Fly Away Raven Wreath

I've been on an Edgar Allen Poe kick this Halloween ever since Zach bought me this cool vintage Raven sign for my anniversary present. I decided to display the Raven on my Edgar Allen Poe poetry books on our desk with ink well and Raven Feather quill. (It's really a turkey feather ;).

I've always had a fascination with crows and ravens. I remember the first time I ever saw a raven in the Upper Peninsula. It was HUGE! compared to the common crow we see in the Lower Peninsula.

I always hang this black iron bird cage on our porch each Halloween with a life-like raven decoration inside. It's motion censored so it crows when someone walks onto the porch.

So going with theme, I made this Fly Away Raven Wreath. The silhouettes look as though they are materializing from the black feathers.

Materials

1 feather boa
1 metal coat hanger
garbage bag twist ties (or wire)

black poster board
Picmonkey Raven Silhouettes

For the Wreath
Create a wreath form out of the wire coat hanger by bending it into a circle. Attach the feather boa to the wreath with the twist ties. 

For the Ravens
Create a blank document and save in it your "my documents" file. Open this document in Picmonkey. Re-size the document to 8x10. Click on the Halloween embellishments icon which appears as a Jack-O-Lantern symbol in the left side tool bar. Click on the "Witches" section. Then click the "Voracious Raven" section. Add one of the raven cut outs to your document. Re-size the raven to fill the whole 8x10 space. Save and print. Repeat for the other raven images. Tape the printed ravens to a piece of black poster board and cut out. Tape to the wall with a ring of painters tape.