Lima bean wreath.

Since we just recently moved into the new house, I've been a little lacking in the holiday decor department. However, I was feeling a little crafty and wanted to make something that I've pinned since becoming obsessed with Pinterest. 

Enter acorn wreath.

The only problem is, I don't have access to an acorn tree. Or acorns for that matter. Thankfully, Dana at Made linked to another tutorial at All Things Thrifty that used lima beans instead. Yes, I said lima beans. (Thank you blogging world.)

I learned from All Things Thrifty's mistake and started with a straw wreath from Hobby Lobby. One by one, I glued the lima beans on.

The goal was to have diagonal rows and that's how they started. I had to adjust throughout and some started to look a little straight but it's so slight you wouldn't really notice on the end product unless you were looking.

After a couple episodes of Breaking bad, I ended up with this.

The great thing about this wreath is that it can be spray painted any color to match the season. I wanted an orange that I could use for Halloween but that could also pass for a fall color.

While not 100% necessary, I spray painted the back of the wreath first and then flipped it over and gave a couple of coats to the front.

I let it dry overnight and ended up having to replace a couple of beans the next day. For some reason a few of them broke in half after they were painted. Thankfully, they were easy to pick off and re-glue.

I finally hung it up yesterday and I think it looks great! I need to get a real wreath hangar for the door and some fabric/ribbon to hang it up with but I can get creative for the Christmas season. I just hot glued some wire to the back for now. It looks a little wonky but at least it's on the door for Monday!

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