Lions & Tigers & Bears, Oh My!

Years and years ago, an old friend of my mother's gave our daughters a darling little wreath that she had made.  I had never seen anything like it before or since.

SO, I thought I'd attempt to create one myself and share it with you.

The list of supplies includes a grapevine wreath, bags of miniature plastic animals, spray paint, hot glue gun and finally, ribbon.

This is literally one of the easiest craft projects!!!  So, here it goes.....

I was surprised how tough it was to find affordable plastic animals but Target to the rescue!!!  I scored a 45 piece set on clearance and then a few additional sets in their Dollar section.  A variety of animal shapes and sizes make the final project more interesting.

Once the animals were out of the 'pen' and ready to go, I used my 'new' glue gun (one of the best Christmas gifts ever!!!) and started gluing the larger animals. You can glue them on however you choose....

 

I then randomly glued the smaller animals until I literally ran out of glue....

I chose Krylon Brushed Metallic Satin Champagne Nouveau Paint and spray painted the entire plastic animal wreath.  The choice of paint color is a personal one and I just like a subtle touch of glitz!!!

Add your glittery ribbon and voila.....

Let me know what you think....

Heather