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Make A Patriotic Fourth Of July Wreath  by: Abigail Beal Celebrate the Nation’s birthday by hanging the flag outside of your home, and create a special wreath for your door. This is an easy craft that you can complete in an afternoon – and it can be a good craft for children (supervision with the glue gun may be necessary). You will need: a wreath - grapevine or other style of your choice 9 wooden stars red, white and blue acrylic paint red, white and blue ribbon – about 2 inches wide and at least 3 yards of each color red, white and blue paint pens (optional) paintbrush a glue gun with glue sticks small American flag Begin by painting your wooden stars. Paint 3 wooden stars red, 3 blue and 3 white. Allow these to dry. You will braid your red, white and blue ribbon through the wreath and then tie it with a bow at the bottom. Braid all of the colors through the wreath and then tie the bow using all three of the colors. Now arrange your stars on your wreath. Glue three stars at the top, close together. The others glue at about the four o’clock and eight o’clock space on your wreath. Space the stars to your liking. You may also want to arrange them so that the stars are glued in order – so that each bunch begins with the red star, has the white star in the middle and ends with the blue star. Or you may want it to be more casual, its up to you. It is fine to glue the stars to ribbon if that is the best placement, just be sure to add extra glue and glue the star also to the wreath to be sure that the star stays firm on the wreath. With your paint pens – you will write “God Bless America” on the top stars. Use the white pen on the red star, the blue pen on the white star and the red pen on the blue star. Allow the words to dry before you hang the wreath. Hang the American flag so that it hangs in the center of your wreath. Glue the stem of the American flag so that it stays, probably you will glue it to the side of the wreath. About The Author Abigail Beal a.k.a. “the Gift-wrap Goddess” teaches gift wrap in suburban New York. She is the author of 2 ezines: GiftWrapGoddessWraps and CreativeCraftsTeachers. To subscribe: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CreativeCraftsTeachers/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GiftWrapGoddessWraps/ contact: creativecraftsteachers@yahoo.com This article was posted on June 04, 2004 Read More Articles from the "Family" Category: Business Partners & Marital Partners, Will the Marriage Survive? (Part I) by Chuck & Sue DeFiore Halloween Contact Lens by Celia Namart Carbon Monoxide (CO) Facts for Every Home and Office by Albert Zorn An End To Animal Cruelty...With PETA All Things Are Possible by Dawnell Harrison How to Feed and Care for Orphaned Kittens by LeAnn R. Ralph Do You Have A “Universal Life Policy?” What You Don’T Know Could Hurt You And Your Family by Raul Ramirez Identity Theft: Oh No. Not Them by Daryl Campbell Gift Ideas for a 50th Wedding Anniversary by Louise Goodman Use Party Favors To Brighten Up All Kinds Of Parties by Mike Yeager Planning The Perfect Baby Shower by Shaunta Pleasant << Back to "Family" Index

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