Dollar Store Project: Birds Nest Wreath

We needed some more springtime decorations around this place, so I came up with this quick craft for my boys to make. Everything for this project came from the Dollar Tree, which is my new favorite place for coming up with inventive craft ideas. It was fast, easy, and the grand total for two wreaths was a whopping $4 (and we still have half a bag of moss left!).


Here's what you need to get started...


Wreath forms (these come in three or four different sizes, all for $1 - the ones we used were the smallest ones), a 2-pack of birds, a bag of moss (we ended up only using 1/2 a bag total), a glue gun, some white glue, and a bag of miscellaneous twigs, leaves, etc. that we collected at the park



Start by spreading a generous amount of white glue on to your wreath.



We used the small tubes of Elmer's School Glue, and the boys managed to squeeze every last drop from the tube.



Grab a handful of your moss and start sticking it to the glue, making sure you press hard to get it all to stick. This is the part where I should mention that it would be in your best interest to put down newpaper or whatnot under your work area. Clearly, I learned this the hard way when I had to scrape up glued-on moss off of my glass table.



The kids loved squeezing and spreading around the white glue, but in the end I had to go back and reattach some of the moss with the glue gun.



Time to add the fun stuff! We broke down our large sticks into smaller pieces, and then we got out the hot glue gun. I had Sawyer hand me whichever stick he wanted to use, and then I applied the glue and placed it where he wanted it. If it was a really big stick and he was insistant upon doing it himself, I would put a dab of glue in the middle and let him glue it down himself, making sure he was only holding on to the ends of the stick. I just don't trust my kids with hot glue lol



When you're all finished with the sticks and leaves, use hot glue to attach your little bird.



Sutton & Sawyer's finished wreaths adding some Springtime cheer to our house :)

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