DIY Home Sweet Home Wreath - Thin Design
Handmade housewarming gift idea. Make a thin housewarming wreath that features a thin design to fit all front entryways!
Equipment
Materials
Instructions
Prep your base with mesh
- Start with a 10” pancake wreath form and add 6 x pipe cleaners to the inner ring and 6 x pipe cleaners to the outer ring of the wreath frame.
- Take a 10” mesh, pinch the end and add it to the wreath making 10” poofs all around the inner and 20” poofs all around the outer ring using the pipe cleansers to secure it.
- Take 3 types of 10” mesh and cut 2 x 18” pieces of each for the inner ring.
- Take 3 types of 10” mesh and cut 2 x 24” pieces of each for the outer ring.
- Take the 18” mesh and make cruffles by curling in the edges and pinching the middle together.
- Add the cruffles to the inner ring of the wreath using the pipe cleaners.
- Take the 24” mesh and make cruffles by curling in the edges and pinching the middle together.
- Add the cruffles to the outer ring of the wreath using the pipe cleaners.
Add in your ribbon tails
- Take 2 x 2.5“ ribbon and cut 6 x 13” of each.
- Dovetail the ends.
- Take 2 x 1.5“ ribbon and cut 6 x 14” of each.
- Dovetail the ends.
- Take the 2.5” and 1.5” ribbon pieces and layer them in various pairs to make ribbon tails.
- Take the ribbon tails and pinch them in the middle and and it to the inner and outer ring of the wreath.
Add in your sign
- Take your rectangle sign and use a staple gun to add pipe cleaners to the back by adding ribbon pieces as a buffer (preventing the staples from going through the sign).
- Add the sign to the top center of the wreath using the pipe cleaners.
Make and add your bow and half bows
- Take a 1” ribbon and make a bow with 2 x loops.
- Take 2 x 1.5” ribbon and make a bow with 2 x loops of each.
- Take 2 x 2.5” ribbon and make a bow with 2 x loops of each.
- Layer your bows.
- Add a pipe cleaner to the back of the bow.
- Secure your bows and pipe cleaner with a zip tie.
- Add your bow below the sign using the pipe cleaner.
- Dovetail the ends.
- Fluff out your bow.
- Take 2 x 1.5” ribbon and cut a few pieces of each to make half bows.
- Add the half bows around the wreath.
- Dovetail the ends.
Add in your greenery
- Add in some greenery bushes on the outer ring of the wreath using glue.
Add in your hanger
- Take a pipe cleaner and add it to the top back of the wreath to make your hanger.