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DIY Under $5: Phone Book Wreath

May 3, 2011 By Michelle Barneck 10 Comments

It is just taking up space in your cupboard and all the info you need is online anyway, so pull that dusty phone book off the shelf and make use of it! You’ve seen the book page wreath, but have you seen the gray and yellow loveliness of the phone book wreath?!

Phone Book Wreath Tutorial

Supplies needed:

  • Phone book
  • Yellow Marker
  • Wreath form (mine was covered in burlap from another project)
  • Hot glue
  • Door hook (optional)

Total cost for me: $1 for door hook
Total cost if you buy everything: $4

1. Find a phone book with gray pages and a few yellow highlights. (Ours was just dropped off a few days ago. I had been waiting and waiting for the right one!) Color the edge of the gray pages with a yellow marker.


2. Start rolling the pages by ripping out a page, folding it in half and then rolling it in to two circles by rolling the ends opposite ways into the middle forming sort of an S.

Here is a video of how I did it.

Did you catch the glimpse of my massacred laptop in the background? Yep, she has been disassembled and will soon be selling in parts. Poor Bubbles, she was good to me for a while there.

3. Start with the back layer. Roll and glue them on one at a time. Just put a line of glue at the end of each roll and glue it to the form. Then, turn it over so it is the back.

4. For the next row, do the same thing, but fold the end of your roll so it is a bit shorter and glue the bottom of the fold to the wreath.

5. Continue with rows until you almost cover the whole form.

6. For the last row, do the roll as usual, but do not bend the end. Glue the bottom of the tube shut and glue them on to the middle of the wreath form like in the video.


a shout out to my fave thrift store. 😉

7. I hung mine using this hook from the dollar store. I just hooked it right on the wreath between some of the rolls and put the door part on my shutters.

I love how my phone book wreath turned out!! All fluffy and made from recyclables. 🙂


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Comments

  1. Amy at Ameroonie Designs says

    May 3, 2011 at 10:27 pm

    Michelle this is a fantastic idea! I love how it looks with phone book pages!
    xoxo,
    Amy

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  2. Andrea says

    May 3, 2011 at 10:29 pm

    Great idea – I never use the phonebook because I always look up things online!
    Thanks for the idea!
    Andrea
    http://www.addicted2tutes.blogspot.com

    Reply
  3. Leanne says

    May 3, 2011 at 10:46 pm

    That is so cute. I love it with the yellow.

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  4. Michelle@Somedaycrafts says

    May 4, 2011 at 3:12 am

    Michelle, I love your new look. And the phone book wreath is a great idea. The bits of yellow make it fun and beautiful!

    Reply
  5. Anne says

    May 5, 2011 at 7:00 am

    What a neat idea! :o)
    Thanks for stopping by my blog! It was so nice to see your comment. :o)

    Reply
  6. I♥naptime w/ Chocolate Sundaes says

    May 5, 2011 at 9:24 pm

    LOVE this idea! You are so clever.. I always throw those right out. Not anymore!!

    Reply
  7. Jennifer says

    May 9, 2011 at 11:34 am

    I love book page wreaths! I made one at Christmas using the oldest dictionary I had. It costs me only a dollar to make too. 🙂

    Reply
  8. @pril says

    June 26, 2011 at 6:50 pm

    Quite Intriguing piece! Thanks for sharing. I featured this on my blog: http://koolbeenz-blog.blogspot.com/2011/06/gallery-of-featured-crafters-4-with.html

    Feel free to grab my Featured Button if you like, I saw you don’t have it already.

    @pril

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  9. Kelly says

    August 14, 2011 at 7:53 am

    This looks great!! I think it would go well in my kitchen so I guess I’ve got a project to do now…

    The Smile Conquest Day 53 Now, We’re All Saving…

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