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Hi All,
Today I’m going to teach you how to make your own Christmas wreath. I made one last year for my floral design certification class and my parents put it on their front door again this year.
Materials needed:
- 1 wreath (any size and form will work. It’s your personal preference. I personally used one like this.)
- Christmas flowers (once again your choice. Everyone has different tastes. However for the size of wreath above I recommend getting two-three bushes of flowers, and maybe some smaller pick decorations. Here are some of the ones I used: poinsettias, pine cones and berries, floral picks (similar to the ones I used.))
- 1 spool of ribbon (this one is similar to what I used.)
- Floral wire, in what ever color your wreath is. (Like this one.)
Tools needed:
- Wire cutters
- Scissor
- Needle nose pliers
Step 1: Gather all your materials. (Redundant right?)
Step 2: Cut all of the florals you’re going to use off of the bush using either the scissors or wire cutters (depending on the size of your bush.) Cut them longer than you need. It’s always easier to trim more off once they’re attached then to not have enough stem to attach them.
Step 3: Lay them out on your wreath in the way you want them. It’s easier to get an idea of what you want before you start attaching them to the wreath.
Step 4: Once you have your layout you can start attaching the florals to the wreath. I did this simply by inserting them stem first into the wreath, then lifting the wreath and attaching them with the floral wire. The floral wire can be wrapped around the stem of the floral a couple of times before being attaching the the wire form on the back of the wreath.
Note: I made sure that they were tight, which required a lot of twisting. If needed, you can use a pair of needle nose pliers to help you twist them tighter.
Step 5: Once you get all of your florals and picks attached, you can now make your bow. Note: This is all up to you, however you want to make your bow. I did three loops on each side.
- Sub Step 1: Fold over ribbon using as much length as you want. I did nine inches in the picture below.
- Sub Step 2: Fold over for however many loops you want on the bow. The three loop one took seven folds.
- Sub Step 3: Cut the folded part of the bow off of the spool of ribbon. Then use another small piece of ribbon to loop around the middle of the bow to hold it all together. I taped it to hold it on.
- Sub Step 4: Fluff out all of the loops on the ribbon, and Ta-da.
Step 6: Once the bow is made, it can now be attached to your wreath using the floral wire. It’s the same process as it was for attaching the floral, except you need to loop the wire through the ribbon in the middle of the bow.
Done!
Congratulations, you’ve just made yourself a Christmas wreath. Drop a comment in the section below if you have any questions, you need me to elaborate on something, or if you’d simply like to ask my opinion on something.
Have fun ya’ll,
Liz