Be sure to attach those two ropes together along with the wire frame. When you need to cross over one ear to go onto the second ear, you need to lay the rope directly over the bottom rope so that they overlap.(NOTE: We used the middle, raised ring in the above final image, but we had more “tail” left over, so use the outer ring to use more of the 18″ light rope). When you get to the smaller ring (the ear), continue around the outer edge of the larger ring and then turn to go up the far side of the ear. Start with the plug at the bottom of the Mickey face, going clockwise and use the cable ties to attach the lights to the outer wire on the 18 inch ring.You won’t want to get to the end of the project and the light not work.

Then use your fingers to twist the wire ties so that the little locking block is facing the backside of the wreath. Use scissors or wire cutters to cut the “tails” off the wire ties. We used 4 ties per ear, but it doesn’t matter. Taking your cable ties, tie the frames together. We found it easier to “tuck” the ears in between the face wire frame outer rings to secure the ears. Place the Mickey face (18 inch wire wreath frame) and the 2 Mickey ears (two 12″ wire wreath frames) in position.

Step 1: Making the Mickey face out of wire frames But if you buy online, do not buy fiber o ptic lights or LED flat ropes as they tend to not work well when you have to bend the rope light to make the circles. Rope lights are sometimes hard to find unless it’s the Christmas holiday time frame. Note: You can buy the above items at your local crafts store (Michael’s, Joanne’s, Holly Hobby) or even Home Depot or Lowes.

One 12 foot rope light (18 foot rope lights work too) – we used white, but you can choose your colors.

5″ plastic cable ties (white for white, but black can work well too).

If you are interested in sprucing up your home with your favorite Disney character, here is a simple Mickey project that will take about an hour to do.

Black light room rope