DIY Snowfall Festive Christmas Wreath

DIY Snowfall Festive Christmas Wreath

how to create a high-end wreath with dollar tree items for Christmas & all winter long!

Hello, friends!

November is here and I’m teaming up with eight talented bloggers for another DIY Challenge, hosted by Terrie, from Decorate and More with Tip! 

If you’re stopping by from Junk to Gems, Welcome!

This month’s challenge is all about Christmas! The challenge is that you have to use items you already have.

After looking through our Christmas decor, I decided I would make a wreath for the challenge. Last year I threw away a couple that had seen better days, so now was a good time to replace one of them.

During my inspiration research, I found this Mackenzie Child’s wreath that went perfectly with the glam look I want to give our dining room this year!

 

Isn’t it just GORGEOUS?!! I absolutely adore the glam look of it, but also the bit of whimsy that the checked ribbon provides.

Can you guess how much this wreath costs? $495, my friends! Yikes!

Although I LOVED the style of the wreath, I really wanted something fluffier and cozy. More like the Scandanavian Christmas style I used a bit last year.

Now that I had an idea of what I wanted to create, it was time to shop my house for what I could use to make it.

I found everything I needed in my Christmas and craft stash, except for the dusters. Which of course were in with my cleaning supplies. Yes, you read that right! Dusters! Years ago I remember seeing a wreath made out of hand dusters on Pinterest. They were the type with the handles. These are actually for mopping floors. But… they were white and fluffy. So perfect!

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Here’s what you’ll need:

• Wreath Form  (I used an 18 inch)
• (5) Duster’s 
• Large Gold and Silver Christmas Tree Balls
• Small Gold, Silver, & White Christmas Tree Balls 
• Buffalo Check Ribbon 
• White Pipe Cleaners
• E6000 Glue 
• Glue Gun & Sticks
• White & Gold Poinsettias
• Glitter Snowflakes
• Bead Wire

How to make a snowfall festive Christmas wreath:

To start you will need to string four large Christmas balls together. I chose two champagne gold and two silver glitters for two groups of four, and three champagne gold and one silver glitter for two groups of four. For the size of the wreath form I had, I needed four groups of four total.

Then I used the excess bead wire and tied each group of Christmas balls to either side of the top and bottom of my wreath form.

attach a small Christmas ball to the center of the larger ones

I used my glue gun and attached a smaller Christmas ball to the center of the four larger ones to cover where they were tied together.

TIP: The larger Christmas balls were pretty secure just by tying them onto the wreath. But to make sure they didn’t move around I used my glue gun and glued one down to the wreath form.

cover the bare areas of your wreath form with the dusters

Once the Christmas balls were in place I had four large areas that were bare on my wreath form. To cover them I simply folded a duster lengthwise over the wreath and glued the sides together.

fill in any additional bare spots around the Christmas balls.

To ensure the wreath was full and fluffy, I took one (1) additional duster and cut it into smaller pieces, and used them to fill in around the Christmas balls.

create mini buffalo check bows

To make the mini buffalo check bows like the inspiration piece had, I simply cut my ribbon into pieces and folded each one in half. The ribbon was not wired so to make it more solid I used some pipe cleaner. To create a bow I placed a piece of the pipe cleaner in the center of my folded ribbon and tied it in place.

 

attach bows to the wreath

Begin filling in the rest of the wreath by first attaching a white poinsettia to either side of the Christmas balls with a glue gun. Then attach a bow on either side of the poinsettias.

attach the gold poinsettias to the wreath

Like the white poinsettia’s I simply popped the flower off the stem and glued them onto the wreath. Again, just fill in both sides of the Christmas balls.

attach sparkling snowflakes

The last and final piece to my wreath were these sparkly snowflakes! Because you can’t have a snowfall wreath without snowflakes right? I placed two in between each group of Christmas balls and poinsettias. They are hard to see at this angle but they really do sparkle!

Friends, I’m not going to lie. This took a bit longer than I expected to put together, but I am OVER THE MOON thrilled with how my Christmas wreath turned out!  It’s perfectly fluffy just like I’d hoped and has that touch of glam and whimsy just like the inspiration wreath!

The Bonus? I already had all the supplies so the wreath didn’t cost me anything extra. Since all of the supplies I used are from the Dollar Tree except for the ribbon you could probably make one for under $10!

Seriously, I cannot wait to start decorating for Christmas now in our dining room! I think my Snowfall Festive Wreath is going to be the perfect addition to the space!

I hope I’ve given you all inspiration to think outside the box when it comes to decorating for the Holidays. And remember, you don’t have to use expensive supplies to create expensive-looking decor!

If you like this Christmas DIY project I’d love it if you shared it!

 

Next up is Jodi from The House House, and don’t forget to check out all the other amazing Christmas inspiration in the links below!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

 

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