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Bring the hook of the hanger
down to meet the top of the hanger forming a
loop to hang the wreath up.
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Bend and shape the main part
of the wreath into a circle creating a
wreath form.
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Cover the large circle part
of the hanger with masking tape or painter's
tape. This will provide a clean surface for
the diapers as the inside of the diapers
will touch the wreath form.
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Take one diaper and open it
up as pictured. Do NOT unfold the
sides of the diaper. Fold each of the sides
inward at the top and bottom of the diaper so they
are even with the center of the
diaper.
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Fold the diaper in half
around the wreath form. Slide an elastic
over the top of the diaper and slide it down
so that it is slightly above the wreath
form.
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Repeat steps 4 & 5 placing
each diaper next to the previous one until
the wreath form is covered.
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Cut four strands of
curling ribbon each 20" long. Our sample
uses two light blue and two dark blue but
you can use any combination you like. One
strand of each of yellow, pink, light blue
and light pink would also be an excellent
choice.
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Holding the four strands
together as one, tie them around the elastic
on one of the diapers.
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Curl the ends of the ribbon.
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Repeat steps 7 through 9 for
the rest of the diapers.
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Tie the baby items onto the
wreath using the curling ribbon which is
already on the wreath.
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Make rosebuds from the socks
and attach them to the wreath. To make a
sock rosebud, un-cuff the sock if it is
cuffed and lay it flat on your work surface
with the toe facing down and to the left.
Start at the toe end and roll the sock until
you get to the cuff. Wrap a small clear hair
elastic around the end of the sock as
pictured.
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Tie the sock rosebuds on as
is or use them as the center of a hat
flower.
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To make a hat flower, take
one of the baby hats and bring the cuff up
to the top of the hat. Turn the hat so that
the opening is facing up. Place the bottom
end of a sock rose bud into the hat and
gather the hat around the rose bud. Wrap an
elastic around the center of the hat where
you gathered it. Bring the edge of the
hat up and over the elastic.
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Tie the top of the hat which
is the bottom of the flower onto the diaper
wreath. In our sample, we cut a piece of
ribbon and tied it around the flower. Then,
place the hat flower between two of the
diapers and used the ribbon to tie it to a
diaper on either side of the flower.
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We attached the wrist
rattles by simply Velcroing them around one
of the elastics on one of the diapers.
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To attach the baby spoons
slide the handle of one spoon under an
elastic which is around a diaper. Slide a
second spoon handle through the same elastic
but at an opposite angle.
If you prefer, you can omit the sock
rosebuds and the hat flowers and attach
other baby items instead such as bottles,
rattles and/or other toys.
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