Midsummer Memento Wreath
Age: Preschool and up
Time: An hour or more
Type of activity: Arts and Crafts
Make summer souvenirs into a household decoration!
Materials needed:
· Heavy cardboard
· Large- and medium-sized bowls or pots (to trace your wreath)
· Paintbrush
· Glue
· Summer treasures (flowers, leaves, sand, small pebbles, seashells...)
· Yarn or string
· Scissors
· Markers, crayons, and other decorative items (optional)
What to do:
Step One: Trace the circle for your wreath by drawing around the large pot or bowl on the cardboard.
Step Two: Cut out the circle. Then, using the smaller pot, trace another circle inside the one you just made.
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Step Three: Carefully cut around the smaller circle you just drew. Now you have the pattern for your wreath.
Step Four: If you'd like, color or paint the wreath before you add your summer mementos.
Step Five: Using the scissors, poke a small hole in the top of the wreath.
Step Six: Thread several inches of the string or yarn through the hole, tie the ends in a knot, and slide the string so the knot is hidden behind the wreath. This is the "hanger."
Step Seven: Using the paintbrush, cover the wreath completely with glue.
Step Eight: Dust a layer of sand over the glue so that the entire wreath is covered.
Step Nine: Let the wreath dry for about 10 minutes and then gently shake off any sand that hasn't stuck to the glue.
Step Ten: Decide where you want to place your summer mementos and glue each of them to the wreath (make sure one memento covers the hole at the top.)
Step Eleven: Let the wreath dry and hang it up to remember your summer fun.