How To make a BOX WREATH -Part 3

A note on this series: I will make a single listing after all posting are completed with all photos.

Part 3: Get out your pins and your glue gun. Clear a large space, and set down your wreath form, surrounded by the large size wrapped boxes.
Angling each box so that one short end touches the table on the outside of the wreath (see photo) attach large boxes all around with long straight pins. Then do the same with the boxes touching the table on the inside of the wreath. Each box corner should touch on the inside round. You should have a base when completed.

Now, begin to layer the presents going largest to smallest. Place each one and then glue it. Make sure the distribution is even. Don't be stingy! (See close up-photo). You want to have quite a build-up of presents. It looks best on present-overload.

You may run out of boxes... make more.
Then once all the boxes are on, add some toys and little festive elements. See the photo for some examples. But, good additions are miniture wooden toys, little gold or silver instruments, tiny wooden alphabet blocks spelling out names or greetings, and jingle bells.

When it is complete, it should look something like this! More pictures and a full blog entry with complete instructions to come.

How to make a BOX WREATH -Part 1

Each Halloween, my mom and I get DOTS candy and my father eats them all. Then we wrap up those little boxes for our CHRISTMAS BOX WREATHS. OK, so we're instigating the future recycling, but you can also use the boxes make-up pencils come in, matchboxes or small jewelry boxes.

You need A LOT of boxes, so what we do is keep a bag in the closet and each time a small box comes our way, we put it in there. The largest boxes you need (for the base) should be about the size of a cigarette box, and the smallest (for the top) about the size of a Dots box (2.5 x 1.25 x 0.75).

We also save small leftover bits of wrapping paper. Plain paper or paper with a very small print works best. When you tear open your presents this year, don't throw out the paper--look for tape and rip-free scraps big enough to cover those little boxes. And, of course, save your ribbon. I shouldn't even need to say THAT!

The first step the the BOX WREATH of your dreams is to cover all those little boxes with paper. The large base boxes don't need ribbon. Get to work, and Part 2 will be here in a week!