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Yes, I made ANOTHER acorn wreath! Not that I’ve personally made more than one… It’s just that I’ve seen them all over the web. I just couldn’t help myself. I think they are so stinking cute! Besides, I have a boatload of acorns all over my back yard, how could I not make one? Seriously!
Okay here’s what I did…
I went to Lowe’s and got this foam-pipe-cover stuff. I don’t know what it’s called… I’m a girl, I don’t do technical hardware names. I found it in the plumbing section, okay? (It reminds me of those pool floaty noodles.) It cost .97¢. Good deal.
I cut the foam-pipe-cover thingy, to the size I wanted, and taped it with duct tape, like this…
(Now, after I made this wreath, I decided that I probably should have reinforced it with a wire hanger, on the inside of the foam. Once all the acorns are on it, they tend to weigh the wreath down a bit.)
I took a roll of paper, rolled it out on my driveway, and spread my acorn bottoms out on it. You could use newspaper if you like. Then, I started spaying the acorns until I got the coverage that I wanted. I used an olive-green color. I used approximately 300 acorn bottoms to make this wreath. I also picked out about 10 or 12 acorn caps and spray painted them a metallic copper color.
Once my acorns were dry, I started hot gluing them on the foam wreath. I started on the inside circle, with the wreath laying flat, like this…
After I got my base row on, I kept gluing the acorns, one row at a time, until I covered the whole wreath.
Then, I took some of my left over acorn bottoms, and glued them into the caps, that I had painted.
I wanted some leaves on this wreath, so I spray painted some oak leaves. I used the same copper color that I painted the caps, and let them dry.
While I waited for my leaves to dry, I touched up the wreath with a little more green spray paint, in places that needed more paint, and let it dry.
Once everything was dry, I took my copper leaves and laid them out on the wreath, to see how I wanted them, and then started gluing them down.
Once my leaves were glued down, I glued my acorns, with the copper caps, on top of the leaves, like this…
I thought It turned out super cute. Yes?
Happy fall y’all! (I love saying that! :))
Linked to these parties.
Virginia said:
I LOVE this wreath. I have tons of huge acorns in my yard. I gather them up but then can’t decide what to do with them. This just might be it! Thanks for sharing. Pinning it!
ladywiththeredrocker said:
Thanks Virginia! Hope you have as much fun making yours as I did mine! 🙂
Sara Robertson Klepacz said:
Super cute! Love it!
ladywiththeredrocker said:
Thanks Sara!
Megan @ The Crafty Conundrum said:
It is gorgeous! I wish I had acorns lying around so I could make one too.
ladywiththeredrocker said:
Thanks Megan!
Emily said:
I love your wreath!! The colors are so bright and fun! Great job. I found your through Homemaker in Heels linky party- so glad I did!
ladywiththeredrocker said:
Thanks Emily!
Buffie said:
Really beautiful!
Such a wonderful idea.
Love your blog and am your newest follower.
Buffie
http://papercuts4u.blogspot.com/
ladywiththeredrocker said:
Thanks Buffie! Glad you visited! 🙂
Shari said:
Love this, it is so pretty. Saved it to my How To File! Thanks so much for sharing this.
ladywiththeredrocker said:
Thanks Shari!
Darby Hawley said:
This looks so great Stephanie! You’re so creative and talented!
ladywiththeredrocker said:
Thanks Darby! You are so kind! 🙂
Vanessa said:
That is so beautiful! I haven’t seen one quite like it and think you did a fantastic job. 🙂 Thanks so much for sharing it at Inspiration Friday this week!
Vanessa
ladywiththeredrocker said:
Thanks Vanessa!
thegreatlakesgirl said:
It’s beautiful! It makes me wish for an oak tree of my own.
ladywiththeredrocker said:
Thanks julie! 🙂
Erin{LavenderandLemonDrops said:
Love it! What a great idea to spray paint leaves…. really I wouldn’t thought of that!
ladywiththeredrocker said:
Thanks Erin! 🙂
Mel said:
It IS super cute. There isn’t an oak tree for miles around here.
visiting from the DIY project parade.
ladywiththeredrocker said:
Thanks Mel! Thanks for visiting! 🙂
Lauren said:
This is just stunning! LOVE that color you painted the acorns!!!
ladywiththeredrocker said:
Thanks Lauren! 🙂
lindyharnarain said:
This looks great! I hope you will link up to my Wickedly Creative Halloween Ideas Party. http://www.itsybitsypaperblog.com
ladywiththeredrocker said:
Thanks lindyharnarain!
ScreamingSardine (@ScreaminSardine) said:
What a perfect autumn wreath! I’d like to try something like this soon. Thanks for sharing, and have a great week!
Cheers,
Tracy Screaming Sardine
ladywiththeredrocker said:
Thanks Tracy! 🙂
Mandy said:
Stephanie – this is gorgeous!!! I would love it if you linked this up to my Party that starts tonight! http://www.projectqueen.org
I’m a new follower!
ladywiththeredrocker said:
Thanks Mandy! Thanks for the invite! 🙂
Jaymie said:
Love it! So simple and so cute.
Visiting from More the Merrier Monday.
ladywiththeredrocker said:
Thanks for visiting Jaymie! 🙂
Aimee @ ItsOverflowing.blogspot.com said:
I love your wreath…so organic! Lovely!!! Glad you stopped by and introduced yourself…be sure to visit again…we just had some caramel apples and they were great! I’ll be stopping by again soon to catch up!!
Aimee @ ItsOverflowing.blogspot.com
ladywiththeredrocker said:
Thanks Aimee! Love caramel apples! Will have to check ’em out! Thanks for visiting! 🙂
SJ @ Homemaker On A Dime said:
Absolutely cute! Btw, thanks for the sweet comment on my blog 🙂 Hope you can swing by, too, and link up in my Creative Bloggers’ Party & Hop.
ladywiththeredrocker said:
Thanks SJ!
Stacey @ daisysfavoritethings.blogspot.com said:
So what if it’s “another” acorn wreath! Yours is spectacular! And WOW that’s a lot of patience! Just came from Funky Polkadot Giraffe where I posted my wreath a couple links before yours. I went a quick and easy way this year! I’ve done some time consuming ones too though! Worth it for the result! I looove the painted leaves too!
ladywiththeredrocker said:
Thanks Stacey! You are so kind! Thanks for visiting! 🙂
Jessica said:
What an awesome wreath! I love how cute and different it is!
ladywiththeredrocker said:
Thanks Jessica! 🙂
Justine said:
love this! i especially love the gold accents. now i need to go find myself lots of acorns!
ladywiththeredrocker said:
Thanks Justine! 🙂
Alison said:
This is gorgeous, now I need to find somewhere to get lots of decent sized acorns, not the wee ones you get near me!
Alison
x
ladywiththeredrocker said:
Thanks Alison! 🙂
Lina said:
OK! This is just the coolest wreath! LOOOOVE it…colors and all 🙂
Lina
Fancy Frugal Life
ladywiththeredrocker said:
Thanks Lina! Thanks for visiting! 🙂
Beth Bryson said:
Hello! This wreath is SO pretty! Thank you for sharing it! Great looking!
ladywiththeredrocker said:
Thanks Beth! Thanks for visiting! 🙂
HaleyLeann said:
So pretty! I love the colors! Thanks for linking up on Recipes I Can’t Wait to Try!
ladywiththeredrocker said:
Thanks HaleyLeann!
Jamie said:
now i wish i had acorns! cute wreath!!
ladywiththeredrocker said:
Thanks Jamie!
Meredith Resnick said:
Wow! It came out beautifully! I love it. I might try….
Thank you so much for visiting my wreath on A Mother Seeking and commenting. I appreciated it!
I’ll be back!
ladywiththeredrocker said:
Thanks Meredith! 🙂
Maysem said:
That’s an awesome wreath!! I love it!!
ladywiththeredrocker said:
Thanks Maysem!
abeachcottage said:
That turned out really lovely! Thanks for adding your link to Beach Cottage Good Life Wednesdays 🙂
ladywiththeredrocker said:
Thanks abeachcottage!
Jessica @ Balancing the Dream said:
just stunning!!! I love how bright the green is!! great job!!
ladywiththeredrocker said:
Thanks Jessica! Thanks for visiting!
Jane @ Cottage at the Crossroads said:
I love your wreath! Wish I had some acorns, but all I have are pecans, and I need to pick those up for eating!
ladywiththeredrocker said:
Thanks Jane! I’ll tell ya what, I’ll send you some acorns, and you send me some pecans! 😉 Thanks for visiting!
Miss Kitty said:
Yes, it is adorable! I would have never thought to paint the acorns to get such a happy color…AND to paint the caps and leaves too. Thanks for sharing your “how-to’s” for this great wreath. I saw your post over at “Chic On A Shoestring” party.
ladywiththeredrocker said:
Thanks Miss Kitty! You are too kind! Thanks for visiting!
Melanie said:
Lovely! Thanks for linking to Things I’ve Done Thursday.
Melanie
bearrabbitbear.blogspot.com
thegunnysack said:
I love this!! I have been really enjoying acorns this fall! Thanks for sharing this at my What’s In The Gunny Sack? link party!
Candace said:
ooooo I LOVE this! I love the colors and how it all came together! one of my favorite wreaths! Just pinned to my wreaths board!
Thanks for linking up to scrappy saturdays last weekend, come on back and link up again!
Candace
ladywiththeredrocker said:
Thanks Candace! You are so kind! 🙂
Carrie said:
What a great look for very little money!!! I will be featuring your acorn wreath on this weeks Amaze Me Monday 😀
amy gilman said:
love this weath! great color choice! thanks for linking up! we featured you today!
Marie said:
This turned out so great! Thanks for linking up with us at Show & Share! Can’t wait to see what you link up this week!
Marie
mylilpinkpocket.blogspot.com
ladywiththeredrocker said:
Thanks Marie!
Jen Savage said:
Love your wreath, its funky, yet polished;) Subscribing to this blog right now, can’t wait to see what else you’ve done!
ladywiththeredrocker said:
Thanks Jen! 🙂