Creepy Boa Wreath

I LOVE pinterest! This next creative idea was found on pinterest by my SIL. We both love HALLOWEEN and love decorating so we just couldn't wait to do this DIY boa wreath! 

Supplies:

• Styrofoam wreath ring (16-in)
• Black Boas (depending on the size and how fluffly you can find them, will depend on how many you need. We used 4 6ft black boas that were $4.99 each)
• guaze fabric (creepy cloth-black)
• Wire and wire cutters
• Sparkly skeleton head
• Sparkly spiders
• Skeletons
• Ribbon (to hang wreath)

Yesterday, we went out and hunted down all our supplies. We started at the Dollar Tree, which was mostly picked over. Luckily, they still had some guaze left so we bought a few of those. And we purchased these awesome skeletons in case we couldn't find the sparkly skeleton heads anywhere. 

Then we went to Walmart hoping that we could find everything else for really cheap and that ended up being a complete fail. Not only were 75% of the employees that we encountered that day completely rude, but also Walmart didn't have any of the supplies we needed. 

So then we went to Michaels, which is where we should have started. We purchased a 16 inch styrofoam wreath ring, with coupon for $4.99. 

4-6ft black boas that we ended up getting for $4.99 (they were stocked wrong and were originally $8.99 but they honored the $4.99 price since it was their stocking mistake. HOWEVER, if you can find boas online or if you are lucky and can find them at your local Dollar Tree than that will save you a lot of money). 

We also found our sparkly skeleton head ($1.49) and sparkly black spiders ($2.99) there.

First we untied all of our boas so they were single strand (6ft) not double strand. Then you just wrap each boa around the wreath ring. We cut about 1 inch wires and bent them with our finger so they made a 'U' shape and used those to secure the boa into the foam. 

I used one to secure the first end of the boa onto the wreath and then wrapped the boa around the wreath, weaving around the wreath. Then used another wire 'U' at the end of the boa and repeated the process until all 4 boas were used and secure with the wire 'U's. The wire sticks pretty easily into the styrofoam, and you can use bigger pieces of wire if the 1 inch length seems too small. 

Then I cut random sized pieces of the gauze (creepy cloth) fabric and added them to the ring. I used wire 'U's to secure the fabric and I also tucked some of the fabric underneath the wrapped boas so that it looked more blended. 

Then I cut the spiders off their sticks, leaving about 2 inches of the stick still attached to the spider and stuck them into the styrofoam on top of the boas and fabric. 

For the sparkly skeleton head, I cut of the string that was at the top of the head and then used some of the left over stick from the spiders and stuck it into the skeleton head and then stuck the other end of the stick into the styrofoam ring. 

I also attached one of the full skeletons from the Dollar Tree using more wire. I strung the wire through the skeleton's rib cage and then stuck him into the wreath. Then the final step is adding ribbon to the top so it can be hung. I used black wired ribbon from Jo-Anns and strung it underneath the boas and then tied a knot to secure it to the wreath and then a tiny bow at the top. 

Ta-Da! SPOOKY and CREEPY and oh-so-fabulous! This project cost $31.00. The original project which can be found here is totally AWESOME. She added lights and made her own wreath ring. Have fun and good luck!!

with.love 

ashley