Coffee Filter Crafts – Summer Wreath
Coffee Filter Crafts are so fun to make and kids just absolutely LOVE to help so this Summer Wreath is a great project to get kids creative! This project only requires a few items and is very simple to make. I’ll warn you, there is a little mess making involved in the dye process of the filters but that is half the fun!
Coffee Filter Crafts – Summer Wreath
Supplies:
- coffee filters – approximately 50-75 for an 8″ wreath
- several colors of flavored drink mix pouches (like kool-aid) and/or food coloring mixed with 1 cup of water in individual plastic bowls
- strips of fabric 2″ wide and 15-20″ long for fabric flowers
- needle and thread
- foam wreath form (I used an upcycled piece of foam and cut to my desired shape and size)
- hot glue and glue gun
- news paper
Instructions:
Step 1
Begin by mixing your drink mix and/or food coloring with water. Make sure the food coloring or powder is dissolved.
Step 2
Place 3-5 separated coffee filters in each color to a time. Allow filters to soak in colored water for several minutes until desired color is reached.
Step 3
Remove filters from water and wring out access water.
Step 4
Lay several sheets of news paper onto your work surface. Lay coffee filters flat on news paper to dry.
Repeat steps 2 -4 until you have 50-75 colored filters. Allow all filters to dry completely.
Step 5
While coffee filters are drying, begin creating the fabric flowers. Carefully gather a strip of fabric onto your thread by stitching through the center of the strip.
Step 6
Once fabric is completely gathered onto the thread, pull the thread tight to ruffle the fabric.
Step 7
Begin coiling the ruffled fabric, tacking into place with your needle and thread. Continue wrapping and tacking until you’ve created a flower. Tie off the thread with a knot.
Repeat the steps to create a flower for any additional flowers you’d like to use.
Step 8
Create flowers from the coffee filters by pinching the filter from the center and twisting.
Repeat this step until all filters have become flowers.
Step 9
This step is optional but I think that it helps to make the wreath look completely finished. Wrap the wreath with some of your matching fabric strips, securing the fabric with hot glue.
Step 10
Begin attaching the coffee filter flowers to the wreath with hot glue. Make sure to place them close together to create a very full wreath. When all coffee filter flowers are attached, add the fabric flowers with hot glue as well.
To hang the wreath, you can simply loop a piece of coordinating fabric around the wreath and tie a bow or knot.
This is just one of many coffee filter crafts you can create yourself or with the kids. Imagine the fun vases of coffee filter flowers, seasonal projects, or holiday decor! Do you have some favorite coffee filter crafts?
So cute! Pinned. We love having you be a part of our party. I hope to see you tonight at 7 pm.
So pretty! Never would have guessed how it was made!
Hi Janel! This coffee filter wreath is such a great idea! Looking forward to getting my crafty side on and trying it out. 🙂 Have a wonderful rest of your week!
What a fun craft to do this summer with the kids! THANKS!
I think I can make this, thanks for the craft idea!
What a cute craft! I love the idea of using coffee filters for something else.
That is a cute idea, love all the colours too!
That turned out great, I do coffee filter crafts with my kids.
How clever!That’s a beautiful wreath. Love it!
That is an adorable wreath. Looks like an easy craft as well!!
That wreath is beautiful. I love the colors and the fabric flowers just tops it off.
I never would have thought to make crafts out of coffee filters. I didn’t even know they had colored ones. Thanks for sharing and sparking my imagination!
Mindy you can color the filters with kool aid, food coloring and water, and many other mixtures. Make them any color you like!
That’s just as cute as can be! I want to try to make one now!
That is an adorable wreath! You are so creative and crafty! I never would have known they were coffee filters! 🙂
That is so pretty! I think my sister would love making this!
This just made my day! Reminds me of when we used to make butterflies out of coffee filters in preschool! 🙂
So cool!!! I actually have a billion coffee makers from an old maker that we replaced with a basket filter! What a great way to use them- thanks!
This is so cute! I used to make my own wreaths for every occasion but I stopped doing it. This one is so easy that I may make it and get back in the habit!
This is so cute and such a fun project! 🙂 Sharing this with a few mom’s with I know that would love to do this for the 4th 🙂 Thank you!
This is too cute and super easy! So bright and fun.
What a cute wreath! It’s amazing what a little creativity can accomplish.
A really fun craft to do – i’m going to try it 😉
What a fun idea, and affordable craft! You did a great job on the summer wreath!!
That is such a neat idea and I am loving the way it came out!!!
This is so cute! I like that kids could help with the filters. It is so cute it could be hung on the wall or door of a little girls room!
WOW the colors on this are awesome! Reminds me of a pretty rainbow. I love stuff like this I can do with the kids. Very fun!
I would have never guessed that was made from coffee filters. Thanks for sharing!
This coffee filter wreath is adorable! I LOVE it!