What better way to welcome autumn into our homes than with a giant floral wreath?! I love warm, rich fall colors. The more the merrier, I say! All I want to do is make crafts when the weather starts cooling down.
This wreath is super easy! Here’s how it’s made:
Supplies:
-12 inch foam wreath form
-glue gun
-3 bunches of silk flowers in warm tones
-6 feet of 2 inch wide ribbon in a matching color
Pull all the blooms from their stems and cut off the little plastic stem piece on the back of each flower. Tightly wrap your wreath form with ribbon. Use hot glue to adhere the ends to the foam.
Use a generous amount of hot glue to adhere each flower. Seriously, use a bunch… the more you use now, the less likely you are to have to re-glue flowers later! I like to adhere my blooms in bunches (starting with the largest flowers) and then fill in the gaps with more blooms. This makes it easy to space out larger blooms. Last, fill in any gaps with smaller blooms. That’s it! This is a 30 minute craft. Have fun!
And here is the finished product. I’m really happy with wreath. Best of all, I think it’s a piece that I will use year after year to welcome autumn to our home!
I’m so thankful for a new home to decorate. We’re moving in about a week, so I’ll share photos soon. We’re already planning our first small party! What are you excited about this month? Elsie
This is really gorgeous and very well done. I’ve noticed the last several autumn seasons that fall floral gets a bad rap. Everyone is fine with pumpkins and leaves, but they don’t want those rust and faded burgundy colored flowers. Well I disagree! And I’m glad to see you do too! I don’t put flowers in all my fall decor, but I think it looks really nice occasionally. Again, this turned out beautiful. Thanks for sharing!
Shirley
Very pretty, and from your instructions this looks pretty easy. One could make floral wreaths for every season and rotate them.
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What a lovely way to bring fall’s vibrant colours to your front door. I must try something similar for mine.
~Kristi
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I love this! What a beautiful idea!
So fun for Autumn!
Xx
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I made a wintery wreath a few years ago, maybe its time to start working on some more seasonal ones…
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I made a wintery wreath a few years ago, maybe its time to start working on some more seasonal ones…
http://www.buywholesaledvd.com/
It’s gorgeous! I’m showing this to my mom. She loves making seasonal wreaths for the house. It’s one of her favorite craft projects 🙂
This is gorgeous! I’ve been wanting to try making a wreath for my condo’s front door. I may give this one a try. Thank you for explaining how to arrange the flowers!
That’s so beautiful! In Sweden we do often decorate with cowberry to do pretty wreaths. You should try that too (:
This looks really pretty, I like the colours a lot!
I will move in the beginning of October and there is so much to do. I have to organize so much, things I never had to deal with before. But it´s fine, as long as it´s going forward. 🙂
Very nice idea. I love the colors, so autumn. good DIY project for the coming season!
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beautiful! I’m making little felt sunflowers for our September wreath;)I can’t wait to see the move-in photos, and we are excited about having the in-laws visit us in S. Korea! It is a month of fun family outings ahead.
Love the brightness of this wreath. Shows just how rich Fall can be!
I moved into a new apartment this May and with the start of each holiday and season I find little things to get excited about. Like in my new place we have a fire bowl, cannot wait for bonfires on chilly nights!
How fun! I LOVE autumn wreaths. Great way to add some autumn color to the front door!
XOXO
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where did you purchase your flowers? They are super pretty and I don’t see ones that look like yours at Michaels.
So pretty! Have never made a wreath before but you have made it look so easy I want to give it a go. Thanks for the inspiration 🙂
This is gorgeous! Great job on it Elsie:)
Love,
Stephanie May*
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Oh man I love this!