Make a Easter Peep Wreath

Last year I was inspired by Our Best Bites blog to try their adorable peep wreath.  It's a fun and easy project, perfect for your spring or Easter decor (I gave it to my mother-in-law and she loved it).

Last weekend I set out to give it another go, made a few changes to simplify it even more; here's how I did it...

This time I opened all my packages and pulled apart the peeps to let them dry out for seven days (it's super humid here in Florida!).  I found the project was much easier with stale/firmer peeps:

After they were sufficiently hardened, I bought a $2 straw wreath from Michael's.  This go-around, I didn't bother unwrapping the clear plastic from the wreath.  Last year when I unwrapped it, it was really messy, with pieces of the straw falling off all over the place.

I poked tooth picks randomly into the wreath...

...and squeezed a healthly drop of craft glue onto the bottom of the peeps (last year I didn't use any glue and some of the peeps fell off the wreath)...



...and impaled the peeps onto the tooth picks:



When finished stabbing all of my peeps (I used 60) onto the wreath, I let it sit and dry for two days before shellacking the entire thing with a clear acrylic sealer.  Last year I didn't do this and the sugar flaked off a bit ~ wanted to discourage ants from munching on the peeps!  Finally, I added a pretty bow:





I gave it to my neighbors Mary and Steve ~ that put a happy smile on their faces.


(Modeling my Retro Revival "Easter Egg Stripes" apron)

(My "Hunny Bunny" apron)

Here's some more peep wreath inspiration from Tumblr:

I've got my eye on #5 for next year!

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