The weather has been a tad cooler at my house, meaning fall will be arriving soon. While I dread putting up my summer wardrobe, one thing I love about fall is decorating. As a child my favorite holiday, after Christmas, of course, was Halloween. Who didn’t like a day dedicated to receiving free candy from the neighbors? I could dress in costume and yell as loudly as I wanted, because someone had to say “Trick or Treat”. Now that I’m older and don’t need the yummy candy, I’ve turned to decorating for the holidays instead. I enjoy the fall displays with pumpkins, cheerful scarecrows and colorful pots of mums, but sometimes I want something a little different. This year for Halloween I decided to make a Mummy Wreath. It’s so easy to make that it’s more treat than trick. Plus, little goblins who come to the door won’t be scared when they see this wreath!
To make the wreath you’ll need:
1 grapevine or straw wreath (I used an 8 inch size)
White Gauze (I used around 7 yards and picked mine up at the Dollar Store)
2 Googly Eyes, sized large or Extra Large if you can find them
Craft Glue
small sign or similar item to use in the middle of the wreath (I used a small amount of scary lawn tape I found at the dollar store.)
1 piece black foam
Start by wrapping the gauze loosely around the entire wreath until covered. Once you’ve covered the wreath use the extra gauze to wrap around the middle of the circle. Fasten gauze onto the wreath. Cut the piece of black foam into a half circle. Glue the half circle into the wreath.
Attach the googly eyes onto the black foam near the top of the wreath with craft glue and allow to dry. In the center of the wreath attach the sign or lawn tape with craft glue. You can angle it sideways, as I did, or place it straight across the middle.
Hang your creation on the door to give your guests and little goblins a smile.
That is such a super cute idea! I would love to make this with our kids.
Well that just went on my Fall Pinterest board. That wreath is CUTE!
I love this wreath! It’s simple enough to make with my kids “helping” me. It would look great on our front door too.
I love a simple craft that is cute enough to be on display. This wreath would be perfect for our door and I love that it will be really inexpensive to make.
What a GREAT idea!!! Simple to do and really unique. I love it!
I always have gauze around the house I’m not sure I have that much gauze but what a fun craft to make with the kids. I am sure the spooky mommy wreath could be a great hit at nursing homes crafts and mops groups. too cool
What a cute idea! My daughter would love if and its easy enough for her to make by herself!
I have some gauze around the house to make this! Clever wreath idea!
Oh my gosh. That is just the cutest wreath. That is perfect and easy for the season.
Love this fun idea! My husband goes all out for Halloween… maybe this would be a great new addition this year!
Pam this is THE cutest! What a fun wreath and so simple. I just love it!
How lovely! What an original decor for Halloween! I will try to make one like this and use some fake blood to make it spookier.
I love to decorate for Halloween. This is a great DIY wreath to make. I would love this for my front door.
That’ll be such a fun craft to make with the kids. It is the perfect amount of festive and spooky for my little ones.
Thank you, thank you, Pam, for the clever idea. I have two straw wreaths I usually deck up at Christmas, so I’ll use one for a Halloween wreath just like yours. It can hand up on the front fence to entertain the neighbors.
The best thing about this wreath is you can free hand the gauze. Each mummy wreath will look different.
very cute and easy to do! My kids would do this for their doors, it’ll be fun!
This is adorable. I like how easy it is to make it too!
That is a clever idea. Looks super easy to make too!
How easy is this Mummy Wreath?! You see pumpkins everywhere during October, but I think I’d rather have this festive decoration hanging on my front door.
That looks like a really fun and easy to make project this time of year. I bet kids could help make it too.
This wreath is absolutely adorable and seems easy enough to accomplish, even for an uncrafty gal like me.
That turned out so cute! I’m lazy right now and put up a football wreath so I could leave it up for months, but I do like having different ones for the holidays.
ahh! I love this. What a great idea. This is one of the best I’ve seen, and I love wreaths so I need to make one of these asap!
This is the best idea! I totally want to make one this year. Those eyes are way too cute.
Wow, this is so cute. So many crafty moms on these blog sites!
This is so cute and creative. I will have to make this for the front door.
This couldn’t have come at a more perfect time. I’ve been trying to think of some great Halloween projects the kids and I can do together.
That is so cute! I love the look, and I love how easy it is to make.
What a brilliant idea. I love that this is so easy to do and it’s not even expensive.
The fact that it’s inexpensive is my favorite part! I am totally making one.
Oh my gosh, I love it. It’s so easy to make and it’s ADORABLE.