I love book-themed crafts. Since last fall, I’ve made a book pumpkin, book Christmas trees, and book stars.
Today, we have yet another bookish craft- a book page wreath!
I’m not entirely sure if this wreath fits the definition, because it doesn’t have a hole in the center, but I’m calling it a book wreath anyway.
Want to make your own book page wreath for Valentine’s Day or any other day? Follow these simple steps!
How to Make a Book Page Heart Wreath
Supplies:
- A book you hate
- Scissors
- A shallow dish
- Hot glue gun and glue sticks
- Acrylic paint
- Pen
- Cardboard
- String
Step 1
Draw the outline of a heart onto the cardboard. You can choose a different design if you want it to be a year-round decoration and not just Valentine’s Day themed. Cut out the design with scissors or a craft knife. Don’t cut yourself.
Step 2
Tear away about 10 pages from the book spine. Cut the pages into an oval shape.*
*This step is actually quite important. When I left the pages square, they resembled nothing so much as crumpled, used tissues. Which did not look good. Take the time to round your edges.
Step 3
Crumple the oval into a flower shape. I did this by pulling the center of the oval down and pinching it between my fingers, then I rolled the outside edges in until they resembled petals. This is not an exact science, clearly. Make at least 50 of these. Make more if your heart is really large, less if you actually make an official wreath and cut out the center of the heart.
Step 4
Pour about a quarter’s worth of acrylic paint into your dish. Add in just enough water to make it look like paint soup. Stir the mixture.
Step 5
Dip the tips of each petal into the paint one by one. Only paint just the very tip for the same effect that I created. Set the petals onto paper towels to dry.
Step 6
When dry, glue the book page petals to the cardboard cutout starting on the outside edge and working in toward the center. As I glued, I pinched and twisted the bottoms of each petal (the previous center of the page) to make them stick to the cardboard better. Fill in all gaps with additional petals.
Step 7
Glue a piece of looped string to the back of the cardboard so you can hang it on the wall. Step back and admire how crafty and amazing you are. It’s what I did.
If you make your own book page wreath using these instructions, share it with me on the Daily Mayo Facebook page! I would love to see your creations!
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Brenda, I am so impressed with your finished project! I love the way you can see words from the book as part of the wreath. Thanks for posting this!
Thanks, Trish!
That is really cool but I just couldn’t do that to a book..even one I hated..lol. It makes me shutter to think of trying…maybe a phonebook. 🙂
I know. I always feel so bad at first tearing into the books. I got the books I am using for these crafts at a really old book store for 5 cents each. They all had ripped covers and were romance and sci-fi books from the 80s. I would never read those, so this gives them new life!
That is super cute. If I can bring myself to tear into an old book I just might do this. Lovely!
I always feel like I have to say an apology prayer to the author when I make these projects. 🙂
Cute! Very pretty idea. I honestly, don’t think I could tear a book apart, maybe if I found an old one that was completely battered but it looks super cute!
That is what I had to do! It’s hard for me to tear apart books.
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