The rest of the materials are easy to obtain, and you probably have most in your craft closet.
MATERIALS:
One bottle of super tacky glue (or a glue gun, if you prefer)
One bottle of dark green acrylic paint, or a can of green spray paint (once again, personal preference here)
One bottle of light green acrylic paint or a can of spray paint
One bottle of red acrylic paint
One spray can of clear acrylic sealer
One package of round magnets (extra thick are better, and stronger)
One roll of red plaid, or red and gold wire edged ribbon, one half to three quarters inch thick
Assorted paintbrushes
DIRECTIONS:
Your children can help a lot with the jigsaw puzzles pieces. Even your younger children can help paint these pieces, as they don’t have to be perfect, the only object is to cover the entire front of the piece.
1. Spray paint or brush paint the front of the jigsaw pieces with your green paint. Cover entirely, you don’t want any pictures from the puzzle peeking through. If you spray paint the pieces, make sure you do this outside with the pieces laid out on newspaper (don’t want any green decking or sidewalks). Too much wind will blow these little pieces all over the place, so you may want to choose a day where the air is calm.
2. Allow adequate drying time. An hour or so is usually good enough.
3. Begin overlapping and gluing your puzzle pieces in a circular pattern. Start by laying out the first row, then a second row on top, with pieces overlapping and interlocking, and then a third, possibly fourth row on top of that. Remember, you are making a wreath here, so we want to try to make it realistic. Arrange a few of the light green pieces on the top layer.
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