Lalaloopsy theme 5th birthday button wreath
Am I the only one that felt that you didn’t get enough time with your Easter decorations? I love my Easter wreath and wasn’t ready to put it away, so I thought I’d make it a spring wreath and more specifically I thought it would be fun to make this wreath work for Isla’s birthday party this weekend - it’s a Lalaloopsy Tea Party.
First I removed the Easter eggs from the wreath, they came off fairly easily but left big chunks of glue gun residue. I cut out what I could and then tried to cover those spots with clusters of buttons. (buttons as from the Dollar Tree, I bought or really my sister-in-law bought a bunch of different coloured packs that I added together so make a fun assortment of colours) I also replaced the mini white flowers with pretty bright flowers. The whole wreath had really faded from last spring so the new bright buttons and flowers bring new life to it. It makes me smile and much better then our plain black door.
To make it a birthday wreath I made a funky confetti number 5 to hang from the middle of the wreath.
I saw these super cool confetti numbers used as cake toppers on the blog, Aunt Peaches, I took her idea and made my own version using slightly different materials. First I made my confetti, I used 5 different coloured pieces of paper. Layer all the pieces on top of each other and then make a fringe through all layers about 1/4″ wide and cut up a few inches depending on how much confetti you want. Then cut across the fringe and let the confetti pieces fall in a bowl. You can get lighter confetti by doing this with tissue paper. Then I made the base of my number 5 with a pipe cleaner. I outlined the 5 in 2 pipe cleaners and then wrapped another around to add stability Then I started to cover with hot glue and poured confetti on top of it. I did sections at a time, front and back and then went back and got the sides and any missing areas.
Isn’t it super cool looking?
Now I can just hang the number 5 in the middle of the wreath for party day and it will set the entrance for our fun Lalaloopsy tea party.
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