Making a $50 Fall Wreath For $15

Making a $50 Fall Wreath For $15

Making any kind of wreath is always a really fun project that you can incorporate your own ideas and style into!

What You'll Need:

1. A stick wreath - Joann Fabrics $5

2. Some mini pine cones (you can buy them or find your own)

3. Berry Sprigs - Michael's $2.80

4. Bag of mini pumpkins - Michael's $4

5. 2.5 inch ribbon - $2.50

6. Acorn sprigs - $2

Step 1: Begin crinkling up your ribbon so that takes on a wave to it. 

Step 2: Use your hot glue gun to glue down the wavy ribbon around the face of the wreath. This part is very simple, but be careful to make sure your ribbon doesn't fall too uniformly on your wreath and that the spacing looks random enough.

Once you've completed gluing down the ribbon, it's time 

to start the bow!

Step 3: With the remaining ribbon, make yourself a bow to go at the top of the wreath. 

See instructions below

I thought I'd be able to find a good youtube video to show how I make my bows but all the ones I found are way intense and complicated. The way I did mine was to snake the ribbon back and forth like the image of the belt above until you have three loops on each side. then wrap a twisty tie around 

the middle and cut off the extra. 

Wrap a piece of ribbon around the center to cover the twisty tie. 

Finally, cut two pieces for the hangy-down parts (technical term). I like to cut out triangles to give them the pointed edge look (see picture above).

Step 4: After you've glued down your ribbon, begin placing your artistic goodies around the wreath to get a visual of how you want it to look

Tip: You don't have to glue anything down until you're completely ready. Play around with things a bit, rearranging them until they are to your liking.

Tip: Things look better randomly placed. This can be extremely difficult as humans are programmed to find and create order. To achieve the "randomness", make sure your colors and sizes are evenly spaced so that the eye is not drawn to one portion of the wreath.

It's also good to pre-clump some things together as opposed to gluing on all the individual pieces!

Step 5: Once you've achieved a look you like, hot glue everything down and you're done!

Voila! A beautiful fall wreath for $15! 
The best part is, I only used about half of my decorating supplies and the rest are going to be used to make a fall garland! Check the next posting to see it! Thanks for reading and Happy Fall!!