spring wreath: tutorial

I've seen a number of these yarn and felt wreaths on the internet and I was browsing around JoAnn's yesterday (because EVERYTHING is 50% off) and I remembered that I wanted to make one for spring so I thought I'd share with y'all how I made mine because it's so easy, cheap and really fun too!

Supplies:

• Yarn
• A styrofoam wreath 
• Push pins (I chose ones with pearls to add a little touch of cutness)
• One sheet of felt "paper" (I plan on taking 3 of the 4 pictured here back b/c I really only used about half of a sheet)
• Scissors
• Hemp or Ribbon to hang your wreath when finished (not pictured..sorry!)

Step 1:

Cut a pretty lengthy strip of yarn and tie a knot in the end of it. Place a push pin through the knot to secure the strip of yarn, the push pin will later be covered up by yarn flowers so don't worry about it showing through. 

Step 2:
Start to wrap the yarn tightly around the foam. To switch colors just tie the two pieces of yarn together, like you're making a longer strip, and keep wrapping.

Step 3:
Cut out quarter sized circles in the felt. I used about 3/4 of the piece of felt.  The circles don't have to be perfect so if you're OCD like me, just let it go and don't stress over perfectly round circles :) Then fold circles and place a push pin through the center, or wherever you'd like.  Not all the flowers need to be folded the same because it adds nice texture when they're different. To secure the flowers onto the wreath, just push them into the foam using your push pin. These were inspired by Goodnight Moon's flowers!

 Voila! You have a pretty little wreath that only took you about an hour or two to make and cost about $8 total! Pretty easy, right? Hope you guys try making one..if you use my tutorial, let me know so I can see your pretty projects too! Maybe I'll say pretty one more time..

pretty.