Turkey Tulle Wreath

Hi guys! I am probably the happiest camper in the world right now… 1. I just got back from the American Music Therapy Association National Conference in Florida, and it was beyond AMAZING. I attended some really great sessions, had the opportunity to chat with my professional idols, and obviously was enjoying the warm, Florida sun. 2. This upcoming week is probably my favorite week of the year. Thanksgiving (my favorite holiday) is on Thursday, national shopping day is on Friday AND Eric and I are hosting our 3rd annual Friendsgiving [actually my favorite thing in the world]. 3. I’m doing my first crafting post today!! Since it’s my favorite week, I will be giving you guys a new Thanksgiving post every day this week, and to get us in the mood for turkey day, how about sharing one thing we’re thankful for each day?! (yes, I know it’s cheesy, and I’m 100% ok with that.)

Anyways, now that I went on a mega tangent… the first turkey day inspired pin I did was this adorable tulle wreath. It was very easy to make, but can be a little time consuming to tie the tulle and wrap the yarn around it, but looks so dang cute that it’s worth it.

Materials:

Foam wreath (I used a 16″ one)
55 Yards of Tulle in Red , Orange, and Yellow (you can choose how you want it divided up on your wreath),
2 1″ Styrofoam balls (could use bigger/smaller ones depending on the size of your wreath)
Styrofoam cone
Brown Yarn
Black & Yellow Paint
Paint Brush
Red foam sheet
3 toothpicks
Hot glue gun (not pictured)

Paint eyes on your Styrofoam balls & set aside to dry
Paint the entire cone yellow & set aside to dry
Wrap about 1/3 of your wreath with brown yarn. (I put a dab of hot glue at the beginning so the yarn wouldn’t budge) *This part is INCREDIBLY tedious. You can be an uber perfectionist like me and make sure there are no bumps whatsoever when you wrap it or you can just wrap and be ok with it having a few bumps from yarn being wrapped on top of itself*
Once you’re satisfied with the size of the body, cut the yarn and put another dab of hot glue where you ended.
Wrap all of your tulle around a cereal box (I just wrapped one roll on top of the other for it to go quicker, but you could just as easily do each roll individually)
Cut straight across the top and bottom of the box so you’re tulle is cut into strips
The feathers are created by tying the tulle allllllllllll around the rest of the wreath. (make sure you save a piece or two.) I would suggest taking a glass of wine and doing this while watching a movie, because while it is incredibly easy, it takes forever to do. You can do it haphazardly or have a pattern in mind (I did red, yellow, orange, yellow)
Arrange all of your knots so they are facing the same direction
Stick a toothpick in the middle of the brown section on the top side.
Put a little hot glue around the base of the cone and center on the toothpick
Push two toothpicks in on the inside part of the wreath about an inch on either side from the cone
Put a little hot glue on the eye ball and push into the toothpick so the eye is facing out
Repeat for second eyeball
Fold your red foam sheet in half and draw a squigle design on it (make sure it is narrow at the top
Cut out the “gobble”
Put hot glue on the narrow part and stick it onto the beak (yellow cone)
Take that piece of tulle you saved and hot glue it to the back of the wreath at the top so you have something to hang your wreath by
Name your wreath and hang him on the door!Meet, Teddy the Turkey

Now, I am going to warn you, if you choose to use tulle that has glitter in it (like my yellow tulle) be prepared to have glitter EVERYWHERE and for it to be a bear to get rid of. I was unaware of this when I bought my tulle and I can’t tell you how happy I am with only have one color with glitter on it, BUT I love glitter and everything that sparkles so I really like how my wreath ended up despite my lap looking like this….