How to Make a Wreath With Trash Bags and a Hanger

Making a wreath is an excellent project to share with a child or simply for a creative individual to take on.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Scissors 1 wire clothes hanger 8 white trash bags

1. Bend your hanger into a circle, as close to perfect as possible. Leave the hook at the top as is.

2. Trim any seams, strings or handles of one of your trash bags and discard them. Cut a straight line down the side of the bag from top to bottom so that you are left with one seamless, large sheet of plastic.

3. 
   An example of roughly what your plastic strips and bent hanger should look like.

   Cut this sheet into strips of plastic of about 5 inches by 1 inch. This project does not require exact measurement. The strips do not need to match one another exactly.

4. 
   The first plastic strip tied on the hanger.

   Tie one plastic strip at the top of the hanger near the hook. The knot should be as close to the middle as possible. Do not double-tie. Tie more strips, and push each as close to the last as you are able, turning the plastic hanging off of the knot in different directions. It is very important that you leave absolutely no space in between your strips.

5. Add a personal touch to your wreath. Use ribbon, a bow or whatever you see fit.

Tips & Warnings

• You may find after you have finished that you have some extra long bits of plastic sticking out at odd angles. Just take your scissors and trim up your wreath a bit.
• When tying your plastic strips onto the wire hanger, take care not to pull too tightly, as the plastic will stretch out of shape easily. Do not leave strips of plastic where children or animals can pick them up.

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