I love making wreaths.  I love how you can make them out of just about anything and with any theme you can imagine. For this post I am sharing A Winter Themed Wreath that I made with small yarn hats.
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Last Christmas season, a friend of mine shared with me a DIY video for these adorable mini hats made from yarn and toilet paper rolls. Â I just loved the tutorial and created many many versions of that little hat last year that I put on gift tags, cards, and even gave one away to all the office staff in my husband’s practice.
I can’t find the original video anymore but I have included a simple tutorial below to make your own version of this adorable little hat. Â You can also search on Pinterest for some wonderful and thorough tutorials and images to create similar hats.
I made so many of these little hats last year that I have plenty of yarn and toilet paper rolls left over for a new project for this year. Â My color inspiration for this wreath was from a project I completed last winter for my side entrance.
Winter Themed Pallet Sign
Last year I created a decorative pallet sign for my side entrance and plan to display it again this year all winter. Â You can read the post here.
Using the same color pallet as I used for this sign, I decided to create a Winter Themed Wreath for my side entrance to display all winter instead of creating a Christmas themed wreath for the entrance. Â I also decided that those adorable little hats were a perfect addition to the display.
A Winter Themed Wreath
To create these adorable little hats and the winter themed wreath you will need:
- Yarn in the colors of your choice
- Ruler
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Toilet paper or paper towel rolls
- White wreath (I got this for only $3.49 on Black Friday)
- Ribbon in a design of your choice
- Floral ties to create a bow from the ribbon and to attach to the wreath form
First, measure and cut the toilet paper rolls into 1/4″ rings.
Using the ruler as a measure, cut lengths of the yarn in 10″ to 12″ pieces. Â Then start tying the lengths of yarn around the toilet paper ring as shown below. Â Continue this step until you have completely covered the entire ring.
Your little hat project will now look like this image below.
Next, you need to reverse the string through the inside of the ring to create the cuff of the hat.
Using another length of yarn, tie all the strings together to finish creating the shape of the hat. This piece of string then gets tied off at the end to create a hanger for the hat to be hung like an ornament. Â Then you just need to trim off the excess ends of the yarn to finish the pom pom shape for the top of the hat.
The finished hat will look like this.
Since I wanted this wreath to coordinate with the colors in the winter themed pallet, I found ribbon at JoAnn’s with shades of blue, silver, gold and white and created a bow for my white wreath form. Â I attached a bow to the side of the wreath and using the loop of yarn for hanging the little hats like an ornament, I wrapped the loops around branches of the wreath and just hung them on the wreath.
My side entrance is ready for a long winter.
“Then she gave birth to her firstborn Son, and she wrapped Him snugly in cloth and laid Him in a feeding trough.” Â Luke 2:7
Oh, my, gosh! Those little snow hats are ADORABLE! And they’re so easy to make too. Love your winter themed wreath. Thanks for sharing at the #HomeMattersParty 🙂
~Lorelai
Life With Lorelai
Such a cute and lovely wreath, Donna. #HomeMattersParty
I love making wreaths to. The little winter hats are so cute! Your entryway looks perfect for winter.
I’ve got pallets in my garage, my husband is itching to get rid of them, but I find so many ideas of great things (like your snowman) to do with them!!! #HomeMattersParty
I love how you made the cute little hats for your wreath – and I always love to see your painted pallets. The snowman is adorable! #HomeMattersParty
Thanks Nicole. I am going to have to stop painting pallets because I have no where to store them. LOL
Ohhh the little hats! And your entrance looks adorable with the creative pallet. 🙂 FUN!!! Visiting from #HomeMattersParty
Thanks Cindy. I did the pallet about a year ago and it is double sided. So in the spring you will see the other side.
I love making Wreaths too! Your little hats are adorable! Thanks for cohosting #homemattersparty
Thanks Michelle
OMG, those little hats are so darling! What a fun wreath. #HomeMattersParty
Thanks Emily
How adorable are those little hats? So cute #homemattersparty
Love the wreath and the pallet, and I’m kind-of dying over how cute those teeny hats are. Taking down Christmas decorations is always a little sad and makes the house seem so bare…I need to make me some winter decor to liven the place up!
Than ks. My side door “theme” has just kind of evolved as I needed to find projects for the blog and to fill my need to be busy and creative. I’m glad you like it. This Spring it will look completely different again.
How adorable are those little hats!? You are so creative! I love the pattern on the ribbon you used and the wreath is perfect with the great pallet sign ! #HomeMattersParty
Jeannee@shepherdsandchardonnay
Thanks Jeannee. I found the ribbon at JoAnn and it wasn’t what I was looking for at the time but I knew I had to use it. It took three more stores to find yarn to match it but I just love that color.
Love those mini hats, Donna. Such a nice wreath idea. Great to be co-hosting with you at #HomeMattersParty
Thanks Sahana
Those little hats are so stinking cute!!
Also, I just wanted to let you know that I emailed you about joining my creative team on A Glimpse Inside so just in case the email isn’t in your inbox, check your junk folder. 😉
Allison
Thanks Allison. I sent a reply back.
This is too cute!
I would love for you to share this with my Facebook Group for recipes, crafts, tips, and tricks: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pluckyrecipescraftstips/
Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!
Thanks Jess
Those hats are so clever and cute! Thanks for linking up to Merry Monday! Pinned! Have a great week!
Kim
This is a beautiful wreath. I love the little hats on it.
Thank you for sharing this with us on the #HomeMattersParty.
Fun! That wreath will carry you through the winter months. Thanks for sharing with SYC.
hugs,
Jann
Thanks Jann.
Such a cute idea! We made quite a few of those winter hat ornaments last year but I never thought to attach them to my wreath. So adorable.
Thanks. I wanted a new wreath for the winter and not Christmas and it just made sense to use what I already had on hand. They are just so easy to make.
Hi Donna. I adore these little toques for your wreath. Never would I have thought of them. They are very very cute and I will make some for my grand daughters to say the faeries must have left them behind.
Pinned. Thanks for sharing.
Thank Leanna. I hope your grand daughters enjoy them. They can also make great Barbie hats too.