Enhancing a dull wall is one of the simplest ways to infuse your home with personality. While trendy paint designs or wood accents can provide a natural touch, sometimes all it takes is a quick trip to Dollar Tree for supplies. Using a wreath form, this craft can also be displayed on various surfaces, including your front door. Lightweight fabric is essential, as it will mimic flower petals once attached to the wreath form. You can customize the rest of the project to suit your interior style or make use of materials you already have.
Start by selecting scarves in hues that complement your room’s decor. Dollar Tree’s Juncture summer fashion scarves and polyester infinity scarves offer a range of versatile colors and patterns. Their thinness makes them easy to work with. Next, pick a wire wreath form — or several. A 2-pack of 8-inch floral garden metal wreath forms is ideal for creating smaller wall flowers, but larger circular forms can make a more striking impact. Many Dollar Tree stores stock 14.25-inch and 18-inch forms. Additionally, gather fabric scissors for cutting the scarves and some string or ribbon for hanging your creation.
How to Create an Adorable Wall Flower
Transforming fabric into flower petals on a wreath form can be achieved in various ways. One straightforward method is to cut your scarves into ribbon-like strips and tie them onto the form using slipknots. Strips measuring 24 inches long and 2.5 inches wide work well, and you’ll need around 60 to 65 strips to cover a 14.25-inch wire wreath form, which consists of four concentric wire circles.
To create petals, fold each scarf ribbon in half width-wise and lay it across the form’s four wires. This creates a flattened loop at the fold. Thread the ribbon ends through the loop to form a knot, then adjust the ribbon so its ends fan out from the form. Continue this process until the form is fully covered. The YouTube channel JuliesWreathBoutique demonstrates this fabric-knotting technique and offers tutorials on alternative petal-making methods.
For the flower’s center, known as the central disc, let your creativity shine. Some crafters use a circle of decorative mesh, like Ai-De-Chef poly burlap 10-inch mesh, placed in the form’s center. Secure it with a few 8-inch zip ties from the Oupeng 600-piece pack of nylon cable ties. You could also use a round photo frame, drink coaster, or burlap roll matching the form’s center hole, attaching it with hot glue to form the central disc.
Other Ways to Make Upcycled Wall Flowers
If cutting your scarves isn’t appealing, try the bubble method for crafting petals. Attach a scarf to the center of a wreath form’s crossbars using a plastic zip tie. Gather the scarf’s width in one hand and pull a section through the gap between the two outermost wire rings, forming a fabric bubble. Repeat this process to create bubbles between the middle and innermost rings, continuing until the fabric is used up. Then, zip-tie a new scarf onto the frame and repeat these steps.
Consider sourcing scarves from places beyond Dollar Tree. Make this project more economical and sustainable by upcycling scarves from yard sales, clothing swaps, and thrift stores. Other fabrics, such as cloth napkins, bandanas, silk sheets, curtains, and burlap ribbons, can also be used. Instead of discarding them due to fading or holes, repurpose them for this craft. After completing your wall flower, turn leftover fabric scraps into twine, eliminating the need to purchase it again.
