DIY Pride Paper Wreath: A Step-by-Step Guide

Unleash Your Creativity: A Meaningful DIY Project

Celebrate Pride Month with this beautiful do-it-yourself paper wreath. We're going to show you how making this masterpiece using Paper Source ornamental documents in detail! Crafting can be therapeutic when you are stressed, and it can also result in a useful or decorative item. Everyone is creative in some way, and with modern kits and patterns, a creative handicraft does not have to end in disappointment.

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Materials You'll Need

• Scissors
• Two-sided tape
• Foam wreath (1.4″ x 9.8″)
• 14 Straight pins with ball heads
• A variety of coloured decorative paper (7 colours in total)
• Cutter of paper (preferably a slide cutter or guillotine cutter)

Getting Started: Cutting & Folding Paper Strips

• Begin by cutting down your paper strips. Each strip should be 1 inch wide by 12 inches long. Depending on the size of your wreath form, you'll need anywhere from 20 to 30 strips of each colour.
• You'll start by making accordion folded "snakes" with one colour at a time.

Step-by-Step: The Accordion Fold

• Begin with two strips of the same colour.
• Strip 1 should be placed vertically on the surface.
• Place strip 2 horizontally on top of strip 1 and secure with double-sided tape.

Begin by folding the strips back and forth over each other in the order listed below:

• Step 1: Fold up strip 1
• Step 2: Fold strip 2 left
• Step 3: Fold strip one in half
• Step 4: To the right, fold strip 2.
• Repeat steps 1-4 until you've used up all of your paper strips.
• Remove any excess paper with scissors and secure the loose flap with double-sided tape.

Your accordion strips should look something like this:

• Continue making these with the remaining one-color strips and connecting them with double-sided tape to form one long 'snake.'
• When stretched out, each snake should be about a yard long.
• Repeat this procedure for each additional colour (i.e. orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink)
• You should have a total of seven snakes.

Assembling Your Wreath: Winding the Paper Snakes

Once you've finished each colour snake, attach it to the foam wreath as follows:

• Use only one colour at a time.
• Attach the snake's tail to the wreath with a straight pin.
• Begin winding the snake around the wreath form, making sure that each rotation is snug against the previous one.
• When you've finished one colour, use a straight pin to secure the end to the wreath.
• Repeat these steps with each colour until all 7 snakes wrap around the wreath form.

Final Touches & Tips for a Flawless Finish

You may need to make adjustments to fit all of the paper onto the wreath; the goal is for the accordion folds to nestle into each other so that no white foam is visible.

Your finished product should look something like this:

Your Masterpiece: Versatile Decor for Any Season

This wreath can be hung on your door or used as home decor. Change the colours of your paper according to the season, or make a graduation wreath using school colours. The options are limitless!