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Vintage Newspaper Wreath / Medallion

October 10, 2013 By Vidya 12 Comments

So you want to know how I made this stunner newspaper wreath on my mantel?

Vintage Newspaper Wreath / Medallion

First off, I had loads and loads of help from my monkey #1 and some from my monkey #2.

Vintage Newspaper Wreath / Medallion

Be sure to involve your little ones on this project, will make for a  quicker and fun end result.

Materials

Vintage Newspaper or any paper even maps that you have – I used 16 sheets (by that I mean 4 pages if you count the front and back) for the big circle, 8 sheets folded in half length wise for the middle round, and 4 half sheets where the fan crease was along the breadth and folded in half. The amount you need will depend on the size of the newspaper wreath you plan on making. Mine is around 44 inches in diameter.

Staples

2 Posterboard circles the size of your palm or just cut out circles from paper plates

1 large cardboard piece if you are using newspaper. For maps you can get away with poster board as they are made of thicker paper.

Hot glue gun

To hang – wire and Command hook

Tutorial

  •  Start with the biggest round. Make paper fans where the folds are about an inch wide along the length as in the above picture.
  • Arrange them in a circle. This will give you an idea of which side of the paper looks better in conjunction with the other pieces. You know maybe there are ads or pics that will stand out so much that it will be a distraction?

Vintage Newspaper Wreath / Medallion

  • Do the same for the middle round. I folded these sheets in half once I made the fan ‘coz that length worked for me. For the smallest round I used half sheets where the fan crease was along the breadth and then folded those in half. Arrange on top of each other. Don’t be afraid to move things around, fluff the creases etc.

Vintage Newspaper Wreath / Medallion

  • Once you like your arrangement, separate the others and start working on the biggest round. Bunch up the center edge of each piece and staple.

Vintage Newspaper Wreath / Medallion

  • Arrange you paper fans in a circle and staple each fan together on the outside end. I stapled only once as I knew I was going to use a large cardboard that would support the middle as a backing. You can see the staples in this pic.

Vintage Newspaper Wreath / Medallion

  • Now be extra careful and turn it upside i.e. you want to hot glue your backing to the bottom side. So that side should be facing you now. You could just skip this step if your paper looks great on both the sides. Cut out a small poster board circle and hot glue it to your center. This will make sure that your center is nice and tight and doesn’t move. 

Vintage Newspaper Wreath / Medallion

  • Next center the large piece of cardboard and hot glue to the back. Forgot to take pics but I used the same cardboard from here.
  • For the middle round I stapled the fans to each other at 2 places, one close to the center and the other next to the outer edge. Repeat the poster board circle step. This time I just cut my circle from a paper plate.

Vintage Newspaper Wreath / Medallion

  • For the smallest circle I just hot glued the centers of each fan to one another and stapled the edges. Hot glue each of the circles one on top of the other. 

Vintage Newspaper Wreath / Medallion

  • I used a command hook and a metal wire that I already had to hang the newspaper wreath over the fireplace.

Vintage Newspaper Wreath / Medallion

And there you have it, my $0 cost fall project.

Vintage Newspaper Wreath / Medallion

Wasn’t that easy peasy?

Vintage Newspaper Wreath / Medallion

Who else is making it?

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Comments

  1. smitha says

    October 10, 2013 at 11:56 am

    awesome…I love the vintage newspaper!

    Reply
    • whatsurhomestory says

      October 10, 2013 at 8:45 pm

      Thanks Smitha.

      Reply
    • Ronda L Bonsel says

      February 9, 2022 at 6:42 pm

      beautiful. I would make it but I need a tutorial I got a little confused

      Reply
  2. Kavitha says

    October 10, 2013 at 4:23 pm

    Nice idea Vidya, great work.

    Reply
    • whatsurhomestory says

      October 10, 2013 at 8:45 pm

      Thanks Kavitha.

      Reply
  3. rakhi says

    October 11, 2013 at 1:42 am

    thanks for the tutorial . i will try this one , with my dauhter’s help for sure.
    BTW u cant call him monkey anymore. such a sweet ,handsome boy helping his mom . 🙂

    Reply
    • whatsurhomestory says

      October 12, 2013 at 1:03 pm

      LOL Rakhi! Monkeys are his most favorite animals in this world and loves to be called that!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 Do let me know how your trial goes.

      Vidya

      Reply
  4. Lynne says

    October 22, 2013 at 3:50 pm

    Thanks for posting. Cute project for any age! Love the vintage papers too. I’m thinking wallpaper with bright colors and monkeys for your little guys room.

    Reply
    • whatsurhomestory says

      October 23, 2013 at 8:15 am

      Thanks Lynne. I’m scared of wallpaper, slowly mustering the courage to wallpaper the smallest room in our home, the laundry. Let’s see how that goes. Plus he is no longer a lil guy, 10! I’m banking on the fact that in a couple of years he will get over the monkeys, 😉

      Vidya

      Reply
  5. PJ (@Karousel__) says

    April 28, 2014 at 7:16 pm

    just great- ‘genius’ of an idea! I could not use one so large but- I have an old rand map book that would make a nice piece- with a little added color along with the wheat color. I was keeping the mapbook for papercrafting 🙂 yaHOO! another idea for it.

    Reply
  6. Charlize says

    January 3, 2015 at 8:34 pm

    I discovered this a while ago, but didn’t have a good use for it. Today, I found an ugly clock at a yardsale, so I took the workings out and with this I’ll have a vintage looking clock! (I’m using two rings and painting roman numbers on) But since I don’t have vintage paper, I’m using regular stuff and staining it with coffee. Thank you for the inspiration.

    Reply
    • Vidya says

      January 10, 2015 at 1:40 pm

      Wow, that sounds like a great idea. Please do share the pics when you are done. Would love to see it.

      Reply

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