spooky wreath.

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I was inspired by the awesome Jen of EPBOT to create this spooky wreath to enhance my Halloween decor.


Jen made hers for just $15, but being in a country where it is currently spring and Halloween isn't widely celebrated made my project a little more complicated.

The wreath was purchased second-hand off TradeMe (the Kiwi version of eBay). I searched high and low, but no actual store seems to stock them in the country. All of remaining supplies were picked up at the craft store Spotlight during their 30% off Halloween sale. Unfortunately, I was unable to find battery powered lights, but since right now it doesn't get dark til 8.30 here that's probably alright.

  • Wreath $21
  • Skull 3pk $6.99
  • Eyeballs $3.49
  • Big Red Flowers $7.99
  • Small Red Flowers $7.00
  • Black Gauze $4.89
  • Glitter Spider 3pk $3.49
Total Cost: $54.85 NZD

Supplies I Already Had:
  • Mod Podge
  • Red Yarn
  • Floral Wire
Before
Because I purchased my wreath second-hand I had to do a bit of de-decorating to eliminate it's winter feel.   There were a million tiny gold ribbons tied to the thing, my first hour of the project was spent untying each one and yet I still missed a few on the back!  Ah, well.

Once the wreath was un-winterised I got to work creating the eyes following Jen's realistic eyeball tutorial. I couldn't find any clear nail-polish and opted to use Mod Podge instead.  After allowing the eye veins and irises to dry I added a huge gloopy layer of Mod Podge to my eyes in order to achieve a nice glossy, wet look. You do not need to gloop if you are using clear nail-polish.

Between the two layers of Mod Podge and red paint creating the eyes will take a full day accounting for dry time. Plan accordingly.


Once the eyeballs were dry, I hot glued them to the centre of the big flowers. When picking out flowers you have to make sure the centre is just fabric, some of the flowers we looked at had a thick plastic cone in the centre to provide shape.
Seth approves!
The rest of the build was pretty much just following Jen's instructions. To affix the flowers to the wreath I simply cut off all the leaves leaving a long straight stem. I then pushed the stems through the wreath. To secure the flowers I cut off the excess stems in back leaving approximately a pinky length. I bent this remainder back towards the wreath so the stems were shaped like little hooks.
To finish off the wreath I re-affixed the bow that it originally came with. Both this and the glittery spider were attached using floral wire.

Bam! Spooky wreath!  Happy Hauntings! 


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