diy constellation wreath

Out of all the possible shapes, the star might be my favorite to use in so many fun ways. I realized the other day that they’re all around our home, even when it’s not the holidays. {In my fashion choices, too.} So when our friends invited us to join a little wreath hop, I decided to try my version of these various constellation wreaths I’ve seen for a little extra house shimmer. 

I have to say I absolutely adore the way they turned out. Sometimes it’s just fun to sit down and make a project with your hands through problem solving and creativity. Plus, I already had most of the supplies on hand. 

These are fun for Christmas, the Fourth of July, and more. But you know I do love that sweet extra gilded shimmer for the holidays. 

It’s that fun aged detail I was going for!

Want to see how I made them? Here’s what you’ll need: {some of these are affiliate links} 

• Two hoops per wreath. Mine are 16 x 16. Similar ones found here. 
• Star shaped cookie cutters – I went with three shapes in the smaller sizes.
• Sculpey Clay + some sort of rolling pin
• Access to an oven
• Hot Glue Gun 
• Ribbon/ velvet for hanging 
• Paper towels + q-tips for blotting.
• Paint: ignore the photo below because sometimes I figure out the best approach when working. I decided to skip the liquid leaf {because it would take too long} and went right for my favorite spray paint. I then topped it off with Rub n’ buff in both silver + gold + some stain I had on hand {Minwax Early American – a pen if you have one, may work well too.} 

First, roll out and cut as many stars as you possibly can. I think each wreath held around 60, so I ended up cutting an assortment of large and smaller ones. Just roll out the clay, and cut as you go, placing them on a baking sheet with foil. 

Follow the baking directions per your oven and the back of the package, but I baked mine for only about ten minutes before pulling them out, because they were pretty thin. 
 

Heating up your glue gun, Place your metal hoops slightly off of each other. Then secure it with glue at the top and the bottom.  I then alternated the stars around the wreath to see how they would fit.  Fill in generously and sporadically for that great constellation vibe. 

Once they were ready to go, {you can see where I had experimented with the liquid leaf and was not happy with the color} I decided to hang it by twine, and take it outside to paint.   

I hooked it carefully on a tree branch {re-securing it} and gave it a generous coat with the spray paint.

Bonus: both sides are now painted and nothing is smeared. It was also dry in seconds. I’m always defaulting in my mind to oil paint dry times, and I forgot how fast spray paint dries. Instant gratification. 

Jumping ahead: Notice on the back of the door, you can see the stars {super imperfect} but at least they’re gold? Just a nice little touch that they’re not white. 

After it was completely dry {I actually let the spray paint cure for an afternoon before I went in for round two} I decided that the gold, while nice, was too flat in uniform color.

So I busted out both the silver + gold rub and buff. This was a light brush-on with different areas on the wreath, while lying flat. You can use a paper towel or q-tip here to rub in different areas on each star quickly. 

I went in with the silver first and then some of the gold in different areas to give it that aged, burnished, time-worn look. 

I simply rubbed each one lightly {careful because your stars will snap off when lightly connected as they are} until I was happy with the look. 

{No worries, I cleaned up most of the glue cobwebs as I went, if anyone is twitching right now.} 

I then took a q tip, and in different areas, sometimes following the shape of the clay, I pooled the stain and let it sit for a moment. I then went back and lightly blotted in little areas, until the entire thing was done, and I was, once again, happy with the look. 

And it’s definitely worth that awesome aged result!

So I love these happy little star wreaths and am thrilled with how they turned out. 

As always, let us know if you make them! And while you’re at it, be sure to check out all of our friends’ wreaths who are joining us today! There’s a ton of inspiration to be had. 

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