How to make a beautiful floral wreath
A beautiful wreath hanging on your front door is a good way to say welcome to anyone passing by or coming to visit. Designing a wreath with dried flowers and greens from your summer garden or with flowers from your local weekend market is a fun and practical project which will take up very little of your time.
Silk flowers and other fake flowers may also be used. You could buy ready-made flower wreaths at craft shows or gift shops, but they are pretty expensive. It is much cheaper to make your own. The materials needed are not very costly and the wreaths are easy to make. This project utilizes very basic materials, including some that you may find around the house.
Besides
flowers, and greens, you will need a frame to attach your flowers to.
You can make your own frame or use store bought rings made of straw,
Styrofoam, grapevine, oasis,or other materials. For this project, we
will make our own frame with wire coat hangers. In addition to two wire coat hangers, you will need wire cutters, light
weight florist's wire, florist's tape, flowers and greens, a sharp pair of scissors or flower cutters, and a hot gun. Since
we are using wire coat hangers, you will have a redi-made curve at
the top of your frame to hang your wreath up by
The
first step is building a beautiful flower wreath is to decide what kind
of flowers and greens you want in the wreath. You may use fresh,
dried, or fake flowers. As you pick the flowers you want to use, be
sure to keep a color scheme in mind. If you want a ribbon on the
wreath, make sure you buy a a color and a fabric which will compliment
your flowers. Fruit and berries may also be used.
When using wire hangers for your base frame, the first thing you
will have to do is to bend it into the desired shape. Follow directions
for wreath below:
- Bend both hangers into a circular shape and wire together with florist's wire. Cover with florist's tape.
- Cut several 8-10 inch long branches of greenery; such as eucalyptus, lemon leaves, magnolia leaves, holly, redwood, pine, fir, etc.
- Secure the branches to the base of the wreath with lightweight floral wire.
- Keep adding stems until the wreath is fully covered.
- Secure leaves with hot glue.
- Cut largest flower stems to 2-3 inches.
- Hot glue in place around the wreathe. Add fruit, if desired.
- For final touches, tuck in smaller flowers (like baby's Breath) and, if you desire, tie a ribbon at the top. You may also add berries and other small decorations at this point.
Let wreath dry flat on your work table for a few days. Hang and enjoy.
Comments
AUTHORThanks, Journey, for comment.
And, I was just thinking, with the Christmas season coming up, you could make wonderful Christmas wreathes with these instructions.
alekhouse, this is a fantastic hub. The pics of the wreaths are beautiful. Using a wire hanger for the base frame is very practical. Thanks for sharing.
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Linking is fine with me, any time. NP. Don't be afraid to try and make one; it's fun and it's easy to fix if you goof up. Give it a try.
alek, I know that I was here before, but am back. Thinking about making a floral wreath, and your instructions make it seem so simple. It's ridiculous to admit that I am afraid of trying to make one. Am linking this to my Christmas wreath hub, if that's OK with you.
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Well, if you do try it, just take your time and not try to rush it and I am sure it will turn out beautifully. Thanks for stopping by.
I love crafts AH, although I wish I could make them, when I am brave I might just give this a try, and hope to God I don't stuff it up lol.
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Dolores, I liked the idea of the lavender too. It's my favorite fragrance. If you want a full wreathe, you will need to use a lot, but that would also depend upon the size of the wreathe. Were you thinking of making one? I've made several. Once you get the hang of it, it's fairly easy. Thanks for stopping by. Appreciate the comment.
Alekhouse, great photos and instructions. I guess you have to use a lot of materials to really make a nice, full wreath.
One of the things I love about hubs in general is that not only are the good ones informative (like this one), very clear with directions (like this one) and the comments can add to the hub - Princessa's idea of using lavender is a wonderful idea. I can just smell that wreath!
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Great idea. Let me know how it turns out. Thanks for the comments
Alekhouse, nice hub. I have a lot of grapevine behind the barn. so I will be using that instead of the wire frame for my wreath.
thanks for sharing
regards Zsuzsy
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Princessa: Sounds great. You might want to spray the finished product with a light weight clear decoupage spray, since dried wild flowers and some herbs may have a tendency to sluff their blooms.
BC: Think your ship would look great with a few wreaths scattered around.
I am thinking about using lavander -it's beautiful just now- rosemary and sage. Ohhh, I am getting excited about the idea. Last year we just used all our lavender for potpourri and for making dry bouquets so using fresh lavender for a floral wreath would be a change.
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It would be beautiful with wild flowers aand herbs. I'm sure you'll be able to do it well. What kind of herbs are you using? I would love to see it when you're finished. Can you send me a picture?
I would like to try this project with fresh wild flowers and herbs, let's hope it works, it should with your detailed instructions except that I seem to have to left hands when it comes to crafts... wish me luck :)
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SP: Thanks for stopping by and leaving a nice comment.
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Chica: Glad you liked the hub. Is there one hanging on your door now, or do you wait until Christmas?
I made one of these in youth group years ago and it lasted for years. Very informative hub on the subject.
I love the step by step and the finished wreaths are beautiful. I love a wreath hanging on my front door anytime of the year.
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Well, my dear, you'll just have to grow them in your back yard and dry them yourself. Unless, of course, you don't have a back yard. Thanks for the stopping by and commenting.
Wow, you are a professional - this hub has beautiful photos, and clear instructions. I would love to learn how make dry flowers baskets arrangements for the house, but couldn't find inexpensive dry flowers in my area.
Thumbs up!
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Anjal: Thanks, appreciate the comments
GW: So, since the instructions are so easy, are you gonna try it?
Beautiful project, thanks for the easy instructions.
Wow! That was so beautifully done. Pictures made it so simple. Thx so much for this info.
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You are very welcome. And thanks for the comment
Nice hub. Clear instruction, very easy to follow, and lovely pictures. Thanks so much for sharing this crafty how-to.
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