Crafting has done amazing things for our family. We love making things together and it’s become a thing on who can come up with this week’s craft. I hope that you are all spending quality time together as a family. As military families, we don’t know when our loved ones have to go away. Anyways, I got a little sentimental on you. This week’s craft is a very easy and simple Valentine’s Day decoration. I even did two because the first one turned out to be super easy.

This Valentine’s Day wreath is super easy! I love changing up the wreath on my door and sometimes I decorate with them in our home too. I made a small one but you can make it using a larger wreath base too. I chose to go with the stick wreath.

Supplies:

• Valentine’s Day Garland
• Wreath Ring
• Fake Flowers (optional)
• Scissors

That’s it no glue! You can actually take the garland off of the wreath if you want to re-use the garland for something next year. Here we go! Are you ready?!

Directions:

• Grab your wreath ring and your garland.
• Find a spot to tuck the garland in and begin wrapping the garland around the wreath. It doesn’t matter which direction you start just keep going around the wreath with the garland until it’s covered or you run out and need another garland to add to it.
• Keep wrapping until it’s covered.
• I had little extras to add to it. You can find these fun little additions at a one price store or craft store in your town. It wasn’t’ expensive and it looks super cute and custom like in the stores.

It’s very simple, you can get the kids to help out with this craft too. They will have a ball wrapping the garland and getting it everywhere. Trust me on that!

Happy Crafting, Creating, and Decorating!

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We started to look for decorations for his theme and to my surprise they were not widely available anywhere. I searched so many websites for anything I could find, and only came across balloons and cupcake toppers. So, I called in my sister and we decide to make our centerpiece decorations.

What you need:

• Pictures of your choice
• Construction paper
• Wood sticks
• Ribbon
• Pipe cleaners (optional)
• Scissors/glue
• Paper grass
• Buckets
• Filler (we used beans)

Instructions:

• We printed out colored pictures of 3 different zombies and 3 different plants that Zion picked. We printed out 2 of each picture. Then, we cut them out, leaving a tiny white border around the picture.
• Then, we glued the pictures to one side of the construction paper. I then cut a large square around the picture and glued the 2nd picture (same picture) to the other side of the construction paper. Punch holes on 1 side of the finished square.

• Take your wood sticks and wrap them 3/4 of the way down with pipe cleaner. **This part is optional. You can use just the wood stick if you would like**
• Cut your ribbon to the desired length (I made mine long enough to tie and curl). Then take your square and line it up with the wood stick. Place your ribbon through the hole and around the stick. Tie in a knot. **Careful not to tie it to tight  because you will rip the paper). It should now look like a little flag.
• Fill your buckets about 1/4 of the way up with whatever filler you picked (we chose uncooked beans). Then add the paper grass on top.

• Place your finished picture flag into the bucket. The filler at the bottom with secure the stick.

And there you have it! We made 6 of them and it only took about an hour. You can also attach a ballon or 2 to the bucket handle if you would like. Another option is to place the wood stick in between 2 pieces of construction paper instead of on the side. Either way, it was super simple and a great way to make cute decorations for a birthday theme that may be hard to find.