I was asked to do a tutorial on my Coffee Filter Wreath so here it is. I had planned on doing this, but I hadn’t gotten around to it yet. I used white coffee filters and glitter on my first wreath, but I am using the brown filters and silver glitter for this tutorial. Ever since I found the brown filters I’ve been wanting to make a wreath with them and I thought they might show up better in the pictures. Like I said in my previous post, this is a simple wreath to make, but it is pretty time consuming.
First thing you need to do is cut your filters. Make a cut down the filter and cut out the middle section.
Until you have this…
It doesn’t have to be perfect because nobody will see it.
Next, you cut your coffee filter strip in half.
Do this about 50 times and this step is done..
The next step is to apply your glitter. I like to use two paper plates, one for glue and one for glitter.
Dip the filter in the glue, then the glitter. It takes about two hours to dry before you can put it on your wreath.
Next, you wrap your glittered filter strips around your form and hot glue the ends in place in the back.
After you have worked all the way around your wreath, it gets a little tricky. You have to tuck the last few strips into your first strip. See where my thumb is pointing in the picture? If you cut the filter there, it makes it a little easier to stick in at the end. I didn’t like the way mine looked, so that is the spot where I put the ribbon.
This is what I am using as a wreath form. It is a pipe insulator. I got a pack of four for three dollars at Wal-Mart. Mainly because they didn’t have the styrofoam wreaths, but they do work pretty good.
When I glued the ends together it melted pretty bad, but I covered the rest of the wreath in masking tape and it kept it from melting.
If any of you guys try this wreath and have any questions, please feel free to ask me.
Janna
