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Mini Fall Lacing Wreath: TP Rolls and Ribbons

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When I was teaching preschool, I loved to come up with ways to use ribbons.  Perhaps my favorite way to use ribbons was to encourage lacing through our chain link fence.  I remember watching a large group of girls, who didn’t normally play with one another, swarm to the activity.  They thread the ribbons through different chains and, when they tried to take them off to use them in a new way, they often needed help from nearby workers.  It was lovely to see something so simple encourage team work.  I tried to think of how I could use those left over ribbons (because, of course, I took them down and kept them to reuse!!).  After making this tree with TP rolls, I was inspired to use TP rolls with ribbon.  And, that’s how our mini Fall wreath came to life!

Here’s all I needed to start this project:

The supplies for Lacing Fall Wreath I had four TP rolls (with a preschooler we seem to have more of these around the house!), ribbon, and scissors.  I cut each roll into thirds which left me with twelve circles, or links.  Then, I cut small pieces of ribbon to tie each TP link together.  Here’s it looked like:

Tying the toilet paper rolls together**NOTE: If I did this again, I would just staple the TP circles together.  Not only would that be faster, but the knots in the back of the wreath got in the way as my daughter tried to weave the ribbon in and out.  You live and learn, right?! 🙂

Then, I tied them all together until i had a circle formed – the beginnings of the wreath!

Lil Lacing

Next, it was time to start weaving ribbon.  I have a vast number of fall colored ribbons, so Lil chose which colors she liked best.  My daughter isn’t one to gravitate towards fine motor activities like this, so I encouraged her by talking about how we were making a fall wreath to put up somewhere in the house.  But, she lost interest after she thread one ribbon all the way around the wreath.  So, we left the wreath and came back to it a few days later.  Sometimes, it’s nice to just let a project sit!

Lacing Fall Wreath 2Lacing Fal WreathWhen we started work again, we added new layers of ribbons.  I started calling the ribbon a snake that needed to slither through each hole – Lil adored trying to get the “head” of the snake (one end of the ribbon) to the “tail” of the snake (the other end of the ribbon).  Since my daughter is a dramatic play junkie, the analogy really caught her attention and made it fun to lace!

Mini Fall Lacing WreathI had a blast watching her do something that she doesn’t usually gravitate towards.  She challenged herself and, in the end, added something beautiful to our home.

Your turn!

Will you be making decorations this Fall?

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By Katie Joiner October 5, 2013

Comments

  1. Alisi says

    October 6, 2013 at 5:03 am

    Bula!! Just admired all your crreativity work…Amazing..thanks heaps..will try this out some day..God Bless

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  2. Lauren says

    October 6, 2013 at 11:51 am

    I love this wreath! So fun! Thank you for sharing at our Pinning for Play link party!

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    • happilyevermom says

      October 6, 2013 at 12:56 pm

      Thanks, Lauren! Always fun to link up 🙂

      Reply
  3. Emma CakesandScribbles says

    October 9, 2013 at 3:33 am

    Awww, that is lovely!

    Reply
  4. Jennifer Fischer says

    October 10, 2013 at 6:23 am

    I love how this turned out and that it uses recycled materials. Fabulous. Featured at The Kid’s Co-Op on my blog: http://jennifischer.blogspot.com/2013/10/kids-co-op-50-fall-activities-from-kids.html

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    • happilyevermom says

      October 11, 2013 at 10:19 am

      Thanks so much, Jennifer!

      Reply
  5. Carrie @ Crafty Moms Share says

    October 11, 2013 at 5:19 pm

    What a great activity!! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!!

    Reply
  6. enchantedhomeschoolingmom says

    October 13, 2013 at 10:00 am

    This is a very cute craft. These wreaths are perfect crafts as the holidays approach. Thank you for sharing and for linking up this week to the Thoughtful Spot Weekly Blog Hop.

    Reply

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