Not So Puzzling Craft

Can you believe Christmas is a week away? I have some friends that haven't even started shopping and are going to the mall today to find their gifts. I don't envy the craziness they will face! Instead, I'll stay in and craft by the warm fire and maybe make these easy-"piecey" wreaths.

I think everyone has at least one puzzle that it missing at least one piece. What to do with all the left over pieces? Make wreaths, of course! Well, that’s one of the many things you can do with the pieces but this post focuses just on making little wreaths with fun embellishments.

This project could be turned into tree ornaments, door hangings, package embellishments, and so much more! Imagine an apartment door completely covered with these little ornaments. Anther great thing about them is they're pretty flat so they're easy to store.

Everything, it seems, these days is made in miniature form. Bells, holly, ribbons, bows, berries, snowflakes, penguins, snowmen…just wander down the winter crafting section at the hobby store and see what you find. I personally like the little bells because they add a bit more festive cheer.

Puzzle Piece Wreath

Materials and Supplies:

~ Old puzzle pieces.

~ Acrylic paint—green (maybe red, gold silver)

~ Fuzz balls

~ Craft glue or hot glue

~ Ribbon

~ Scissors

~ Paintbrush or Q-Tip

Directions:

1. Start by painting several puzzle pieces green. You can paint the front glossy side or the mat rougher side, it doesn’t really matter. You can get a few greens, green with sparkles, metallic green...whatever you wish. Let dry.

2. Arrange puzzle pieces in a circle. I lay down a base of several pieces not glued together then glue pieces on top to “fill” out the wreath. You can do as many levels as you want. I usually do three or four.

3. Glue on the embellishments.

4. Add a ribbon at top to attach it to things.

Extra idea?

Make several and paint them different colors to make them look more like a collection. You could make an advent calendar of sorts and put numbers on each wreath, counting to Christmas day.

Add a photograph in the middle of the wreath to make it extra unique and special.