DIY Sheet Music Wreath

I first saw this idea (on Pinterest, of course) and really liked it.  Tim and I are both music teachers, so while it's completely cheesy I thought it'd be great for the house.  Plus we always have tons of old sheet music around.  Folks seem to donate it to us, or schools plan to throw it away and I can't stand that thought so I offer to take it and it accumulates in ginormous piles in my basement.

So, excited to put some to good use, I decided to make a wreath for our front door.  I followed this tutorial pretty much.  Though her description on how to roll the sheets made no sense to me.  I just fiddled around until I had a system I liked.  I found a rhythm (get it, rhythm....  music wreath?!) and was able to make 75 in about 45 minutes - that's two episodes of The Office if I fast forward through commercials.  I don't ever have masking tape around the house, so I used scotch tape.  I also found it helpful to have a large shoebox near by the put them in as they were made.

I bought a 12-inch styrofoam circle ($3 at Wal-Mart, sorry Gigi).  I cut out the center thinking I'd like it to be open (ala the tutorial) but then decided to make it closed anyway so that step ended up being unnecessary.  I hot glued a black ribbon onto the back so I could hang it up when it was all done, then got to layering on music note cones.  Lily was an excellent assistant.  She enjoyed the job of handing me cones on command.  I LOVE a hot glue gun.  It took about 10 minutes - start to finish.  After it dried for a bit (about the time it took for Lily and I to go to her dance class and come back home) I sprayed it with a coat of clear acrylic spray.  (I'd really recommend the spray even if you plan to hang it indoors.  It will help the wreath retain it's shape and color.  Plus it's significantly easier to dust it when it's sprayed with some kind of coating.)  I let it dry and went to hang it up on my door before my first voice student for the evening showed up, only to discover....

It is WAY too big for our front door!

So now it hangs on a wall in the house.  

Not a bad use of 10 minutes (plus 45 for the cone making) and $3