Tiny Tutorial ~ Egg Carton Flower Wreath

EGGcellent Flower Wreath by Jane LaFazio

EGGcellent Flower Wreath~ detail ~ by Jane LaFazio

EGGcellent Flower Wreath~ detail ~ by Jane LaFazio

EGGcellent Flower Wreath~ detail ~ by Jane LaFazio

EGGcellent Flower Wreath~ detail ~ by Jane LaFazio

EGGcellent Flower Wreath~ detail ~ by Jane LaFazio

You saw me making these flowers on this post. I just cut them from egg cartons. Each one is different, and once you get started, you'll come up with all kinds of flowers and petal arrangements.

One carton makes this many (layered) flowers ~ by Jane LaFazio

EGGcellent Flowers   by Jane LaFazio

Then I painted them with acrylic paint. The egg carton material really sucks up the paint, like a blotter, so it's better to do a first coat with off-white paint, or gesso, or even matte medium. Notice how I stayed with a consistent color scheme. (Of course, for Christmas you could go with red and green, or for Valentines day, just shades of red etc...)

EGGcellent Flowers   by Jane LaFazio

To make the wreath, I used a metal one (from a crafts store) but you could use any kind of wreath shape. I wrapped mine in brown paper towels, cuz that's all I had, and glue gunned it together.

EGGcellent Flower Wreath~in progress~ by Jane LaFazio

EGGcellent Flower Wreath~in progress~ by Jane LaFazio

EGGcellent Flower Wreath~in progress~ by Jane LaFazio

Once all my flowers were dry, I attached them with the glue gun.

EGGcellent Flower Wreath~in progress~ by Jane LaFazio

I added a bit of glue, and then tiny red beads into some of the centers.

EGGcellent Flowers ~ detail~   by Jane LaFazio

Honestly, I love this wreath, and I have many more ideas for egg carton flowers. Check out my egg carton succulents here.

EGGcellent Flowers Wreath by Jane LaFazio