Upgrade Plain Christmas Wreaths With These Inexpensive DIYs
November 25, 2024
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Upgrade your plain Christmas wreaths with these easy and inexpensive DIYs!
Wreaths are one my favorite ways to decorate for the holiday season. There are
so many easy ways to add festive touches to inexpensive, plain wreaths.
I put wreaths of every size all over our house when I decorate for Christmas.
I realized this year that it takes me forever to put all of our holiday decor
out because I can't leave well enough alone...I LOVE to tweak things and add
my own touch.
I've done that with wreaths a lot over the years, and even more so this year.
I've gathered a bunch of DIYs for basic wreaths to give you some inspiration
for this season!
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I think evergreen wreaths are quite beautiful on their own, especially with
some twinkling lights. I wanted this simpler look for the bookcases in my
office that's been undergoing a makeover.
I picked up a couple of
these Norway spruce wreaths
from At Home:
They come in a two and three foot width, mine are the smaller versions.
I grabbed some of my pinecone stems that I use every year (from Hobby Lobby)
and secured them together with some
green floral wire:
Then I used that same wire to attach the pinecones to the bottom of the metal
base on the wreath.
I added a bow with my
camel colored velvet ribbon that I hung from the top:
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I didn't want anything that would be too busy in here, so I love how neutral
the green wreath is against the Vintage Vogue green bookcase. The camel
colored ribbon ties in nicely with the wood countertop as well.
I hung two wreaths on the bookcases -- one on each side. I still need to add
some of my battery-operated fairy lights too!
A couple of months ago I found these
tiny cedar wreath napkin rings at Hobby Lobby. They were on sale for $2 for a set of two, so only a buck each!
I had a different plan for them though:
I gathered these
teeny tiny brass bells
(the sound is SO lovely!), the wire and some scrap ribbon. I use every bit of
this
frayed velvet ribbon
-- six yards of it doesn't go as far as you'd think!
I strung the wire through the bells, gathered a few of them together and
twisted to secure them. Then I wrapped that wire around the tiny wreath and
tied a bit of ribbon onto the bottom.
The result was ADORABLE...I wanted to make tons more of them for all over the
house!:
These teeny wreaths are the perfect little Christmas touch just about anywhere
-- I hung them on framed photos, our cutting board storage walls and on small
hooks here and there:
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I think they'd be super cute hanging from the base of a lamp (or even the lamp
shade), from a stack of books, gathered together in a bowl...you can't go
wrong with these cuties.
You can also use them as a little touch of greenery around candles -- they'd
look sweet around the base of taper candles as well:
I made eight of these for less than $16 dollars, so two bucks each. (I had the
ribbon.)
Hobby Lobby seems to be sold out of them everywhere, but
these small wreaths are similar
and have cute little pinecones on them. Target also sells
wreath napkin rings
that would work, but they cost a bit more.
If you have some extra greenery, you could even make your own small wreaths!
I can't remember where I got this "real touch" wreath for our front door, but
I've had it for a while:
It came with a couple pine cones and a basic red ribbon on it, but I knew I
could do a little something extra.
I ran some of the floral wire through the base of larger pine cones (have I
mentioned how handy this wire is??) and wrapped it around the base of the
wreath to add some more texture.
Then I tucked in these
inexpensive poinsettia blooms I found at At Home. They add a great touch of bright red that is
perfect on the front door!:
Hanging wreaths from the back of a chair is an easy, festive touch! I've
hung these cute little wreaths on the back of our island stools for a few
years now:
They already have some tiny little pine cones, so I just tied them to the
chairs with a bow with this
skinny burgundy velvet ribbon. The loose burgundy bows add a nice pop of color to an otherwise basic
wreath.
I think I've had these preserved boxwood wreaths from Target for more than ten
years! You're supposed to spray them with water occasionally, but I don't
think I've ever done it. 😬
They still look brand new!:
They were from the Smith and Hawken line there and they've held up so well. I
later added the little bells that started out red all over -- I sprayed the
top of the bells in a
brass spray paint
and left the red underneath.
The bells and velvet ribbon dress them up perfectly!
It doesn't take much to update older wreaths that need a little pick-me-up. I
found these metal wreaths from Big Lots years ago. I loved the light, wispy
greenery and bells:
This year I felt like they needed a bit more color, so I stuck a couple berry
bunches into the greenery. No need to secure them unless the wreath will be
exposed to the elements outside.
Over the years I've made a bunch more Christmas wreaths....this
DIY ornament wreath
was one of the hardest, but was so worth it!:
The difficulty was my fault though, I shared how to make this without all the
drama in that post. These ornament wreaths can get super expensive, so making
your own is worth the time!
I LOVED the window shutters on our old house, and made them even more of a
focal point by
hanging wreaths on each one with ribbon
from the top and bottom:
I love grapevine wreaths for each season. I
use the same grapevine base
and change them out with seasonal decor -- it only takes a few minutes. A few
years ago I made this super cute version with the wood skates:
And the simplest idea yet...just hanging a little wooden cut out or word on
top of a wreath is a nice little addition:
These wood words and designs are super cheap at craft stores and you can
paint them in a few minutes with some craft paint.
I hope you enjoyed this little round up of how I decorate with wreaths for
the Christmas season! Do you have any ideas to add?
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I always make snack wreaths for the holidays, which are full of candy bars, small chip bags and beef jerky. That way guests can help themselves and I don't have to serve them.
ReplyDeleteAdorable should be your middle name!! And as a wreath lover myself I really appreciated this post. Blessings!
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