As a Lowe’s Cre­ative Ideas Blog­ger, this month chal­lenge was all about spring! Our man­tel area def­i­nitely needed a refresh with spring decor and the mir­ror needed a wreath! So, I decided to make a sim­ple spring wreath with a few easy sup­plies from Lowe’s (plus a few craft sup­plies) to match some of our other spring decor! I love the sim­plic­ity of it! And, it was SO easy to make! Here’s what you’ll need:

Sup­plies:

• Painters Drop Cloth (you won’t need that much)
• 1 6-ft. tube of pipe insu­la­tion (less than $1.50 at my Lowe’s!!)
• X-ACTO knife and/or scissors
• duct tape
• 1 straight pin
• rib­bon
• flow­ers of your choice (see more below)

To make:

- Start by mak­ing your wreath form.Cut the pipe insu­la­tion in half.

- Con­nect the ends with duct tape to make the wreath shape.

- Tear the drop cloth into strips. I made my strips approx­i­mately 4 inches wide and used about 2 6′ long strips.

- Just wrap the strips around the wreath from. Try to smooth out any bunch­ing (or make sure that part is in the back and try to wrap evenly so you have fairly even spac­ing between the frayed ends that show.

- Once you get all the way around the wreath back to where you started, fold the strip on itself (so you don’t see the frayed edges), cut and pin down with a straight pin. This sec­tion will be cov­ered up with the hang­ing ribbon.

For the dec­o­ra­tion on the wreath, you could use any­thing you want– just eggs or eggs in a nest, silk flow­ers, paper flow­ers, or you could get really fancy with a jig­saw or wood work­ing tool and DIY some wooden flow­ers. I hap­pened to have some thin wooden flow­ers in my craft stash, so I used those. For the flow­ers, I cov­ered them with some scrap­book­ing paper that matches another piece of decor on the man­tel. I used Mod Podge to adhere the paper to the flow­ers. Once that was dry, I used an X-ACTO knife to cut out the excess paper (to show the petal shape). Then, I just hot-glued on the wood cir­cle to the mid­dle of each flower. For ease of attach­ing it to the wreath, I glued the flow­ers together first. Then, glued the flower piece to the wreath. The whole process didn’t take long at all. And since I’m using the drop cloth for a few projects, it didn’t cost much at all either. It’s just the right about of “shabby chic” for me! I think it really looks great with our whole spring man­tel dis­play. I like how the flow­ers on the wreath match our spring wooden blocks (more on those com­ing soon). It’s so cheery in our liv­ing room now. For an extra bit of spring around the house, we bought some white Alyssum at Lowe’s. I LOVE the sim­plic­ity of the lit­tle white flow­ers with all the green! I planted in some white urns we found on clear­ance at Lowe’s, along with some other flower pots/vases we have in the house. Now the trick is just keep­ing them alive! But, for now, I’m lov­ing the flowers! 

What kind of spring decor do you have like? 

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Dis­clo­sure:  I am a mem­ber of the Lowe’s Cre­ative Ideas Cre­ators & Influ­encers Net­work and receive a Lowe’s gift card to com­plete my projects. How­ever, all ideas, opin­ions, & expe­ri­ences are entirely my own.