I pin a lot of creative pins on Pinterest every day. There are times that I am inspired to actually try them out. This dried orange slice wreath is one of those pins.
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It’s time for the November Pin Challenge! The purpose of the Pinterest Challenge is to motivate us to not just pin, but to make it happen! This month’s challenge is all about Christmas!
Inspiration for this project was this pin.
Ever since my husband got a Presto food dehydrator last Christmas, I have been waiting since then to make a project with dried orange slices for Christmas.
Whether used on garland or wreaths or just in a bowl, dried orange slices are beautiful in decorations and smell so good too.
Easy steps to make a dried orange slice wreath.
To start my project, I cut up five small clementine oranges that hadn’t already been eaten quickly by everyone in the family. These little clementine oranges are such a sweet treat around our house and don’t usually last very long.
I placed the slices in a single layer on parchment paper inside the dehydrator and turned it on. It was just that easy!
Since they were small slices it didn’t take long to dry them out. I checked on the progress after about 4 hours and they were already done.
You can purchase a similar machine or even just dried orange slices online.
The base for my wreath is a 12 inch grapevine wreath and wired garland ties from Dollar Tree.
I used hot glue to attach the pine cones and the orange slices to one side of the wreath, after attaching a festive Merry Christmas bow.
To give it a Christmas flair, I added the twigs of wired garland ties purchased from the Dollar Tree, and pine cones from my own back yard that I have already cleaned and baked to preserve them.
For more Pinterest inspired projects from this month’s Pinterest Challenge hosts, check out the links below ↓
My Pinterventures • Cookies Coffee and Crafts
Slices of Life • Sew Crafty Crochet • Our Sutton Place
Purple Hues and Me • Sum of their Stories
Life Beyond Kitchen • Mom Home Guide • Cloches and Lavender Our Good Life • Love My Little Cottage Decorate & More with Tip • Modern on Monticello
Now, let’s see what the other hosts have created ⇓⇓
Hugs,
I love this natural look for holiday decorating but I’ve never actually tried drying out orange like this. It’s good to know it’s so easy. Thanks
Thanks Julie
I’ll be featuring you when the next party starts – thanks for much for sharing with us at the To Grandma’s house we go blog hop!
Thank you!
Your wreath is beautiful, Donna, and I love the greenery added to the orange slices. Thank you for sharing at Party In Your PJ’s.
Thanks Ann.
So cute! I love this challenge!!
Thanks for visiting Christin. I love this challenge too.
Mmmm! I bet the smell is amazing!
Yes it does. Thanks for visiting again Alexandra.
Why didn’t I keep my dehydrator!? Love this wreath! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for visiting Kimberly. I plan to use it more often now.
As I sit here I can almost smell that! It looks amazing.
Thanks Carol. Glad you liked it. And yes it does smell good.
Very cute. I have a dehydrater setting on my oven, which is so fun.
I created many dehydrated fruit crafts since the fall.
As I sit here I can almost smell that! It looks amazing.
This is just beautiful! I’ve been wanting to dry orange slices for a garland.
It was really easy to make and I will be trying this again. Thanks for visiting, Danielle.
Oh I just love it! The orange slices add such a nice pop of color!
Thanks Mary.
My air fryer oven has a dehydrate setting. Now I’m curious to give it a spin because the wreath turned out very pretty!
Thank you.
That is a really pretty wreath, Donna. The oranges really stand out.
Thanks Kristie
I love how this wreath turned out! It would go great with my other orange decor pieces for the holidays!
Thanks Morgan. I’m glad you liked it.
Wow! Your wreath is sooooo pretty!!! I love the look of the dried orange slices. Pinning!
Thank you!
So does it smell a bit orange-y? I love this. Pinned.
Yes it does smell like oranges, but not too strong. Glad you liked it.
Wow! Love the idea of using dehydrated orange slices , Donna.
Thank you.
Your wreath is so pretty! The orange slices and the evergreen look so rustic on the grapevine wreath.
Thanks Jenny.