DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Peacock Wreath

This is a fun peacock wreath to do by yourself or with a group.  Kaitlyn (age 8) completed this one without assistance.

MATERIALS:

• Ring of cardboard (empty cereal boxes work wonderfully)
• construction paper (blue, green, purple and yellow)
• scissors
• glue

INSTRUCTIONS:

• Trace a small plate and a large plate onto a piece of old cardboard.  
    
• Empty cereal boxes or frozen dinner boxes work well
    
• It doesn't matter if you go over the folds of the cardboard 

• Cut a small strip of cardboard and glue it onto the back of the ring over any folds in the cardboard.
    
• This will reinforce the ring.

• Trace a child's footprint onto a piece of blue construction paper (or use white paper and color it blue).
      
• Print the color template or print the black and white template and color it.  (See below)
    
• Cut out the eyes, nose and feet.
    
• Glue the feet to the back of the wreath.
    
• Glue the footprint body to the front of the wreath.
    
• Glue the eyes and nose to the footprint body.
    

• Cut strips of construction paper (about 1 1/2 inches by 4 inches) using blue, green, purple and yellow
    
• glue the strips into rolls (like making a paper chain)
  
• Glue the rolls of construction paper onto the wreath.  We made a yellow, purple, green and blue pattern, but you can do it however you wish.