coffee filter wreath {tutorial}

Earlier in the week, I talked about the fun coffee filter wreath I just made...which inspired a little room-redo and mantle decorating {I love shopping our house}!

Today, I thought I'd show you how to make your own...for about $5.

Crazy, I know.

You can use any wreath base you like or have on hand. I chose this wire one, from the floral department our local craft store because it cost just over a dollar.

I started off by getting out my glue gun and glueing filters to cover the wire and give myself more space to eventually cover.

Folding the filters into fourths like this, and placing glue on the edge, I first worked on the outside layer.

It began to look like this.

I next did the inside circle in the same manner.

Finally the fun part...the inside! I crinkled each filter like the above photo, again glueing at the bottom and pressing it in.

Be careful doing this part, I burned myself on the hot glue SO many times!

Make sure you place the filters extremely close together for the fullest look.

It took me two days because Ben was out of town and I was alone with our six Crazies...and I had to take lots of breaks for fort building, cookie making, and museum going.

BUT all in all, it probably took me an hour and a half or so. Not too bad.