Nothing Says Springtime Like a Flip Flop Wreath!

For Mother's Day I decided to make a flip flop wreath for my mother-in-law.  It was fairly easy and turned out great!  Below are the steps I took.....

I started out with a wire hanger, flip flops, foam pipe covering, flowers, hot glue gun, and glue sticks.

First, I took the wire hanger and bent it into the best circle I could.

Next, I covered the wire hanger with the foam pipe covering.  You can purchase this from a home improvement store, I got mine from Lowes.  This is difficult to do because the foam does not want to make a nice circle.  To help this, I cut small slits in the foam.

 Once I have the foam covering the wire hanger, I wrap the foam in ribbon.  Here I used two colors and types of ribbon.  I basically did this because I didn't have enough of one kind to cover the entire thing.

Now it is finally time to start putting on the flip flops!  I laid them out several different ways until I decided what I liked best.  I decided to alternate how the flip flop was turned and colors.

Here is what it looks like with all the flip flops in place (except for one which I decided to include toward the end).  I had originally thought about putting a bow in this open space on the bottom right, but then decided to use the one flip flop I had left over.

Next, I added some flowers and a small butterfly to add some pop to the wreath.

 

Here are the supplies I needed to make the butterfly.  A piece of square fabric, some wire, beads, and two eye pens. 

 I used one eye pen to wrap around the middle of the fabric once I had folded it down to make the wings on each side.  The I used the other eye pen for the beads I had chosen to make the body. Then I used some purple wire I had to make the antennas.  I hot glued the beads to the front of the eye pen and fabric making the wings.  I then hot glued the antennas to the back of the fabric.  This was the end result.

Lastly, I hot glued a couple of flowers and the butterfly on the wreath.  Here is the finished product!!