How To Make An Easy Spring Wreath With Leftover Ribbons

It was hard to get motivated to make a new spring wreath this year. The weather has been wet and cold and not many weeks with days with consistent warmer weather.

So, I found that I wasn’t much in the shopping mood to browse through the aisles of flower stems or faux florals that should have inspired me to create a new wreath.

After weeks of procrastinating, and looking at the empty spot at my main entrance where I usually hang a wreath, I finally grabbed a wire wreath form from my craft stash, gathered all of the rolls of Spring ribbons from previous projects, and got to work.

Using just a few leftover rolls of ribbons and pipe cleaners, I created a fun and easy DIY Spring wreath.

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Honestly, I have thought about making an all-ribbon wreath for some time. In my mind, I planned it as a future Christmas wreath idea.

Imagine my pleasant surprise when I realized I had several rolls of Spring ribbons in my craft stash that needed a new purpose and a ribbon wreath was the perfect answer. Each of these ribbons coordinated well together for a no-cost front door wreath.

One bright ribbon from my stash with a bee theme easily created the perfect wreath accent that can be displayed through the summer months as well.

So my first all-ribbon seasonal wreath accomplished two goals. It didn’t cost me any extra money at the craft store and I could reuse ribbons in my craft stash.

Cut each spool of ribbon into strips.

The first thing I did to start this wreath, was to spend time cutting up each roll of ribbon into 8-inch strips. I figured this was a good length of ribbon to tie onto the wire wreath form and to add extra fluff and volume to the overall wreath.

Wanting to give the wreath more visual appeal, I also cut the ends at different angles of the 8-inch strips for each spool color of ribbon. One had slanted ends, another cut into v-shapes, and another may have been straight cuts. When bundled in layers, the differing cuts create more flow and energy to the wreath.

Don’t worry if the width of each ribbon is different. This will also create a more unique-looking wreath in the end.

Attaching the bundles of ribbon to the wreath form was not an exact method either.

Some bundles may have included a strip of ribbon from all 7 different spools, and another may have had only 3 strips. I also randomly stacked the ribbons on top of each other differently every time so that the same ribbon wasn’t the prominent visual piece along the top edge.

There are no rules to follow to make a similar wreath like this. Just choose your ribbons, cut them into strips, and randomly attach gathered bundles of the cut strips to the wire wreath form.

Use small sections of pipe cleaners that have been precut with a wire cutter into smaller pieces to attach the bundles to the form.

As I attached the gathered ribbon bundles around the wreath form, I checked the look of the wreath often to ensure that showcasing too many bundles close together with the all-black ribbon as a prominent look or the yellow ribbon with bees. It comes down to a balanced look all the way around.

As a final touch, I included the burlap ribbon with the black trim in the mix to add some rustic charm to the wreath to carry it through the warmer summer months – and to be able to reuse the looped bow that was featured on my previous evergreen wreath makeover. Plus it enhances the pop of color that the yellow ribbon gives to the wreath.

For years, I made the usual floral wreath for the Spring season. It always had to be a colorful wreath. I would shop for artificial flowers in vibrant colors. And the wreath always included tulips, my favorite Spring flowers to use on a wreath.

This year, I needed to make something new and different for the front porch.

And there you have it. I finally crafted a DIY wreath made completely out of strips of ribbon that didn’t include faux flowers or a Welcome Spring sign.

An easy project for a lovely wreath and a great way to use up what I already had in my craft stash.

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This one should carry me through the summer months and my next diy wreath project will focus on the Fall season.

Since I hung this wreath up outside my main entrance last week, a bird’s nest has been added to it by a couple of adorable sparrows. I guess they have been waiting for me to finally hang up a new wreath too.

Hugs,