I am so thrilled to be sharing this adorable woodland DIY holiday wreath craft from Mary Alice of Brainy Beginnings Network. If you haven’t already found her site…wow – her insanely creative activities and ideas are going to knock your socks off! Scroll to the bottom for the links to her gorgeous projects and social media accounts.
Are you looking for something unique to make with your kids this holiday season? Try putting together your own festive fox wreath! These little foxes are all snuggled up together and ready for winter with little scarves, hats (and even a few bells for good measure!). Shake! Shake! Shake!
To make this wreath we used salt dough. Have you ever tried mixing up your own batch? Salt dough is an extremely versatile medium for crafting, not to mention: inexpensive, easy and environmentally friendly. That makes it a total art supply win in our house.
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To make your own DIY salt dough fox wreath you’ll need:
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BASIC SUPPLIES:
- Salt dough (recipe below)
- Red paint
- Paintbrushes
- Black Sharpie
- Pack of white felt
- Pom Pom fringe (like this)
- Silver bells
- Glitter pens
- Hot glue/gun
SALT DOUGH SUPPLIES:
- 2 Cups of flour
- 1 Cup of Salt
- 1 Cup of warm water
- A mixing bowl
- A baking sheet
- Parchment paper
- A Rolling pin
- A Fox cookie cutter (like this)
How to Make a Holiday Salt Dough Fox Wreath – DIY Instructions:
Mix the salt dough.
Preheat oven to 225 degrees Fahrenheit. Make the salt dough. Pour 2 cups of flour, 1 cup of salt, and 1 cup of warm water into a bowl.
Mix until ingredients are well combined. You are looking for a playdough-like consistency. It should not stick to your hands. Slowly add more flour or water to reach the desired consistency.
Roll and cut out fox shapes with a cookie cutter.
Roll out the salt dough on parchment paper to about 1.5 cm thick. Use a fox cookie cutter to cut out 13 foxes.
Lay in a circle and bake to dry.
Lay the foxes around in a circle, overlapping tails. Be sure to leave a space in between each of the foxes’ necks to weave the scarf ribbon through later.
Adjust to form a circle, Gently pressing the tails down to form a bond between pieces.Â
Bake in a preheated oven at 225 degrees Fahrenheit for about 4 hours. The dough will be hard when ready. Do not bake at a higher temperature as it will cause the dough to puff.
Paint the foxes.
After the dough is finished baking and completely cooled you can start painting. We chose red because we love red foxes and it’s so festive for Christmas!Â
When the paint dries, use a glitter pen (or make a slurry of Mod Podge and glitter) to define the tails, ears, and fox whiskers. We used Mod Podge and Glitter here. It will be white until it dries. Once it dries, it will be simply sparkly!
Draw around each of the sparkly bits with a black Sharpie. Draw dots for the eyes and a little triangle for the nose.
Make simple hats with felt for each fox.
Make little hats. (Or buy some like these.) To make the hats, use white felt. Cut a triangle shape about 4 inches at the base and 3.5 inches tall. Hot glue the triangle closed, adding a bell to the tip. Fold over the base to form the brim of the hat.
Bend the hat over and glue it down.
Add Pom Pom scarves!
Weave the pom pom trim around the necks of the foxes to create their winter scarves. Go back through a second time, alternately, to cover the fox necks completely.
Glue down the ends on the backside of the wreath. Glue the hats on at an angle over one ear.
Now it’s time to step back and admire your work!
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Can’t get enough of the festive fun?? This post is part of a larger effort of a group of us makers from around the globe! We teamed up with 15 of our favs for a new thing we like to call a Holly Jolly Craftmas – today we’re ALL sharing some super fun kids holiday activities and crafts you can make with the kiddos this December.
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Hi! This is AMAZING! 🙂
Thanks so much for letting us hangout on your space!
MA
Come by and hangout ANYTIME! We loved having you (and your foxy wreath) M.A.! 🙂