DIY Winter Wreath You’ll Love After Christmas
We celebrated Christmas with our family late this past year on New Year’s Day. An upper respiratory infection further delayed a planned visit to a local Hobby Lobby for supplies for a winter wreath until more than a week into the new year.
And there was nothing left to choose from.
The store had no leftover Christmas stems, lush garlands, or any seasonal wreaths suitable for a winter wreath. All holiday decor had been removed.
My hopes for finding wintery items to create a new winter wreath idea came up just as empty as those shelves. While I was still in the store, I had to decide to either skip a new wreath for the winter months or find a DIY wreath idea I could quickly pull together.
The result is this easy-to-make DIY Winter wreath you’ll love after Christmas.
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The winter decor was all gone!
Walking among the empty shelves, I saw many workers and management staff fluttering around like busy bees, putting up new Spring merchandise as fast as possible.
And no, there wasn’t enough of the merchandise put up yet to shop for a future Spring wreath.
The lack of supplies for a winter wreath allowed me to flex my creative muscles and find a different way to make one.
Starting in my backyard.
I have been thinking about making a simple wreath out of twigs and sticks from our yard for some time, but I have never done so. The lack of available winter decorations for a wreath was the perfect motivation to do just that.
On the day I decided to use twigs from our yard, snow was fast approaching, so I had to work quickly. I grabbed a bucket and filled it with branches and twigs that I thought would work well as the wreath base. The twigs were from different species of trees, with various colors and textures—just a hodgepodge of randomly chosen twigs to get started.
Use what you already have.
This is where I should explain that I didn’t start this project with a vision of the outcome in mind. Nor did I know how to make a DIY twig wreath that would stay together. I used what I had on hand and just winged it.
Fortunately, I have plenty of supplies in my craft room that I knew would help make a DIY wreath. Armed with my always-supplied hot glue gun, florist wire, wire cutters, and a leftover supply of faux stems, I got to work.
Starting with an 18-inch gold hoop wire base, I gathered small handfuls of twigs of the same length for a bundle. ach bundle contained about five or six twigs end was wrapped in floral wire. The bundles were then attached to the wire hoop with barked floral wire and laid out in a pattern of one bundle overlapping the previous one, as shown.
The first layer of twig bundles around the wire hoop looked a little wonky, so I slid them closer together and added more bundles. I also added filler twigs cut smaller with the wire clippers to the wreath with hot glue to fill in the gaps.
The second version looked much better.
Add Faux Greenery For A Beautiful Winter Look
Winter wreaths are always gorgeous when they include a deep faux greenery spray and various faux greenery stems.
For this, I cut apart a thick faux boxwood garland and wired the sections to the wreath over the twig bundles and the wire hoop.
Next came the faux greenery accent stems, which were hot-glued all around the wreath and mixed in with the faux boxwood and the twigs.
It would have been easy to proclaim that this wreath was done at this point. However, after stepping back to view it, I decided it needed more character.
Going back to my craft room for more greenery accents, I pulled out a bag of dark faux thistle stems supplied by my daughter and added them randomly to the wreath wherever I felt it needed something extra.
Navy is a wonderful color for winter wreaths.
Initially, I planned to use a white burlap ribbon for a bow. Sometimes, though, plans change when the look of the wreath is allowed to change while you work on it. Instead, I pulled out some deep navy ribbon and a second ribbon in navy plaid to gather loops for a carefree winter bow.
Easy Twig Wreath After Chrismas
The finished wreath was quite a surprise. Even though I started it without visualizing how I wanted it to look, using natural elements to craft a simple winter wreath turned out so well. Now, I have a beautiful winter wreath that will be a great addition to our entrance for a few weeks.
Pin For Later
Another wreath is in the works.
My next wreath makeover is another project I started without a plan in mind, but it has turned out to be one of my new favorites. I hope you come back to check it out.
Hugs,
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I love anything with twigs. This is beautiful with boxwood stems. Such a great idea for winter.
Thanks Debra