Handmade Wreaths for Every Season
Step-by-step wreath tutorials for beginners, made with ribbon, fabric, yarn, paper, grapevine, and natural materials.
New to wreath making? Work through these guides in order: first ideas, supplies, bases, and how to attach materials.
Choose a first wreath by how it is built, what base it uses and where it will hang. Tied and wrapped wreaths are the easiest to correct.
The handful of tools that most wreath tutorials rely on, what each one does, what can stand in for it and which ones can wait.
The five common wreath bases, what attaches well to each one, how much of the ring shows and how the finished width grows beyond the base size.
Five ways to fix material to a wreath base, which base each one suits, how to bind overlapping bundles with paddle wire and how to test the hold.
Simple wreaths with few steps, basic supplies, and no special tools.
Measure the door, pick a finished width and a base to match, check the depth for a storm door, then build a simple faux greenery wreath on an 18 in (46 cm) wire frame.
A mostly bare hoop with a small spray of greenery on the lower left. Two stems, one binding point and a narrow twine wrap are all it takes.
Cut ribbon into short strips, knot them onto a wire box frame and pack the knots together until the wire is hidden. No glue or wire needed.
Wreaths built around flowers, from faux stems to dried blooms.
Cut felt circles into spirals, roll them into roses and glue a small cluster of flowers and leaves onto a wooden hoop with a felt backing piece.
Gather dried flowers and grasses into small taped bundles, then wire them onto a 10 in (25 cm) hoop so each bundle hides the stems of the one before.
Wrap a 12 in (30 cm) foam ring in ribbon, cut faux flower heads from their stems, then glue large, medium and small flowers in that order until the base is covered.
Wreaths made from gathered and dried materials such as pinecones, moss, and greenery.
Tear sheet moss into palm-size pieces, pin them over a foam or straw ring with overlapping edges, and bind everything with clear thread.
Cut evergreen tips, gather them into small mixed bundles and bind them around a wire frame with one continuous length of paddle wire.
Give each pinecone a wire tail, twist it onto a wire frame in rounds, and lock the cones with hot glue for a dense natural wreath.
Ideas for spring, summer, fall, and winter, and ways to restyle one base through the year.
Wire overlapping bundles of faux evergreen onto a wire frame, then add two clusters of pinecones on picks, berry sprigs and a removable bow for a neutral winter wreath.
Layer faux leaves in three warm colors like shingles over two thirds of a grapevine base, then add three wired wheat bundles and a few berries.
A light, airy spring wreath made by cutting faux blossom branches into short lengths and tucking them into a grapevine base in one direction, with bare vine left showing between them.
The skills behind every project: choosing a base, attaching materials, hanging, and storage.
Clean the wreath, protect the bow, give it its own box or hanging cover, and keep it somewhere cool, dry and dark. Storage notes for faux, dried, paper, fabric, grapevine and fresh wreaths.
Four ways to hang a wreath without nails, plus an option for glass, and how to add a hanging loop and felt pads so the wreath sits flat and the door stays unmarked.
Pinch, loop and twist wired-edge ribbon into a four- or six-loop bow, bind the center with floral wire, and attach it with the wire tails.
Wire overlapping bundles of faux evergreen onto a wire frame, then add two clusters of pinecones on picks, berry sprigs and a removable bow for a neutral winter wreath.
Layer faux leaves in three warm colors like shingles over two thirds of a grapevine base, then add three wired wheat bundles and a few berries.
A light, airy spring wreath made by cutting faux blossom branches into short lengths and tucking them into a grapevine base in one direction, with bare vine left showing between them.
Build one neutral greenery wreath with an empty spot, then make four removable accent clusters for spring, summer, fall and winter that attach with picks, wire or ribbon instead of glue.
Clean the wreath, protect the bow, give it its own box or hanging cover, and keep it somewhere cool, dry and dark. Storage notes for faux, dried, paper, fabric, grapevine and fresh wreaths.
Four ways to hang a wreath without nails, plus an option for glass, and how to add a hanging loop and felt pads so the wreath sits flat and the door stays unmarked.
Pick a type of wreath to see every tutorial filed under it.
Pick a base, gather a few supplies, and follow one tutorial from start to finish. Every guide on the site is free to read, with no sign-up.
