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Homemade Paper Christmas Wreath from Recycled Magazines

I had promised Immy that we would make a wreath to hang on our door this Christmas and then I had the crazy idea that we could make a paper Christmas wreath from recycled magazine pages. Sometimes my crazy ideas work!

And this is one Christmas craft with the potential for working those important fine motor muscles in small hands as well!

Homemade Paper Christmas Wreath from Recycled Magazines

Homemade Paper Christmas Wreath from Recycled Magazines

homemade christmas wreath

1. The first step was to cut lots of strips from the magazine pages. I chose pages that featured predominantly red and white print to match our Christmas theme.

2. Next I ruled the pages into 2cm widths (the width of my ruler) and Immy and I got cutting the pages into strips

homemade christmas wreath

3. Next we folded each strip over and stapled it at the bottom to form a petal shape.

homemade christmas wreath

Before long we had a big pile of red and white magazine ‘petals.’

homemade christmas wreath

4. I recycled a large piece of cardboard and traced around both a dinner plate and a glass to form the base of our wreath.

homemade christmas wreath

5. Next, it was time to start gluing.  We used a glue stick and started arranging our first row of petals about 2 or 3 cms in from the outside edge of the wreath base.

homemade christmas wreath

We continued pasting petals the whole way round and then began a second row to overlap the first…

homemade christmas wreath

…and then we added a third and a fourth row of petals…

homemade christmas wreath

…until the whole base was covered.

6. Finally I  stapled a few simple, small curls from the remaining strips of paper to cover the staples of the final row of petals.
Paper Christmas Wreath from Recycled Magazines

We hung our Christmas wreath with double sided tape on our front door to spread a little Christmas cheer and welcome visitors to our home.

homemade christmas wreath

For even more Christmas wreaths, check out our collection of 12 homemade Christmas wreath ideas.

Christie Burnett is a teacher, presenter, writer and the mother of two. She created Childhood 101 as a place for teachers and parents to access engaging, high quality learning ideas.

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  1. Ai Sakura says

    December 5, 2011 at 10:55 AM

    Good use for all my mags lying around! :) Thanks for the idea! Ai @ Sakura Haruka
  2. Melissa Jordan says

    December 5, 2011 at 11:35 AM

    This is really awesome! Love that you incorporated Christmas into this challenge. We did ours back a month ago so I was hardly in the Christmas spirit! We are going to make one of these and I'm pinning it too!
  3. Elise @ Inspiration Surrounds Creativity Abounds says

    December 5, 2011 at 2:43 PM

    This is bound to spread Christmas cheer. I love it! What an excellent way to recycle magazines and catalogues. Gotta love an idea that turns out so well. I'll have to check out the challenge over at Tinkerlab. I have been MIA from the blogosphere so it will be fun to check this out.
  4. sarah says

    December 5, 2011 at 4:24 PM

    Looks gorgeous Christie - who'd have thought there'd be that much red and white in a magazine? Stapling is a favourite activity with my guys too, it's that satisfying 'ker-clunk' I think (they love the hole punch at the moment too).
  5. maggy,red ted art says

    December 5, 2011 at 5:37 PM

    Oh my, you wreath is GORGEOUS! How wonderful! Maggy
  6. maria says

    December 5, 2011 at 7:40 PM

    Wonderful! I love it:)
  7. Laura says

    December 6, 2011 at 12:41 AM

    This is a wonderful idea. We need a wreath for this winter season. I love your idea. I will get my kids on it right away!
  8. Melissa @imaginationsoup says

    December 6, 2011 at 2:15 AM

    love the red glossy look of this - so pretty!
  9. michelle says

    December 6, 2011 at 3:03 AM

    Great color scheme! It pops!
  10. Catherine says

    December 6, 2011 at 5:47 AM

    Fantastic idea! looks so pretty!
  11. jen @ paintcutpaste.com says

    December 6, 2011 at 6:22 AM

    utterly brilliant! move over, martha! make room for immy!
  12. Jillian says

    December 6, 2011 at 7:26 AM

    We made a magazine wreath too... your's looks way more simple than ours. Wish I would have seen it before I did the work because your's is really cute!!!
  13. Rashmie @MommyLabs says

    December 6, 2011 at 11:23 AM

    What a beautiful reuse of magazines. Love your wreath - so festive!
  14. Ali says

    December 6, 2011 at 4:49 PM

    That is amazing, so much fun and what a great result. May daughter would insist on the entire wreath being pink and purple but who cares when it looks that good. :)
  15. Ink Paper Pen says

    December 7, 2011 at 7:07 AM

    I think this is beautiful. I will have a crack this afternoon with M1!
  16. danielle says

    December 7, 2011 at 9:42 PM

    I love this idea!
  17. Toddler Approved says

    December 8, 2011 at 2:01 AM

    I love how this turned out!! It is beautiful and so festive!!
  18. Chrissy @ The Outlaw Mom Blog says

    December 8, 2011 at 12:50 PM

    Supercute wreath and love that it's made with recycled materials! I still haven't made our door wreath yet and this one might be it :-)
  19. Rachelle | TinkerLab says

    December 16, 2011 at 5:23 AM

    Oh my goodness, I never left a comment on this awesome post and contribution to the creative challenge?! I'm so sorry, Christie. I adore the way you put this together, and tons of my readers seem to be headed over to your blog to check it out!
  20. danielle says

    December 18, 2011 at 2:55 AM

    I wanted to let you know that I featured this in my "What I Bookmarked This Week" post today - stop by and see!
  21. pearl2006 says

    October 29, 2012 at 11:55 PM

    Great idea. Would also be possible with wrapping paper too. I have lots of odd pieces left over from last year.

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