4th of July

4th of July Wreath--- Cannot wait till we renovate the front rooms and replace this door!

I have been busy trying to decorate the house with 4th of July decorations. This year I realized that I do not have ANY decorations for the 4th of July. The past two days I was on the search, unfortunately, its a little too late and I did not find much. I did find a table runner for our dining room table, I added a white lantern and red tea light and it is perfect. I also purchased two place mats for our kitchen table and two flags for our front porch.

I also purchased the materials needed to make a American Flag Toothpick Wreath. I had seen this a few years ago and thought I would give it a try.
Materials:
Styrofoam wreath

American Flag Toothpicks (I bought 700, and I used between 500-600)

Directions: It's simple. Stick toothpicks in all over the front of the wreath. I did not add it to the back. I also broke some of the toothpicks in half because they were crisscrossing and I couldn't push them in far enough. The more toothpicks you add the better it looks!!! Enjoy!

The wreath was $4.99, and each packet of toothpicks was $2.99. The toothpicks were 60% making them $1.20 X 7= $8.40. Then with my Teacher Discount at JoAnn's they took off another 15%. Making the total cost of this project about $12.00. I am sure you can find the styrofoam wreath for less, but I had the urge to complete the project and not shop around.