INSIDE: Re-purpose Dollar Store green ribbon and shamrock headbands into easy and cheap DIY St. Patrick’s Day front door wreath decor.
Want a good challenge? Stand in front of the seasonal holiday decorations and doh dads at your local dollar store. You may find yourself standing there for a good 10 minutes overwhelmed by all the things. Until you’ve realized your preschooler has gotten bored and wandered off to toys. #momoftheyear
So there I stood, perplexed by what dollar store item I could re-purpose, into some crafty St. Patrick’s Day decor. I already had a wreath form and the world’s largest ball of green yarn at home. These items were going to be my Irish crafting base as I sought to bring some good luck to my front door.
So what did I purchase? Two sparkly ribbon headbands with spring-coiled four leaf clovers. And here’s how these St. Patrick’s Day headbands were turned into a wreath…
How to Make a St. Patrick’s Day Wreath from Shamrock Headbands
I’ve joined with some crafty friends for a monthly DIY-craft challenge. Each month will be a new theme. This month, we are focusing on Dollar Store crafts. Check out all of the ideas at the end of this post!
Supplies:
– Two (2) shamrock headband with ribbon streamers (Don’t have a dollar store near you? You can buy them here)
– St. Patrick’s Day bandana
– Gold coines
– Green yard
– Hot glue gun
– Straight pins
Make a St. Patrick’s Day Wreath with Cheap Shamrock Headbands
I had a great (albeit not-so-well-thought-out) idea to wrap the entire foam wreath form with the green yarn. Until I realized how time-consuming this would be. Scratch that.
Instead, I haphazardly covered the wreath with yarn, leaving much of the white foam exposed.
I pulled the ribbon off of the headbands. And somehow managed to twist and pulled the coiled shamrocks off as well. Plain green plastic headband = new project!
I gathered the bandana in half and used a straight pin to secure it to the top of the foam wreath.
I then pinned the ribbon streamers on top of the bandana, also using straight pins. (You can just as easily use a hot glue gun to do this.)
diy dollar store cheap easy st. patrick’s day wreath
Pin (or glue) the shamrocks to the top of the wreath.
What’s St. Patrick’s Day without some good luck bling? Glue a handful of gold coins to the ribbons.
Wreath me, I’m Irish!
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Meg says
HOW FUN! And very festive!!
Amy says
Such a cute send easy wreath! Love it!
Teri says
This is adorable! I love making fun things from the dollar store, and I love how you repurpose items to create fun and festive decor.
Marie Dabbs says
I do the same thing at Dollar Tree, lol. I stand there staring at all of the items trying to reimagine them or get inspired by something.
Sheltie Times says
Great project.
Leanna says
This is fun and festive, I really enjoy the addition of the little gold coins. I think using wool was a good idea because I can sometimes find dollar store bling a bit too bright and this tones it down. Great little project.
Michelle Leslie says
That’s just so cute Victoria. Love all the shamrocks and the godlen coins you added.
Laura Ingalls Gunn says
I can’t believe this cute wreath was made from dollar store materials. It is fantastic!
Ali B says
It looks adorable! I can’t believe those ribbon streamers were from a headband!
Leslie says
Your wreath is SO much better than the original headbands! Pinned and thanks so much for sharing at the #happynowlinkup!
Teresa says
So cute, I love all those ribbons. Thank you for sharing at The Really Crafty Link Party. Pinned!
Crystal says
Cute and creative! I would have never thought to use a headband.
Erlene says
Such a great idea to use dollar store headbands since they have all the pieces needed to decorate a wreath. Pinned and will be including this in a St. Patrick’s Day roundup.
Shani | Sunshine & Munchkins says
Using the headbands for your wreath is so smart! You get a lot to work with for so cheap!
April J Harris says
I love this idea, Victoria! What a fun wreath – and so frugal too! I’m featuring this post at the Hearth and Soul Link Party this week. Hope to see you there! Have a lovely week!
Julia Groves says
What an ingenious use for repurposing those headbands.
Christine says
What a clever idea! I love how it turned out!
Julie says
It really is amazing what you can find to repurpose from a dollar store.
Our Hopeful Home says
Too cute! And I love the coin idea, it’s quite original. Don’y you just love the Dollar Tree? Thanks for sharing at Vintage Charm. xo Kathleen