I cut up a scrap piece of wood and glued it together to make a primitive star flag wreath. I actually did not hang the star wreath on my door though. I put it on the top of a cabinet to display this summer to celebrate the 4th of July.
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Make the Star Wreath:
Using my Dad’s table saw and a piece of scrap wood, we cut 5 sticks 17″ long, 1-1/4″ wide and about 3/16″ thick. I did a light coat of white craft paint on the front and sides of each stick.
After the paint was dry, I arranged the sticks into a star shape and used small nails to tack each of the corners together – without nailing them all the way into the boards. (The nails will be removed later.)
Once the corners are attached, you can slide the boards around to get the perfect star shape. I rotated the star around to make sure it looked good from all angles to get the right shape. You could also do some measuring to make sure everything is even.
After the star was properly arranged, I used glued the places where the boards intersected on the inside of the star and clamped them until dry.
When the glue was dry, I removed the clamps and the nails and glued each of the points together and clamped until the glue was dry.
At this point, I decided the star looked way too white and needed a little antiquing. I used Folk Art Antiquing Wax and applied it sparingly to the star wreath, especially around the edges of the wood.
Add a Flag to the Wreath:
I had a flag that measured 17.5 x 12.25 inches. I removed it from its wooden flag pole by removing a staple and sliding it off the dowel rod and then coffee dyed the flag.
To put the flag on the star, I folded the flag in a fan fold and slid it through the large opening in the middle of the star and back through the bottom right hole. I then fanned out the folds on both sides – more so on the left side. I used some clamps to hold things in place while I arranged them just right.
I tied the fan fold together on the back side of the star and glued that into place behind one of the star’s sticks and then glued the flag in place on the front of the star as well.
I made a streamer by tying some torn strips of red, white, and blue fabric together with a piece of coffee dyed cheesecloth and glued that at the top left. I then added a rusty metal heart over the top.
Finally, I wrapped each of the star’s points with some just to make it look like the jute was holding the star together.
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