Wreath-shaped Ornament Out of Duct Tape

Here's how to make a small holly wreath out of some green duct tape.  This could be a great project for the whole family to get in on.

You'll need the following items.

• Green colored duct tape
• A small flat ring  (Perhaps cut a hole in the top to a plastic container.  We ordered custom cut pieces that were made with a laser cutter off of Etsy for about $1 each from this shop.)
• A few red beads
• A sharpie
• Scrap card stock (or the center from your plastic container lid!)
• Scissors
• Hot glue gun and glue
• Ribbon

Tear a length of duct tape off and then rip or cut it along the length to make thinner strips.  This will prevent the tape from creasing horribly as you wrap the ring.

Use the strips to wrap around the ring you're using. This will hide the color of the ring so you can easily use any color of plastic, metal or wood for the base for the project.

Cut off two equal lengths of duct tape and put them together as shown.  (Sticky sides together.)

Make a holly leaf template on the card stock or plastic scrap.  Cut the template out and then trace it onto the duct tape cramming in as many as possible to minimize waste.

Use the scissors to cut out the leaves. You might want to embellish them a little but we found that the marker didn't stay on the duct tape well.

Cut a length of ribbon to use to hang the ornament.  Tie the ribbon onto the ring and then tie another knot to form a loop with the ends.  The knot on the ring helps orient the ornament on the branch - you may not want to do that.

Get the glue gun warming up.

Lay out some of the leaves on the ring and get a feel for the layout you'd like.  remember you can put some on the "back" side for more dimension if you want.

Now start gluing the leaves and beads on. 

You might want to add a bow made out of ribbon.  Then hang it on the tree!

Many ornaments are fairly fragile but this one will take a bit of abuse.  And if it "breaks" just get the glue gun out and heated up!