Repurposed Tin Lid Wreath

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It took a while to collect all these can lids because a lot of the tin goods we buy have pull tabs.  I used green bean cans for the smaller flowers and whole tomato cans for the large flowers.  JoAnn’s Fabrics had the cutest collection of bright plastic buttons that I doubled up for the center of each flower.

 

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I used a combination of spray paint, acrylic paint, nail polish and paint pens to decorate the flowers.

I used the large tin can lids cut in four sections to make the leaves and “painted” them with green nail polish and a green paint pen.

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I ran colored wire through the button holes and used a dab of hot glue to hold the twisted wire in place.

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I recommend using a glue like E6000 to attach the leaves because that is water resistant.  Glue each leave next to the intersection of the flowers.

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Doesn’t it get you in the mood for Spring?

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