A DIY ornament wreath is the perfect Christmas craft for adding cheer to your front door this holiday season! Not only can you make it in any color palette, but it takes less than an hour to finish. Grab your hot glue gun and follow these quick tips for how to make your own!
I’ve been drooling over vintage ornament wreaths for years. I have a vintage ornament collection that I use on our tree, but with how expensive they can be, and with how delicate they are, I’ve always been too nervous to turn them into a wreath.
When I saw Studio DIY’s version, I knew this was a project I’d had to have in my home. So when I came across some affordable colorful ornaments, I decided to do my own cheaper, rainbow version. Here’s how it turned out:
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Wreath Supplies
– Wreath frame
– Hot glue gun
– Tinsel garland
– Ornaments in varying sizes and colors (I like this neutral option too)
– Jingle bells or other decorate element
I used plastic ornaments for this project. If you’re planning on working with vintage or glass ornaments, consider securing with wreath pins.
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How to Make an Ornament Wreath
1. Start by wrapping my wreath frame in tinsel to cover the metal frame. This step alone would make an adorable wreath and would really only take about 5 minutes.
2. After that, glue your ornaments to the frame and then add more hot glue to any connecting ornaments. Ornaments should be secured to each other and the frame (unless it’s filling a gap).
Start with the large ornaments then fill in any holes with a smaller size ornament. Jingle bells also work great for those awkward gaps.
3. Continue to glue until your frame is covered. I like the fact that you can still see some of the tinsel, but if you don’t, just add more bulbs to yours.
Hang and you’re done!
Variations
- Try mixing it up by using a different shape wreath frame! A star or candy candy could be fun.
- Bring in pattern ornaments
- Take it neutral and use all silver or white
- Add a ribbon to finish it off!
Overall, I really love how it turned out and was a bit surprised by how easy it came together. For the price (I found my ornaments at Target; the set was maybe $20 and I had several left over), you really can’t beat it.
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I would say that the hot glue isn’t as durable as pinning the bulbs would be in the original Martha Stewart tutorial. I do think this method is faster and that if you really wanted to secure everything that you could go back in with E-6000 glue.
So what do you think?! Have you ever tried making an ornament wreath before? Are you tempted to try now?
