Easy DIY Acorn Wreath
Gather acorns from natural and create this easy DIY acorn wreath
Yield: 1 wreath
Cost: 10
Equipment
- Hot Glue Gun
Materials
- Acorns you pick from nature or purchase already prepped
- Jute Twine
- Foam Wreath Form
- Hot Glue
- PolyAcrylic Spray
- Burlap ribbon in a dark color
Instructions
- Gather acorn nuts and allow them to turn brown if not already
- You can also purchase cleaned and prepped acorns online
- Wash the acorns and lay out in single layer to dry overnight
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees Fahrenheit
- Place acorns in a single layer on parchment paper on a baking sheet and bake for 30 minutes in the oven. Turn the acorns over and bake another 15 minutes.
- Allow acorns to cool once out of the oven.
- Wrap the foam wreath form in burlap ribbon and secure with hot glue.
- Make a hanger for the wreath be wrapping a loop of jute twine around the form and securing in place with hot glue.
- Glue on the acorns to the wreath form one at a time. If acorns caps have fallen off, glue back on with the hot glue before attaching the acorn to the wreath form.
- Once the form is completely covered with acorns, fill in any small gaps showing the burlap ribbon with just the caps of the acorns if desired.
- Add a decorate jute twin ribbon or ribbon of your choice.
- Add berries or other decorations as desired.
Notes
This wreath will take more acorns than you expect and a little bit more time to glue the acorns on one by one.