An ornament wreath is a craft that has been floating around on Pinterest for years. I needed a new wreath for the holidays and this seemed simple. This wreath is actually pretty simple, it only takes three steps. Even though it is an easy DIY craft, there are a few things I learned that can make it easier. These tips may help you, too.
Use a Wire Frame
There are many types of wreath bases- styrofoam, straw, wood, grapevine, and wire frame. The styrofoam wreath base I used for my Halloween wreath turned out to not hold up to the strong winds that can happen sometimes around here in Texas. This time around the wire frame floral hoop seems like the way to go.
Get Plenty of Ornaments
50 ornaments seems like a lot, but it wasn’t enough on my first attempt making the wreath. Clearly I wasn’t using any estimation skills I should have picked up through the years at guessing the number of items in the jar games. Fifty ornaments will only cover about half of the 14 inch wreath hoop so I had to get more. Of course I couldn’t find the exact same ornaments so I got coordinating ones to mix in with the existing ones on the hoop.
Use Plastic Ornaments
Being that the wreath will hang on my front door, I needed the orbs to be made of plastic and not glass. Those strong winds that broke the styrofoam Halloween wreath would easily break glass ornaments if they blew again. Buying the ornaments when Christmas decorations go on clearance is an awesome way to go. Saving 70% on the ornaments makes it easier to purchase plenty ahead of time.
Now that you know what works best, here’s how I put the ornament wreath together.
Supply List
- Wire wreath floral hoop 14 inch
- Floral Wire
- Wire Cutters or needle nosed pliers
- At least 100 plastic ornaments
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Instructions
Step 1:
Use wire cutters or needle nosed pliers to cut about 5 inch lengths of floral wire. At first, I cut shorter pieces and attached each ornament individually, but later I used 5 inch length wire and strung a few ornaments to each wire section. Either way works, it is just personal preference.
Step 2:
Bend floral wire in half and string one end through the ornament cap. Twist the wire to hold ornament in place and twist the cut wire ends around the metal floral hoop. Use the needle nosed pliers if it is too hard to twist the wire with your fingers. If the wire is long, add more ornaments, twisting the wire in between, and end up twisting the floral wire to the hoop to secure ornaments in place.
The ornaments will spin and reorder themselves no matter how organized you try to put them on the wreath. This does help with the random look for the colors. Using various sizes for the ornaments would look amazing. Of course that wasn’t an option with the ornaments I had on hand, but I did get different textures and colors for the ornaments to give variety and depth. Did you happen to notice there is no blue in this project? See, I can branch out. (A little Christmas tree humor).
Step 3:
Continue adding the ornaments, as close together as possible, until the entire metal hoop is filled. There were two spots that looked slightly bare but the ornaments wouldn’t shift to cover the spots. I wired an ornament over each of those spaces to fill it in. Once finished, I hung the wreath on the front door. Pretty easy!
This DIY craft is super easy, only messy if you have glittered ornaments, and can be done pretty quickly. I like the texture and color pop it adds to the front door. Plus, I have some extra ornaments left over for the decor inside or on the other outdoor pillar decorations on the front porch. So many fun options. Making things is all a part of the holidays for me. When it is a fast and easy craft project that takes the stress out of the holiday season, I’m even more stoked for it. Making my front door cheery at the holidays is a fun way to make a house a home.
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Beautiful!
Thank you! The best part is that it was so easy and virtually mess free. Wohoo!