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PROJECTS
Peas-in-a-Pod Garden Wreath
Designed by Edwin R. Smith
Typical Project Completion Time: 2-4 hours
(does not include drying time)
| MATERIALS NEEDED: |
STYROFOAM* Brand Products:
Wreath ring, 14" x 2-1/2" x 2"
Other Materials:
Mini clay pots: 2-1/2", one; 1-1/2", four
Decorative seed packet of peas
Artificial green pea pods, assorted sizes, 15
Silk flowers and foliage: white cosmos, nine; white trumpet, 18; dusty miller for filler
Green reindeer moss
Artificial dragonflies, two
Spray paints: brown; black; moss green
Matboard or heavyweight cardboard, 15" square
Chenille stem
3" wooden floral picks without wires, five
Low-temp glue gun and glue sticks or thick white craft glue
Serrated knife
Wire cutters
Ruler
Pencil
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| INSTRUCTIONS: |
| 1. Use serrated knife to cut small beveled chunks from wreath, adding texture to foam surface. Sand wreath with a small scrap of foam to smooth cut edges. |
| 2. Center wreath on matboard or cardboard and trace inner and outer circles with a pencil. Cut out and glue to back of wreath to prevent breaking. |
| 3. For hanger, bend chenille stem in half and twist ends together. Insert ends through wreath backing and into foam, remove, and glue in place. |
| 4. Spray wreath with two coats of brown paint, letting dry after each coat. Lightly mist black, then moss green paint over brown foam to create an earthy look. |
| 5. Position wreath on work surface with hanger at center top. Glue a 2-1/2" clay pot to bottom of wreath slightly left of center. Insert a wooden pick through hole in pot and into foam to stabilize. Trim pick to 3/4" inside pot. Glue two 1-1/2" clay pots to right of larger pot, securing each with a wooden pick (refer to photo). Also glue two 1-1/2" clay pots to top of wreath slightly right of center and secure with wooden picks. |
| 6. Neatly slit open seed packet at bottom and remove contents, reserving seeds for use later. Glue seed packet tucked inside 2-1/2" pot. Insert and glue six pea pods in a cluster around bottom pots (refer to photo). Insert and glue remaining pea pods around top pots. |
| 7. Insert and glue cosmos to wreath (refer to photo). Fill in wreath with trumpet flowers and dusty miller foliage. |
| 8. Glue reserved seeds to wreath, clustered around bottom pots. Glue small clumps of reindeer moss inside each pot and randomly to wreath, concealing any visible glue. Glue a dragonfly to a clay pot at top and bottom of wreath. |
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