DIY Lighted Peace Sign Wreath

I have spent the whole last week decking our halls for Christmas and working on a ton of little projects. And so today I am happy to finally be able to sit down at my computer and share something with you. I made this festive lighted peace sign wreath and hung it up in my bedroom window.

Every year I like to get a little crafty and come up with a fun and unique projects to add something extra to our home for the season. This wreath actually didn't cost me a penny to make. I made it one afternoon with items I already had on hand. I'm just in love with how cool it turned out.

So to make my peace sign wreath, I took a piece of thick cardboard and laid it on the floor. This cardboard was from a large package I once received and kept it in our garage, knowing one day I'd have a use for it

Next, I laid my rattan mirror (from Target) on top of the piece of cardboard to trace out a circle. Any large circular item you have laying around your home should work fine, or I'll share another method in just a bit.

Using a level, I traced around it to create the inner peace sign lines.

Now for the inner circle, I tacked a piece of string to the center of the circle, then tied a marker to the other end of the string creating a compass. I left a mark as I circled around the cardboard.

Note: This method could also be done to create the outside of the circle, rather than trace a mirror or other object.

Once my peace sign was all drawn, I cut it out with a box cutter.

My mother-in-law gave me her old broken Christmas tree, so I cut off some branches and it was just what I needed for this project. However, any kind of branches or garland should work fine. I actually was at first going to use the small wreaths from the dollar store. I started taking them apart and turning them into garlands, but then my mother-in-law told me about her broken tree, so I used that instead.

I attached the branches to the peace sign with some wire. And the last step was to add lights. These were a strand of 100 lights that I simply just wrapped around the whole wreath.