Yesterday I was trying to figure out what I was going to do with a lot of leftover rope, so I decided to try to make a nautical rope wreath. I had six packs of 9.5′ nautical rope from Dollar Tree, so I tried to figure out how I could make them into a wreath. I tried wrapping them around a small 10″ stryfoam wreath form, but I didn’t like the look. There have been some braided rope wreaths on Pinterest, so I decided to give it a go in my own way.I braided three of the packages together in one rope, but I didn’t like the look. It looked cheap. My plan was to use wire forms that I had somewhere in my craft room, but they were no where to be found. I saw a few braided wreaths that were glued onto a flat wood form. I thought I’d try to make one of my own and it worked out!To make a nautical rope wreath you need (everything bought from Dollar Tree unless noted):6 packs of nautical rope- Each pack is 6.8ft long. If your Dollar Tree doesn't have the nautical rope, you can use sisal rope from Lowe's or Home Depot. You can also use the white cotton rope from DT.foam board or cardboardbowl as large as you want your wreath to be (you will trace it on the foam board)hot glue gun (can’t be bought at Dollar Tree) and glue sticksregular glue stick or liquid gluescissorsclear tapecardstock (DT does have them now!)- I used navy and white.craft knifeseashells (optional)twineanchor wood shape or other nautical shape (or you can use your Cricut to cut one, or a stencil)letter stencils or stick on lettersupdate- someone asked about adding real items to the wreath. That’s perfectly ok too.