Today's post is brought to you fromHow To Me. Every Saturday find a how to post on this great site. Taking the kids for a nature walk and collecting items to make a wreath is a great project to do together.
I love to make wreaths for my home. My favorite base is made of scuppernong or muscadine vines. However, almost any vine or flexible branch will work (but make sure to avoid things like poison oak - eek). In the past I have even used pyracantha. This is how to make a natural wreath for your home.
Materials
- flexible vine or branches
- collected items from your yard
- hot glue gun and hot glue
- nail for hanging the finished product
Winding the Vine
After deciding what shape and size to create, I loop the first half of muscadine vine into that shape. Being about halfway through, I thread the vine through the center until the vines are bound to each other.
Decorating
Collect items from your yard that you love.
Starting with the largest item collected, I hot glue them to the vine base. It’s always important to use caution when using hot glue because it will stick to anything, including skin.
I like to vary placement of sizes and items along the front and sides of the wreath. This is an example.
I was really pleased with the way this wreath looked and would have left it alone, but I wanted some more color.
Adding More Color
So, I collected some hay and some holly leaves. Because I wanted to be careful not to knock off my hot glued items, I wound the hay around the outside edge and back of the wreath to add color and fluff.
The finished product is beautiful, the colors are great and I love it!
More Examples
After winding a grape vine wreath, I arranged some synthetic flowers from our wedding reception.
On another grape vine wreath, I hot glued dried roses, mixed flowers, eucalyptus, and spanish moss (all from bouquets my husband has given me over the years - aah).
The pyracantha bush grows quickly and has to be trimmed often. In early fall it is lovely. It has brilliant green and silver leaves.
The possibilities are endless when creating wreaths.
Today's post is brought to you fromHow To Me. Every Saturday find a how to post on this great site. Taking the kids for a nature walk and collecting items to make a wreath is a great project to do together.
I love to make wreaths for my home. My favorite base is made of scuppernong or muscadine vines. However, almost any vine or flexible branch will work (but make sure to avoid things like poison oak - eek). In the past I have even used pyracantha. This is how to make a natural wreath for your home.
Materials
Winding the Vine
After deciding what shape and size to create, I loop the first half of muscadine vine into that shape. Being about halfway through, I thread the vine through the center until the vines are bound to each other.
Decorating
Collect items from your yard that you love.
Starting with the largest item collected, I hot glue them to the vine base. It’s always important to use caution when using hot glue because it will stick to anything, including skin.
I like to vary placement of sizes and items along the front and sides of the wreath. This is an example.
I was really pleased with the way this wreath looked and would have left it alone, but I wanted some more color.
Adding More Color
So, I collected some hay and some holly leaves. Because I wanted to be careful not to knock off my hot glued items, I wound the hay around the outside edge and back of the wreath to add color and fluff.
The finished product is beautiful, the colors are great and I love it!
More Examples
After winding a grape vine wreath, I arranged some synthetic flowers from our wedding reception.
On another grape vine wreath, I hot glued dried roses, mixed flowers, eucalyptus, and spanish moss (all from bouquets my husband has given me over the years - aah).
The pyracantha bush grows quickly and has to be trimmed often. In early fall it is lovely. It has brilliant green and silver leaves.
The possibilities are endless when creating wreaths.