Remember last years holiday card wreath that’s been hanging in our daughter’s room all year holding family photos?
Well, it sure is pretty, but the Amy Butler fabric clothespins don’t scream “Holiday Sparkle.” This year we decided to make a more festive and glittery card wreath. Plus, we love an excuse to repeat (and build upon!) a favorite craft project.
We painted a large embroidery hoop (that we scored at the thrift store for 50 cents!) with silver tempera paint. You can use acrylic paint or spray paint instead (that would be much faster and smoother!). But we were looking for a child-friendly art project, so we used the non-toxic tempera paint we had lying around.
After we applied several coats (allowing the hoop to dry fully in between), we added a white ribbon in between the hoops from which to hang the card wreath, and then adhered our sparkly glittered clothespins (more on making them here and here) with a hot glue gun.
Last year we alternated the clothespins facing in and out. This year we only had two clothespins open inwards, the rest faced out. You can only fit so many cards inside after all!
We hung the card wreath and now we’re ready for the holiday cards to arrive!
How fantastic, that came out great! What fun!