How to Make Cute Nautical Wreath from Old Jeans

INSIDE: How to make a nautical ocean front door wreath with repurposed denim jeans and ocean wooden cutouts. Ideas to reuse old clothing into DIY summer home decor.

Why have I been saving the bottom half of some jeans I cut up to make denim shorts? These leg-less jeans have been hanging out in my sewing basket for the past couple of months. It was time to give them a purpose, or make them meet the garbage can.

I took these jean halves and combined them with one of my most favorite things – ocean decor – for an easy DIY denim, nautical-inspired front door wreath.

So if you find yourself making some summertime jean shorts, this is how you can get crafty with those now useless jean bottoms…

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How to Make Cute Nautical Wreath from Old Jeans

Denim + cute nautical-themed wooden cutouts go together like Sand + Sea or Tacos + Tuesday.

Supplies:
– Styrofoam wreath
– Wooden cutouts (pre-painted or natural – use craft acrylic paints if making your own)
– Straight pins
– Glue gun
– Grosgrain ribbon
– Old denim jeans

How to Use Old Jeans to Make Easy Nautical Ocean Wreath

Cut 3-4″ wide strips from the jeans.

Wrap each section around the styrofoam wreath and secure with a straight pin. Cover the entire wreath form.

Use a 6″ jean section to create a bow shape. Hold together with hot glue gun.

Wrap a piece of grosgrain ribbon around the center of the bow.

Cut two additional strips of jeans for the bottom part of the bow. Secure to the wreath with straight pins. If desired, add some pieces of ribbon for further decoration.

Use glue to place the bow (from Step 2) on top.

Make a handful of denim rosettes. I explain how to make EASY flower rosettes here. Glue onto the wreath.

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With the rosettes in place, decide where you want to place the nautical-ocean wooden cutouts.

Secure those to the wreath with some hot glue.

What items have you re-purposed and given new crafty life? Let me know in the comments.

This project – and others – are part of the Top 100 Easy DIY Projects of 2018. Check them all out here!

Other Front Door Wreaths You May Enjoy:

• Use paper napkins to make a festive summertime wreath
• Paint mini terra cotta flower pots for a unique spring wreath
• Turn a plate charger into a fun welcome sign
• Paint chips from the hardware store into DIY beach art
• $5 outdoor movie blanket from bedsheet

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