with patterns and other colors. Try getting cupcake liner sets in spring floral patterns and bolder black-and-white options. You can typically get a wreath frame at a crafts store or online for under $10. They make the perfect base for a beautifully blooming wreath. Then, all you'll need to secure the blossoms to it is some hot glue. First things first, though: let's make those flowers.
Start by creating flowers out of your cupcake liners
There are two ways to fashion your cupcake liners into flowers. As shown by YouTubers Working Not to 5, the first is to staple five to seven liners together at the base. Once you've done that, flip the liners inside out so your color or pattern faces upwards. Then, fold it into a semi-circle and cut halfway down at each side. Fold it once more, and make another incision on the folded section and two more on the inside unfolded section. You should be left with five cuts, which you can then shape into petals. Play around with rounded edges and sharper ones to get a variety of different kinds of flowers. Then, scrunch each individual layer to give the flowers a more realistic-looking crinkle.
If you're worried about getting your scissors through all the layers, another option is to cut petals out of the liners individually and scrunch them slightly. Then, use a glue gun to stick one into another. As seen in this video by Origami Studio, the blooms look similar. However, this route is much longer, so if you're after a shorter process, the first option is your best bet. Whichever way you prefer to make your flowers, once you've created them, it's time to secure them to the wreath form. A glue gun is all you'll need for this. Just like that, your porch is about to be ready for spring!
Hang your wreath in a place it won't get wet
One drawback to this springtime craft is that it's not exactly weatherproof. For that reason, it's best to keep it in a space where it won't be exposed to any rain, drizzle, or sprinklers. After all, the last thing you want, after carefully crafting more than 200 cupcake liners into flowers, is for them to be destroyed by water. Having said that, if your porch doesn't have adequate covering and there is a possibility of moisture affecting your wreath, you don't have to avoid this craft altogether. Grab some acrylic spray for better outdoor protection. Simply spray a fine layer over your wreath before hanging it up, and you should be good to go. Though the spray doesn't specifically contain UV protection, it is billed as an excellent option for outdoor crafts, so you can rest assured that it'll be reasonably well protected from the sun, too.
After using the protective spray, all that's left to do is hang your wreath. One option is to glue gun some craft rope to the back of the wreath, to make a little hanger. If you have something on your door you could hang that on directly, you're good to go. Alternatively, pop the rope over a wreath hanger. Who knew your leftover cupcake liners could make such chic seasonal decor?