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Making Homemade Door Wreaths


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July 5, 2007

Summer wreathHave flowers all summer long with this easy-to-make wreath.

Crafting Time: 30 - 60 minutes

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Instructions

  1. Use scissors to remove flower blossoms from stems. For some stems, you may need to use wire cutters.
  2. Use straight pins to attach the flowers to the front and sides of the wreath. Completely cover the straw and place flower types and colors randomly to create a flower garden effect.
  3. Cut a piece of wire or dental floss. Tie this to the top of your wreath to create a loop for hanging.
  4. By Marie from West Dundee, IL

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Bronze Post Medal for All Time! 204 Posts
December 22, 2008

This are pictures of what I call Anything Wreaths, just to show you can make your own wreaths very inexpensively out of just about anything. Both are made using grapevine bases, which I picked up for pennies at yard sales, and a glue gun.

Anything Wreaths

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December 23, 2005

I am an avid garage saler and yard sale person. I collected plastic fruit for several months I purchased at yard sales to make this Della Robbia Wreath. It cost me less than $10 to make and is very nice for your front door.

Plastic Fruit Wreath

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May 28, 2010

Need to change out your tired door wreath? Don't have time to get out the craft wire and hot glue? Love to be creative in a short timeframe? This craft is for you. I often make these as gifts.

A grapevine wreath decorated with artificial grapes and leaves.

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September 17, 2007

These beautiful wreaths are very popular where I live and can be used year after year. They also make nice gifts. It's a simple project and you need no special talent.

Two red berry wreaths.

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July 17, 2007

Quick and easy wreath, take wreath, hot glue apples around the wreath as evenly as possible. Take ivy and hot glue around apples.

Wooden apple wreath

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June 30, 2008

Does anyone on here make homemade door wreaths?

Donita from MO

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By denise w (Guest Post)
July 1, 20080 found this helpful

Yes, I do. Can I help you with something? Let me know and put wreaths in subject box warnerd5 AT aol.com

 
July 1, 20080 found this helpful

Homemade wreaths are loads of fun to make and way cheaper than storebought ones! I make mine with silk and dried flowers so they last longer, usually on a grapevine wreath base (although you can also use straw or foam). The number of bunches of florals and greenery you need will depend, of course, on the size of your wreath base.

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Dollar Tree is great for this! Cut your stems down to a few inches and hot glue your greenery in first, and then arrange your flowers around the edges until you find a pattern you like. Cute add-ins include bows or seasonal items like birdhouses, scarecrows, etc. Have fun!

 

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July 2, 20080 found this helpful

Craft stores sell the basic wreaths plus so many goodies to add to them and they have free classes sometimes.
Here is one I made for Easter a few years ago.

Gather pinecones and twigs for free. My sister hung hers on their front door and birds built a nest in it.They used the side door until the babies hatched out and left. Then she had the real birds nest as a decoration..Hows that for free?LOL~ GG Vi

 
July 2, 20080 found this helpful

If you have forsythia bushes, use the long branches you trim off in fall to make a rustic wreath. Put a gloved hand around the branch and slide down, taking off most of the leaves. Coil a few in a circle and tuck ends into the coil or use wire to hold in place. Then add as many as you need to make it fuller, staggering where each begins and ends around the circle. It's good if you can wrap them around a bucket or other round container for a form, then let them dry out. You can glue or tie on other things like seed pods, grasses, etc. that you find in your yard, or things from the store like silk sunflowers, pansies, etc., and some raffia.

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This makes a nice rustic wreath to hang outside. Sometimes they look great just by themselves without any ornamentation, esp on outbuildings or a garage. When it gets too weathered and ugly, just send it to the compost pile if you used all natural stuff on it. I had some that were in a covered place on the house and they lasted several years before I tossed them. The best part is you're getting your materials for free. (I thought this up when thinning our bushes one year. We didn't have grapevines so I thought I'd give this a try and it worked pretty well)

 
July 2, 20080 found this helpful

Hi, email me at precioustaylor AT stjoelive.com if you can make a wreath for my front door. Thanks.

 
July 2, 20080 found this helpful

Hello, what do your wreaths look like? I'm wanting one to hang on my front door, a good size one, I thought something with berries, twigs, bird nest one. Let me know, thanks.

 
December 2, 20080 found this helpful

Hi, do you make these & sell them? Also do you know how to do the Christmas tree made from 6 wire coat hangers? email me at precioustaylor AT stjoelive.com

 
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June 28, 2007

I am looking for instructions for how to make wreaths.

Ev from Walla Walla, WA

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June 29, 20070 found this helpful

Here's one site: www.save-on-crafts.com/wreatmakandd.html You can find more sites by keying "How to make a wreath" into your search engine. Have fun!!!

 
July 17, 20110 found this helpful

I purchase wreath forms from thrift shops for very little. I wrap the form with duct tape to allow for better adherence. Then I hot glue pine cones, acorns, seed pods, etc., to the wreath form. Once finished, I clear all the "glue strings" off after the glue cools.

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I hang the wreath in a well ventilated area, and spray the wreath with clear spray paint. Let it dry and you have a gorgeous wreath!

 
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July 15, 2012

I am looking for instructions to make dog bone wreath.

By Elysecil from Harwinton, CT

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July 16, 20120 found this helpful

Check out www.ehow.com/how_12060199_make-dog-biscuit-wreath...

 
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May 28, 2010

You can spiff up boughten wreaths with natural elements. I got a small basic wreath with a few ornaments for 99 cents.

 
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