"Pop Art" Hand Wreath

Use recycled items to quench your thirst for crafting your own unique, trendy wreath.

This wreath is based on the Hand Wreath I made previously, except this is much fuller and hand outlines are drawn on cardboard from 3 cases (24 packs) of Diet Coke.

Items used for this project:

• Cardboard from soda pop cases  
• Cardboard circle from frozen pizza
• Hot Glue Gun 
• Silver Acrylic Paint
• Paintbrush
• Pop tab 
• Silver Bell Ornament made from top of plastic soda bottle
• Red and Gold Fabric Paint
• Ribbon
  

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Hand Wreath

This was inspired by an hand wreath my son made when he was in grade school, except I used fun foam sheets instead of construction paper to make it more durable as it is going to his Dad's house and will probably still be up come July.   Total cost was under $2.

Items used:

• Fun foam craft, construction paper, cardboard or paper
• Scissors
• Pen
  
• 9-12 inch cardboard circle (cardboard bottom of a frozen pizza)
• 1 yd. ribbon
• Decorative pick or picture
• Tab off the top of a pop can
  
• Craft glue and/or hot glue gun 
• Acrylic paint
• Paint brush
• Tape
  

Place hand flat on surface used and draw around it with a pen.  The hand used of this wreath is that of my 16 year old son whose hands at least a fingertip length longer than mine and we only needed to draw a few.  I used 1 large and 1 small sheet of craft foam.

If smaller hands are used, you may just want to draw one on cardboard and use the cardboard as a template to draw the rest of the hands.   Number of handprints needed depend on the size of the hand and how full you want the wreath to be. Cut around pen line with scissors.

After the hand prints have been cut out position them around the cardboard circle to ensure you have enough and get an idea of how you want them placed.  I wanted to see the handprints plainly, but for a fuller wreath, you can overlap the hand prints.

Paint the cardboard circle with acrylic paint (I chose gold) and allow to dry.

Put glue around the outer edges of the cardboard circle, then position the hands the way you want them on the cardboard.  If you choose to layer the hand prints, start at the top and glue each at the edge separately.

In the past have used a hand print in the center and fav picture in center of that handprint, which is cute for younger children.  On this wreath I used a decorative pick I got for .35 cents last year on clearance for a slightly more grown up look.   I stuck the bottom of the pick hear the edge of the bottom handprint and pushed in slightly, then taped in down in the back.

Tie the ribbon around the pick to make a bow.

 Add glue to the back of the pick.

Glue pop tab to top back edge of the cardboard so the wreath can be hung.  I also taped applied tape over the glue after it dried.

GRANDPA'S FIRST FATHER'S DAY SHIRT

This is a retro flashback as I haven't had time to craft lately with Kyle's Dad being in the hospital and working and running around to let the dog out twice a day at his house.

I found this when I putting away laundry at Marv's house, it is t-shirt that I did for Kyle's Grandpa's first Father's Day (he has since passed away and the shirt was given to Marv as a keepsake - it may ended up being crafted into a pillow or a panel of a quilt).

To make it, I put chocolate pudding on Kyle's hand then pressed his hand against a paper plate (after several attempts) to make a template, then I filled in fabric paint where the pudding was on the template and pressed the template against the fabric to make the "handprints" on the back of the shirt. I then used fabric paint to write Kyle's name, age, height and weight, along with Father's Day 1994. I used a letter stencil and red fabric paint to stencil in "Kyle's Grandpa" on the front.