Another throwback Christmas blog from December 2019! Sister and I worked hard to make a unique Christmas Wreath that fits our personality perfectly!
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Sissy and I have a pretty cool working Wednesday blog instore for you! I don’t know if everyone knows this about me, but I don’t love Christmas! Don’t get me wrong I understand why everyone else does: the reason for the season, the magic of Christmas, Santa, elves, winter wonder, blah blah blah…. but personally, the holiday season makes me feel rushed, and a bit stressed out! This year I decided that since the holiday season is going to happen either way- I am going to make my own (and more like Halloween!) We are pretty big Nightmare Before Christmas fans, so our Working Wednesday blog today is Nightmare inspired. Sissy will be taking over the blog from here and I will add a little bit of commentary in the (parenthesis and pink font).
Sister’s “Making Christmas Wreath”
Supplies:
· Artificial Wreath (size of choice)
· Black nail polish
· Yellow Foam Sheet
· Piece of White paper
· Resin
· White acrylic paint
· Parchment paper
· Little red bells
· Hot glue gun
· Red Ribbon to make a bow
· Wreath holder
· Skeleton head charm
Making the Teeth:
First, we cut a zigzag design out of the plain white paper to look like the teeth out of by doing. We laid the teeth down on parchment paper and then covered them in resin that was premixed with white paint. (The resin comes in two parts: a resin and a hardener. You mix it at a 1:1 ratio measured by volume, and she did one tablespoon of each. After the resin was mixed, she added a few drops of white acrylic paint and stirred it until it was evenly mixed.) We covered the teeth as consistently as we could but were not careful around the edges. I guess you could say we were initially messy to give the teeth a jagged look to them. Then we let them dry overnight (at least 12 hours! Until they are not sticky to the touch). The next morning, we started the rest of the wreath. (So… I completely forgot to take pictures of this step, mostly because it was more of a test run that turned out well, so we ended up using them! So sorry! But here is a close up of the teeth).
The Wreath:
With the wreath, you have first fold over the “sticks” of the wreath, so they face the inside of the wreath.
After this, you get a sheet of yellow foam paper and cut them into small oval-like shapes and added a dot with black nail polish [a sharpie or paint if you are an average person.] (and she actually added them after she attached them, but it probably should be done before so it can dry!) Then you plug in your hot glue gun and while you're waiting for it to warm up, you should tie your beautiful red ribbon into a big bow. Once the hot glue is warmed up you glue the parts to the wreath. We started with the teeth since you attach the teeth to the backside of the wreath. Next, we glued the eyes and ribbon into place. After that, I added little red bells around the wreath.
Then I added the finished it by adding the Jack Skelton charm to bow. And now you have a beautifully terrifying wreath.
Another side note: We made the Jack Skeleton last year. We used resin mixed with black acrylic paint in a silicone ice tray of Jack’s faces. Then after it was dry, we hand-painted the white of the eyes and teeth then covered it in resin again. It was a last-minute decision to add it instead of a spider to the bow.
I hope you enjoyed this spook-tacular Christmas Wreath! Sissy does not consider herself particularly a crafty person and she could do this craft easily! It was a lot of fun making this with her and love how it looks on our front door! Especially with the projected lights of Nightmare
characters!
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I hope y'all enjoyed revisiting some of our favorite Christmas Memories and we can't wait to share some new ones with you really soon!
As always, thanks for being part of our crazy! Until next time…
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