Shore Wreath

We frequently visit Cape Cod during the summer, and a visit there was the inspiration for this shore wreath. It was simple and inexpensive to make.

I used a twig wreath as a base for my shore wreath. Yard sales are a great place to find them. I have found some that were decorated. I just carefully remove the decorations and give them a good cleaning before reusing them.

The shells were collected on a Cape Cod beach, so they were free. I wasn't able to find any starfish on the beach, so I bought a small bag of them at the Christmas Tree Shop for under $2.00.

Here's the directions for making this shore wreath:

Tools:

• hot glue gun
• scissors

Supplies:

• dried white statice
• silk stems with foliage
• assorted shells
• starfish
• twig wreath
• a piece of fishnet

Directions:

1. Plug in the hot glue gun to heat.
2. Remove the tags from the stems and twig wreath.
3. Cut the silk stems, arrange them to your liking, then glue them onto the wreath using the hot glue gun.
4. Cut the dried statice, arrange it to your liking and glue it onto the wreath using the hot glue gun.
5. Arrange the shells and starfish on the wreath, then glue them onto the wreath.
6. Attach the fishnet to the back of the wreath.