A 10-Minute Ridiculously Easy (and Adorable) Monster Wreath

This fun and easy monster wreath is perfect for Halloween (without terrifying your little ones). It’s very quick to come together and the supplies are available anywhere. Let’s get started!

I’ve been sitting on this awhile but was trying to wait until after the ‘pumpkin spice lattes are back’ frenzy had run its course before letting loose this cuteness to the world. After having seen all kinds of Halloween stuff popping up all over the net, however, I’ve decided to finally share this fun and easy monster wreath!

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Our 2.75 year old designed this year’s Halloween wreath and you want to know something? It’s absolutely perfect for a fun, child-friendly front door wreath!

Is everyone else sharing in my excitement right now?!?! Okay, I’ll stop and just tell you how we put this together in 10 minutes, immediately after returning from the store. This cost us $8.22 but we did use some stuff we had on hand in the craft cabinet.

Supplies for Our Easy Monster Wreath

• 12 inch wreath form
• BIG googly eyes (ours are 4″)
• tulle (or fabric) scraps
• feather boa from the craft store
• 2 x 5″ pieces of wire/floral wire/bamboo skewer See the assembly section for construction details to help give you an idea of what else you could use.
• scrap of poster board (or cardboard) for the mouth
• straight pins, hot glue gun, wire cutters (if using wire for the eyes), scissors to cut the tulle (duct tape is pictured, but I ended up not using it)
• felt (not pictured); ribbon for hanging (not pictured)

Assemble the Little Monster Wreath

As you can imagine, this is pretty simple. I cut 3 strips of tulle about 3 inches wide by 40 inches; I was using scraps left over from our TinkerBell dress up apron, so it wasn’t an exact measurement. You can use anything you have on hand. I didn’t have anything other than the tulle that would match the lime green boa she picked out from the Seahawks section of the craft store.

It. Is. Blindingly. Bright. Green.

Wrap the Wreath Form

Elise wrapped the tulle around the wreath form (most of it got covered) and I pinned the beginning and end of each strip. Even the small pins stay in if you put them through the tulle at an angle.

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Wrap the Boa for an Easy Monster Wreath

As you might have guessed, the next step is to wrap the boa around the wreath form. We had so much fun during this part – feather pieces were flying everywhere and we took a break to run around like crazy women and try and snatch them right out of the air. Good times and a water break were had by all.

I needed to adjust the boa Elise wrapped on after the tulle was secured. Because I had to move it so I could get some pins into the rope that runs through the boa, Elise watched me very closely so that I wouldn’t ‘mess up’ her monster. She was so very proud when she finished wrapping the wreath. Maybe even as proud as I was of her.

Work the Monster Eyes

This next part was a bit of a buzz kill for both of us. Elise wanted the eyes to be up off the monster but I wanted them mostly contained. I figured that if this was going to be smacking against a door, I didn’t want the eyes to be swinging around.

I couldn’t keep the eyes from swinging around in the wreath using the duct tape. I had to get out the glue gun and because I have a tendency to burn myself every time I turn it on, there was no way that Elise was going to be near me when I was using it. She did, however, patiently wait, staring up at me while I glued.

Tip: the 4-inch googly eyes we bought were sticky-backed. The glue didn’t stick to that surface so I removed the cover paper, glued the wire pieces to the sticky back, let it dry, and then covered the back again with the same paper.

I put a tiny little dollop of hot glue on the end of the wire pieces before I stuck them into the wreath. Better safe than sorry, right?

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Let’s Make It A Happy Monster Wreath

Next, we did the mouth. Well, it was mostly Elise shouting, “Bigger! Bigger!” for about 5 minutes while I cut some poster board scrap. I then traced that poster board onto some black felt, leaving about a 1/4 inch border to fold over the sides. We also cut a small tongue, but no teeth. “My monster will have no teeths, okay Mommy?”

Okay, baby.

While I was busy gluing (and burning the tips of my fingers), the little one entertained us by singing (to the tune of There Was a Crooked Man), “My monster has no teeth, my monster has no teeth…” Without asking her permission (a mommy faux pas on my part), I made the tongue ‘interactive.’ To do this, I faced the tongue up, turned over the straight end by about half of an inch, and then hot glued that tab down to the black felt. I snipped the corners on the tab so they would not show.

Before I took it off the counter, I affixed the ribbon she chose to hang her silly monster wreath. She screamed in delight when I lifted her monster wreath off the counter – the waggling tongue was a hit!

Yield: 1 adorable Halloween wreath

Monster Wreath

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This fun and easy monster wreath is perfect for Halloween (without terrifying your little ones). It’s very quick to come together and the supplies are available anywhere. Let’s get started!

Active Time 10 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Difficulty Easy

Estimated Cost $5

Materials

• 12 inch wreath form
• BIG googly eyes (ours are 4″)
• tulle (or fabric) scraps
• feather boa from the craft store
• 2 x 5″ pieces of wire/floral wire/bamboo skewer See the assembly section for construction details to help give you an idea of what else you could use.
• scrap of poster board (or cardboard) for the mouth
• felt (not pictured); ribbon for hanging (not pictured)

Tools

• straight pins, hot glue gun, wire cutters (if using wire for the eyes), scissors to cut the tulle (duct tape is pictured, but I ended up not using it)

Instructions

1. As you can imagine, this is pretty simple. I cut 3 strips of tulle about 3 inches wide by 40 inches; I was using scraps left over from our TinkerBell dress up apron, so it wasn’t an exact measurement. You can use anything you have on hand. I didn’t have anything other than the tulle that would match the lime green boa she picked out from the Seahawks section of the craft store.
2. Elise wrapped the tulle around the wreath form (most of it got covered) and I pinned the beginning and end of each strip. Even the small pins stay in if you put them through the tulle at an angle.
3. As you might have guessed, the next step is to wrap the boa around the wreath form. We had so much fun during this part – feather pieces were flying everywhere and we took a break to run around like crazy women and try and snatch them right out of the air. Good times and a water break were had by all.
4. I needed to adjust the boa Elise wrapped on after the tulle was secured. Because I had to move it so I could get some pins into the rope that runs through the boa, Elise watched me very closely so that I wouldn’t ‘mess up’ her monster. She was so very proud when she finished wrapping the wreath. Maybe even as proud as I was of her.
5. This next part was a bit of a buzz kill for both of us. Elise wanted the eyes to be up off the monster but I wanted them mostly contained. I figured that if this was going to be smacking against a door, I didn’t want the eyes to be swinging around.
6. I couldn’t keep the eyes from swinging around in the wreath using the duct tape. I had to get out the glue gun and because I have a tendency to burn myself every time I turn it on, there was no way that Elise was going to be near me when I was using it. She did, however, patiently wait, staring up at me while I glued.
7. Tip: the 4-inch googly eyes we bought were sticky-backed. The glue didn’t stick to that surface so I removed the cover paper, glued the wire pieces to the sticky back, let it dry, and then covered the back again with the same paper.
8. Next, we did the mouth. Well, it was mostly Elise shouting, “Bigger! Bigger!” for about 5 minutes while I cut some poster board scrap. I then traced that poster board onto some black felt, leaving about a 1/4 inch border to fold over the sides. We also cut a small tongue, but no teeth.

Notes

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Isn’t he just adorable? How cute would this be with a number in the center for a monster birthday party?

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And, if you’re in the mood for more little beasties, check out some other fun we’ve had with monsters.