Thanksgiving Wreath for $5.00

Thanksgiving is around the corner and as much as I want to start making Christmas stuff, I will refrain as this holiday is also important to me.  Plus I will have plenty of time to show you the Christmas stuff I make when it gets closer to that time.  For the first project to show on this blog, I will be showing you how I made this Thanksgiving wreath.  This proudly made wreath is hanging on my door and I've already had a lot of compliments on it (some have even asked where I got it so they can get one!)

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Do you want to know what my favorite thing is about this wreath? $5.00 is how much it cost to make.  I'll explain in the following step-by-step as to how it was that cheap.

I bought this wreath at Walmart for $2.64.  It was the cheapest wreath I could find, probably because it's a straw wreath.  I don't mind that it's straw as I was planning on covering it with fabric anyway.  I did keep the plastic covering on it in case rain or snow got on it.  

Here we have a fall-themed table runner and a small picture frame.  I got both of these at a local thrift store.  Number one rule with me: THRIFT STORES ARE YOUR BEST FRIEND.  Why?  Because I got these two items for .32 cents.  Together.  Not each.  I literally scraped up left over change I found on the floor in my car and paid for these two items.  

The next step was stretching out the table runner and cutting it a little less that half way in.  I used the thinner cut on the left side and wrapped it around the straw wreath shown above.  

I used a hot glue gun to glue the first end of cloth on the wreath, wrapped the cloth all the way around the wreath (had just enough cloth!) and hot glued down the end.  I was a little worried about the glue holding the cloth down but I found the glue fastened the cloth down pretty snug.  

Next I got a roll of burlap and made a bow.  I happened to have an extra roll of burlap laying around, but you can find a roll of burlap at the dollar store (that $1 was included in the price of $5.00).  After I made a burlap bow, I hot glued it to the top of the wreath.  

I printed "Happy Thanksgiving" on a tan sheet of paper (feel free to use whatever color you want), cut it out, then put it inside this little picture frame I so cheaply bought at the thrift store.  Then I hot glued the picture frame underneath the burlap bow.

I found this "pumpkin mix spay" at Walmart as well.  The price says $3.98 on it, but it was on sale for 0.99!  I took some of the ornaments off of it as it seemed too full to be on the wreath.  I just hot glued this baby on the bottom right side of the wreath as shown below: 

And voila!  We have a Thanksgiving wreath made for $5.00.  It also only took me about a half hour to make.  Cheap and quick!  Please feel to free to comment about any questions or suggestions!