How to make an Easter wreath
Embrace spring’s beautiful blooms and make your very own Easter wreath with the Brother ScanNCut machine
It’s nice to brighten up your house for the spring, and this Easter wreath will certainly bring some sunshine into your home – or wherever you decide to display it! This daffodil wreath is made of paper and card, and it’s easy to make. Print out the coloured templates and cut out directly from the page using scissors, or if you have some paper in your stash, trace around the templates to switch up the colour scheme. If you have a ScanNCut it gets even easier – download the SVG files to input directly into your machine or scan in the black and white paper daffodil template to make multiple paper daffodils with ease.
It should take around 10 minutes to make one paper daffodil, and once you’ve made one try setting up an assembly line – that is, making all the leaves, then all the petals, then all the trumpets, then assembling each paper daffodil. Download the template to get started!
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01. First, download the Easter wreath template. Print out the black and white version, scan it into your Brother ScanNCut machine and select ‘Scan to Cut Data’. Make sure you have some coloured paper or card handy - shades of yellow, orange and white, plus green for the leaves is ideal. The machine will run the template under the scanner and once it is finished, an image will appear on the screen. Using the touchscreen, adjust the crop around the image to remove unwanted areas and press ‘OK’. Then select the picture of the ScanNCut to save the template to your machine’s memory. Now you have a paper daffodil you can cut any time!
If you would prefer the SVG file, you can save it onto a USB which you can plug into your ScanNCut machine, or you can import it into Canvas Workspace and send it wirelessly.
Alternatively, if you don’t have any of the right colour paper or card, or don’t want to dip into your stash, simply print out the colour version of the Easter wreath template and stick it down onto your Low Tack or Standard Tack Adhesive Mat instead. Scan using the ScanNCut, selecting ‘Direct Cut’ to cut out the template. Now skip ahead to step 4.
02. Let’s start with the base petals! Stick some yellow, orange or white paper or card onto your Brother cutting mat. Burnish the paper or card down well.
03. Load your Brother cutting mat into your machine and instruct it to cut the base petals of your paper daffodils. Carefully peel the waste away from around the petals and put them to one side.
04. Load the Brother cutting mat with your next colour of paper or card, and repeat to cut out the top petals, the leaves and the trumpet of the daffodils.
05. Before we start assembling the daffodils, let’s give them a bit of shape. Grab a ball tool, or a rounded pen if you don’t have a ball tool (the round end of a biro works well), and working on the reverse of the petals, run the tool along the middle to create a vein. Use your fingers to shape the petals to give them a rounded shape.
Flip the petals over, and now, working on the front, run the ball tool around the edge of the petals to make them stand up slightly. Work the paper with your fingers to give your paper daffodil an organic feel. Working with different weights (thicknesses) of card gives different effects when shaping the paper, so experiment and see what works best for you.
06. Shape the top petals in the same way as the base petals to create a more rounded, organic look. Next, working on the leaves, flip them over and run the ball tool along the middle of each. With your fingers, gently encourage the leaves to crease in the middle to add dimension.
07. Next, using a pokey tool or something similar, gently roll the tip of the trumpet around the tool so that it fans out. Put some glue on the vertical scalloped edge and secure in a loop.
08. Put your finger inside the trumpet for stability and fold the small triangles inwards to create a bottom to the trumpet. Add some glue and stick it onto the top set of petals. If you’re using wet glue, wait until the glue is dry before moving onto the next step.
09. Pierce a hole in the middle of the petals, through the middle of the trumpet, and thread through a few stamens. Secure them by adding a small piece of tape, or glue, on the underside of the petals.
10. Add the base petals, then finally the leaves at the bottom of your paper daffodil. If you’re using wet glue, put your daffodil to one side and allow to dry. Repeat so that you have 14 paper daffodils.
11. Cut a 12″ diameter circle from some strong card, such as corrugated card from a cardboard box, to create the Easter wreath base. Cover the wreath base in green crêpe paper to hide the cardboard –party streamers work well for this!
When the Easter wreath is complete, not much of the wreath base will show through, so don’t worry about being perfect. Tape or glue in place to secure the ends.
12. Wrap a loop of thick ribbon around the top of your wreath. You can do this once your wreath is complete, but it’s easier to attach before you’ve glued on your daffodils.
13. Glue your paper daffodils onto your Easter wreath base. If you’re using wet glue, put to one side and leave to dry. Foam pads are also a great alternative – and there’s no drying time involved.
14. Using the rabbit template, cut out an Easter bunny from your choice of card. Mount this behind the Easter wreath and use glue or tape to hold in place.
Now find somewhere to hang your Easter wreath and admire your work!