For creating New Year's mood In addition to the traditional Christmas tree, there is a long-standing custom of hanging a Christmas wreath on the door. This tradition came to us from Western countries, and not so long ago. Such decoration was considered unusual and exotic, and now the Christmas symbol decorates the home of almost every family.

The traditional decoration is made from Christmas tree branches and four candles, attached to front door or installed on festive table. But today we will tell you how to make a Christmas wreath with your own hands.

How did Christmas wreaths come about?

New Year's wreaths appeared thanks to Johann Hinrich Wichern, a Lutheran theologian who was involved in raising children who came from poor families. During the period of fasting, they often asked Johann whether it would soon come. To help poor children in 1839, he invented a wreath made from a wheel and decorated it with nineteen small and four large candles. Every day in the morning one small candle was lit in the wreath made by Vicherny, and on Sunday a large one, thus counting down the time until the onset of the holiday.

What does the symbolism of the Advent wreath mean?

In a wreath, the presence of light and fire (the light of the world) is considered a mandatory attribute. This symbolizes the upcoming holiday - the birth of Jesus Christ.

The Advent wreath has round shape, decorated with spruce branches, ribbons and candles. The circle is considered a symbol of immortality (eternal life), and four candles are the illumination of the world, the green branches of the spruce tree itself.

According to tradition, when making a Christmas symbol, two colors should be used - three purple candles and one pink.

How to make a Christmas wreath with your own hands?

Today, stores offer a wide selection New Year's wreaths. They are made from different materials: artificial fir branches, fabric, knitted jewelry and other items. A huge selection of jewelry will allow you to choose one or another model that you like.

Despite such diversity, everything more people They prefer to make jewelry themselves, showing their own imagination and creativity. If you are thinking about how to make a wreath for Christmas with your own hands, then you should not think that it is very difficult. The process of making such jewelry is very reverent, because in its creation a person puts the kindest thoughts and is in anticipation of the long-awaited.

What do you need to make a wreath?

  • Bendable wire, ring or round base for the product.
  • Sharp garden shears.
  • Liquid nails or all-purpose glue.
  • Fir branches.
  • Ribbons of different colors.
  • Paint and brushes.
  • Candles.
  • Bows, berries, pine cones, dried flowers and other decorations.

Manufacturing instructions

  1. First, a base is created; it can be made from bendable wire. Using sharp garden shears, cut the desired length of wire and tie it into a ring.
  2. Spruce branches are placed on the wire base in a clockwise direction; it is better to use thick gloves so as not to injure your hands. The branches are secured with small pieces of wire, which then need to be hidden discreetly or painted with green paint. To make the wreath more splendid, spruce branches can be applied as a second layer, only in the opposite direction.
  3. Decorate the product with decorative ribbons and cones; you can also use improvised materials. Show your imagination, and your Christmas wreath will turn out to be one and only among the rest.
  4. The material you choose can be easily secured to spruce branches using universal glue or liquid nails. Do this carefully so as not to leave glue smudges on the product.
  5. After you have finished decorating the Christmas symbol, let it dry a little. After 30-40 minutes, you can safely decorate your front door or holiday table with it.

Video instructions - balloon decoration

Video instruction - decoration from pine cones

Video instructions - with sisal balls

Making a Christmas wreath with your own hands at home is not that difficult! Making it is quite simple, the main thing is patience and a little imagination, and this holiday will be unforgettable for your whole family.

Preparing for the New Year by decorating your home is a pleasant event in which all family members participate. Inside the house, the entire decor is transformed, snowflakes of unusual shape appear, New Year's tinsel, Garlands. Every person secretly believes in Santa Claus, who needs to be shown that everyone in the household is ready for the celebration. The doors outside are decorated with a New Year's wreath.

An example of decorating a wooden door with a New Year's wreath

Many shops and markets offer a large selection of door wreaths for the New Year, but a hand-made wreath, like other New Year’s crafts, looks much more interesting and fabulous.

Once upon a time there lived a man, Johann Hinrich Wichern, in Hamburg. He took children from poor families into his care. Before the holiday, children often asked questions: “When will Santa Claus come, when will the holiday be?”

Design options for New Year's wreaths

And then, in 1839, Johann took an ordinary wooden cart wheel, this was the basis, then he made a wreath out of it, decorated it with 19 small red candles and 4 large white candles. Every early morning a person lit 1 red candle, and if it was Sunday, a large white candle burned. So, the children no longer asked questions, but counted the candles that remained. Gradually, local residents took up this idea, the wreath was transformed and slightly changed its purpose.


Now it decorates almost every door before the New Year and serves as a New Year's decoration in Christmas traditions.

Making a wreath on the door with your own hands

So, what is needed to create an attribute to New Year's holidays? How to make a New Year's wreath for a door? Firstly, this is the mood, the expectation of a fairy tale and a miracle, confidence in the new good year. Secondly, help from your neighbor. Children, husband, grandmother - each family member can make some detail for a wreath on the front door.

The process of making a New Year's wreath with your own hands

Further, a wreath can be made from improvised materials without purchasing expensive corrugated paper or a lot of glitter in stores. Each special wreath has its own set of necessary materials.
Before you start creating a New Year's wreath for the door, you need to get your family together and figure out what the frame of the wreath will be made of, as well as how it can be decorated. There are many ideas:

  1. The frame is made from:

  1. Wreath decoration:

Basic tools:

  1. Regular scissors for cutting shapes from paper;
  2. PVA glue;
  3. If the process involves dense wire, you will need scissors;

Depending on what interesting option the wreath was invented, such materials and tools will be needed.

New Year's wreath of dried berries on the door

For the coming year, you can make a beautiful and unusual wreath on the door from dried berries.


To make it yourself you will need the following:

  1. Polystyrene foam – it’s good if it’s dense;
  2. Dried red berries - cranberries, rowan, viburnum, hawthorn, rose hips. Artificial berries;
  3. You will need a simple pencil;
  4. A wide strip of fabric, the same color as the berries;
  5. Scissors, knife;
  6. Bright satin ribbon;
  7. Glue gun.

After collecting everything you need, you can start creating the decoration.

Stages of making a New Year's wreath

So, creating a New Year's attribute in stages:


The door craft is ready. If you have a bell, you can hang it in the center under the bow. The top of the craft on the sides of the bow and the inner circle at the bottom are decorated with artificial snow or cotton wool. The decoration is attached to the door with double-sided tape or simply taped on several sides so that when there is a gust of wind it does not fly off into the nearest snowdrift.

New Year's wreath made of natural spruce, pine and pine cones

For a New Year's wreath on the door you will need spruce, pine, and Christmas tree branches. The cones must be fresh (not last year’s, which have taken on a dark brown color with resin protruding). You also need cardboard, twine or wire, green corrugated paper or fabric, a bell, bunches of rowan, viburnum. You will need a compass, knife, scissors, glue, toilet paper or paper napkins– it will be good if there is green corrugation. You will also need a red wool thread.

Wreath design made of pine and pine cones

So, painting the creation of a wreath step by step:


A wreath made of natural spruce looks very beautiful, festive and evokes the mood of magic and fairy tales. Watch the video on how to make a New Year's wreath from Christmas tree branches.

New Year's wreath on the door made of yarn

This product will be of more interest to crafters who knit. Because for this New Year's decoration you will need yarn. The color scheme of the wreath is varied - white, green, gray tones. You will also need PVA glue, scissors, a knife, bushings from toilet paper, you can take from a paper towel, the main thing is that it is the same diameter, newsprint, one or two pine cones, some dry berries.

Stages of making a New Year's wreath from yarn

To create a frame, you need to take the bushings and cut them into pieces of 3-5 cm. To prevent the bushing from becoming wrinkled, you need to cut stationery knife. This will keep the round shape.

After this, on a large empty table or on the floor, you need to lay out all the pieces to see what size the wreath will be. All the pieces are collected onto a thread or wire. The thread is tied, the wire is twisted. The result was a circle layout for the wreath.


Next, take an old newspaper and cut it into strips. And also PVA glue. You need a lot of it, so you can replace it with boiled paste.

Soak the newspaper well in glue and glue the neatly assembled bushings on the thread. For good impregnation, the glued strips of newspaper need to be coated on top.

The result is a frame for the future wreath. Let everything dry for now. Now, after the base for the craft has dried, it’s time to decorate with threads. The yarn should be thick, 2 colors.

The process of making a wreath with threads

The main color should be completely wrapped around the entire circle. The tip of the thread is hidden inside the winding. After this, if desired, a square is knitted on knitting needles using the same threads of the same color, the size of the inner radius of the wreath base. The inside is sewn up with this square. The second tone of the thread is on the winding on top. It must be rare. Approximately 1 turn per 10 cm, after which the wreath can be decorated. Here you have a choice of ideas: pine cones, rare Christmas tree branches, knitted flowers or natural berries, apples or candies.

Option for the design and decoration of a wreath with pine cones

For individuality, you can attach Christmas tree decorations and rain to the wreath. But there is no need to do it sloppy.


The yarn should be visible - this is the basis of the wreath on the door. This New Year's door decoration will be distinguished by its simplicity and originality.

The tradition of decorating houses and apartments with wreaths came to us from Europe, where it is very common along with hanging boots in which Santa puts gifts at night, and other Christmas attributes. It is not surprising that we also liked Christmas wreaths, because they are so beautiful and the aroma of the New Year emanates from them.

In Europe and America, wreaths are hung on the doors of houses, but since we do not all live in private houses, it is better to place them somewhere in the apartment - hang them on the wall in the living room, above the doorway, or put them on the table, placing candles in the center. A New Year's wreath can easily replace a traditional Christmas tree, especially if it is made from spruce or pine branches.

Have you ever wondered why the wreath became a symbol of Christmas? In many cultures, the circle is considered a symbol of eternal life. A green color the evergreen spruce seems to be its embodiment. Initially, the color of decorations, ribbons and candles was also given great importance: gold and red colors were used, and the candles were purple and pink, which corresponded to the colors of worship during the four-week fasting period - Advent. We, of course, do not have to adhere to this at all; even among Catholics these traditions are rarely observed anymore.

Today, New Year's wreaths have become more of a decoration. They are made from a variety of materials. Can be purchased finished goods, but many people like to create something on their own, so why not make a New Year’s wreath with your own hands.

Wreath Decorations: List of Ideas

Below you will see many photos of ideas for New Year's wreaths with different decorations. But generally speaking, no matter what the wreath itself is made of, it is decorated with:

  • berries (real or artificial) - rowan, rosehip, viburnum, mistletoe;
  • dried citrus slices - oranges, lemons or whole tangerines;
  • shells of walnuts and other nuts or whole nuts;
  • fir cones;
  • apples;
  • flowers;
  • ribbons of any colors or threads;
  • Christmas balls;
  • bells;
  • all kinds of figures, including angels, snowmen, Santa Claus, houses, birds;
  • cinnamon sticks;
  • tinsel;
  • snowflakes;
  • sweets.

What materials to use for the base

The most important thing in a wreath is its base. Use any available materials. However, it is best to make the base from branches, then you don’t even have to hide it with decor. She will look beautiful anyway. In general, they are widely used as a basis:

  • regular cardboard or corrugated, from boxes;
  • insulation for pipes;
  • wire;
  • polyurethane foam;
  • wires;
  • tightly compressed newspapers, sometimes they are also wrapped with tape for strength.

We propose to make a base from this waste material like toilet paper and paper towel tubes.


 To make the base of the wreath, you will need several tubes from toilet paper rolls or paper towels. Cut them into pieces approximately 3-5 cm wide. Place them on the floor to determine the size of the wreath.

Take a thread or wire and assemble all the parts onto it. With wire, the wreath will be stronger.

If everything looks confusing during the process, that's okay.

Once the shape is assembled, tie a strong knot.

Take old newspapers cut into strips.

And PVA glue.

Moisten the wreath with glue and wrap the newspapers so that they are saturated. You can also coat the top.

Leave the wreath to dry for a day. It will be strong enough to withstand light decor. For example, this is an excellent base for later wrapping it with threads or tinsel, or securing several small spruce branches.

Video: frame made of wire and newspapers

Wreath: base made of pipe insulation

Made from spruce or pine spruce branches

Now let's move on to the most interesting part - making a wreath. In the best traditions, the wreath will be made from spruce or pine branches. It will fill the house with a pine aroma and will look very New Year's. Branches can be attached one at a time - using twine, hot glue, or green wire. Moreover, they do this in such a way that the lower part of the branch is covered by the fluffy part of the other. You can first tie the branches in small bunches and tie them in this form to the base.

Watch the master class, here is a step-by-step presentation of the process of making a wreath from natural spruce branches from start to finish.


 Make a base out of cardboard.

Draw two circles with a compass or use a plate or lid from a frying pan or pot for this.

Cut with scissors.

Crumple up the sheets of paper and wrap them around a cardboard ring.

If the spruce branches are large, divide them into small branches.

Glue the branches to the base using hot glue.

Cover the wreath so that there are no gaps.

Take real pine cones.

Buy artificial branches with berries.

You will also need a bell...

and red yarn.

Wrap the yarn around the wreath.

Place the pine cones on the glue.

Attach artificial berries in random order.

Decorate with a bell.

Spray artificial snow on the branches.

The resulting wreath looks absolutely New Year's, and also exudes a pleasant pine aroma.

It is not necessary to use natural branches; you can get by with artificial ones. You've probably seen spruce garlands on sale. It’s very easy to make a wreath from such a garland.

Video: wreath made of spruce garland

Photo ideas for decorating a wreath of fir branches

Replace the branches with tinsel

Visually, green tinsel looks like fir branches. If you wrap it around the base circle, you will get a wreath very similar to a spruce one.

Video: tinsel wreath

Although you can use tinsel not only green, but also any other color.

Options for tinsel wreaths

Wreath made from deciduous tree branches

Another option is to make a wreath from branches. Thin birch, willow branches or grapevines are suitable for this purpose. They are twisted into a tight circle and most often wrapped with twine; it matches the color well and is almost invisible. A wreath made of branches can serve as a frame for decorating with pine needles, rosemary, and branches with berries.

This wreath is made of grapevine, decorated with rosemary and laurel.


 Have on hand all the tools and materials you will need to make the wreath.

These are sprigs of rosemary and laurel.

Floral wire, wire wrapped in twine, garden pliers, side cutters.

Roll a grapevine wreath.

Use floral wire instead of hot glue so you can use the wreath again next year with a different decor.

Don't overcomplicate the wreath. Use a few branches of plants, decorations with natural motifs and a bright ribbon - this will be enough.

It is better to use a ribbon with wire inside so that the bow holds its shape.

Attach the decor to the wreath.

This wreath is made from birch branches, and no other plants are used for decoration. But this is its charm.


 Take 9-10 thin branches - birch or others, for example, a grapevine looks good in a wreath.

Twist the branches into a circle and secure with twine. Choose the thickness of the wreath at your discretion.

Gold and red jewelry were chosen for decoration. Yellow color and gold, as its shade, are trendy this year.

Wrap the wreath with beads.

Tie a few Christmas balls.

How to decorate a wreath of branches - photo

Cones as the main decorative element

Do you know how to make a New Year's wreath from pine cones? No tricks here. It is enough to tightly cover the base with pine cones and you will get a good option. And if you also paint it with spray paint in gold, red, pink or green - whatever color you want - and decorate it, then it will turn out great. Look at the implementation of one of the ideas.


 First, paint the pine cones with white spray varnish. Be sure to lay newspaper or oilcloth underneath. Leave for some time to dry.

For decoration we use: a ribbon for a large bow 5 cm wide, and multi-colored ribbons 1 cm wide for small bows. Colors to suit your taste, artificial berries, bells, Christmas tree decorations without a holder.

Let's make bows for decoration. Place two loops and tie them together. Cut off the excess.

Hot glue a small piece of ribbon of a different color in the middle of the bow to create a center and close the knot.

Decorate the bow with rhinestones.

Make a large bow according to the same instructions.

Draw a ring on the cardboard. A stencil can be a frying pan lid or a plate. Cut out the workpiece.

Take the twine and hot glue the end to the cardboard ring.

Patiently wrap the ring with twine without any gaps. Secure the tip again with hot glue.

Glue the cones so that it looks as natural as possible.

Decorate the wreath with bows, bells, and toys.

Pine cone wreaths look unusual and beautiful, you can see this by looking at a selection of photographs.

Openwork wreaths made of pine cones: photo selection

Lots of paper ideas

When there are no spruce branches, branches, or cones at hand, they make do with paper. And interesting products are obtained. Some of them are as beautiful as wreaths made from natural materials. You can create with paper with your children; it doesn’t crack like a Christmas tree, and it’s easy to work with.


 It's easy to make a New Year's wreath from cardboard and crumpled paper.

Cut a circle out of cardboard, an old one will do cardboard box from under some kind of technology.

Cut the corrugated paper into pieces of approximately 10x10 cm. How many parts are needed depends on the size of the cardboard ring and the “terryness” of the wreath.

Remember the pieces with your hands and glue them onto a cardboard ring.

Place the parts close enough to each other so that there are no gaps.

Cut a strip of crumpled red paper and twist it with your fingers as shown in the photo.

Decorate the wreath.

This option is a great idea for recycling old wrapping paper. Of course, it is also not prohibited to use a new one. Such wreaths are also made from book or magazine pages or scrap paper.


 Prepare wrapping paper.

For the base, cut out a ring from thick paper or cardboard.

Cut a lot of wrapping paper leaves. Evenness doesn't matter, although you can use a template if you want. You will need approximately 70 leaves.

Glue the leaves to the ring as shown in the photo. If you use different papers, remember to alternate patterns. If there are any leaves left, you can glue them into places that seem empty. Make a loop of twine or ribbon, wrap it around the wreath and thread the ends through the hole. You can hang a wreath.

Photo options for paper wreaths

We collect from Christmas tree decorations

A New Year's wreath can be assembled from only Christmas tree balls. It doesn't need expensive balls. Check out FIX PRICE before the new year, you will find what you need there. With a little investment, you can create a beautiful, rich wreath. Choose different toys that harmonize with each other in color and decorate with ribbons.


 To make this beautiful wreath, we used 6 packages of 12 balloons each and a few other red decorations that were lying around from last year. The wreath will be assembled on a frame made from a hanger. These are sold, for example, in Auchan. In addition, you will need tape, wire and pliers.

Shape the hanger into as circle a shape as possible.

Use pliers to unwind the wire.

Use pliers to straighten the tip as much as possible.

String the balls one at a time.

Move them as close to each other as possible so that the wire does not show between them.

Continue stringing the decorations, allowing them to be positioned at different angles.

Soon it will look like this.

If the decorations do not stick well to the wire, secure them with hot glue.

Continue stringing the balls.

When all the balls are already strung, twist the hanger again with pliers.

This is how the wreath turned out.

Take the wire tape.

Wrap it around the hook a couple of times. Secure with reverse side tape or hot glue.

Place several loops of ribbon.

Tie the bow with another piece of ribbon. For reliability, you can drip a drop of hot glue inside.

Multi-colored wreaths made of Christmas balls - photos

We make New Year's attributes from fabric

Fabric wreaths look very beautiful. The most varied manufacturing technologies are used, and the resulting wreaths are just as varied. We presented three options in the form of master classes, but in fact there are many more of them.

For example, small ribbons or strips of fabric are tied tightly to each other on a wire frame.

Strips are cut out of the fabric and the edges are sewn together. The resulting “cases” are stuffed with synthetic padding.


 Cut strips of fabric of arbitrary length and width. Keep in mind that as a result of all manipulations, the width of the finished strip with padding polyester will be approximately four times smaller than the original one. Fold the strip of fabric right sides inward lengthwise and stitch along sewing machine. Make transverse cuts from the side of the seam, not reaching it a little, so that the fabric does not pull anywhere later.

Turn right side out.

Fill it quite tightly with padding polyester, holofiber or any other soft filler.

Sew the edges of each soft ribbon and then place the three ribbons together and pin the edges together.

Weave a braid from the ribbons.

Bring the edges together and hand stitch.

Cut and sew a short length of ribbon as shown in the photo to hide the seam.

Now let's make a bow. It will be two-sided, i.e. red on one side, white on the other. We sew the edges diagonally.

Turn it inside out. There is no need to stuff the tape.

The fabric is also folded. It is held in place due to the tight fit of the layers to each other. The following example shows how to create a burlap wreath.


 To make the frame, purchase galvanized knitting wire. Cut pieces of the following sizes: 130, 115, 100 and 85 cm.

Connect them in this way, bending the ends using pliers.

Cut a few more pieces of wire, fold them several times, slide them under the frame, bend them to the front side and thus secure the inner and outer ring.

Wrap the loose ends around the inner rings. Level the frame.

This wreath is made from burlap. It needs to be cut into strips.

Secure the end of the strip with hot glue or a piece of wire, or tie it. Move the strip of fabric to the jumper, the jumper should be at left hand. Release folds in each gap. Twist the tape, move it to the jumper and repeat the steps starting in the same direction - from the inside to the outer edge. If you run out of tape, secure it like you did the starting end.

This is such an interesting looking wreath.

Decorate it Christmas tree toys, lace decorations, artificial branches.

Photos of wreaths made of thread and fabric

Almost out of waste

The idea of ​​creating a New Year's wreath from materials that we throw away in everyday life is especially attractive, because you won't have to spend money on them. Who would have thought that from plastic bottles you can create a decent-looking New Year's wreath. You won’t immediately understand what it’s made of.


 Cut the bottoms from plastic bottles and paint them the color you want. Make cuts exactly in the place shown in the photo.

Fold the corners on both sides of the cut.

These are the blanks you should get.

Connect the “flowers” ​​from the bottles, turning them over each time. Don't forget to make a hole in the center of each piece.

String the parts onto the wire.

Decorate the wreath with bows.

Interesting options for wreaths made from scrap materials

How to hang a decorative element

It’s not enough to make a New Year’s wreath; you also need to hang it, if you specifically designed it for this purpose. It is better to choose the mounting method in advance. It will be unpleasant if it turns out that the wreath is too heavy and double-sided tape, for example, does not hold it. Then you will have to drive a nail, and this is not always possible. In addition to double-sided tape, they use hooks on suction cups, hook them with wire to the door peephole, purchase special snap-on fasteners that are put on the door from above, and tied with tape to the handle on the back side of the door.

Create New Year's wreaths based on master classes, be inspired by photo ideas and come up with your own options.

Before guests arrive, everyone cleans up the house and hangs decorations. And among all the garlands, candles and gifts, of course, the Christmas wreath occupies a special place. It can be hung on a door or wall, or placed in the center of the dining table.

In stores on the eve of the holidays you can see a large selection of wreaths of various designs: with ribbons, balls, candles. But to make it truly special and unique, and also cost much less, make it yourself. How to make a Christmas wreath with your own hands? Very simple!

Here you will find 5 step-by-step master classes on making a Christmas wreath. Choose which one you like best: from balls, spruce, pine, pine cones or even mesh.

First, let's look at how to make a traditional Christmas wreath from spruce, which can then be mounted on the front or interior door.

Tools:

  • straw wreath mold (optional size),
  • balls (must match the size of the wreath: as the base of the wreath increases, the size of the toys also increases),
  • decorations in the form of branches with red and zloty beads, a red ribbon for a bow, Pine cones(big and small),
  • spruce branches (thin so that they are easy to bend),
  • several other branches (for example, pine),
  • scissors, floral wire (preferably green),
  • red and gold decorative flowers (three pieces each).

Lay everything out on the table and get to work.

TIP: You can make this form yourself from dry grass and cling film. Additionally wrapped with tape.

Step-by-step production

STEP 1: Making a base from branches

  1. First, make a base of pine branches. Lay them out in the same direction, e.g. counterclock-wise, let the ends of the branches be on the right, and lay the soft tops of the branches to the left side. Attach them to a straw wreath, tie around with floral wire, tie down to the base.
  2. Continue adding more branches around the shape.
  3. Look, are there any empty seats left?, fill in all the gaps with smaller branches.
  4. So far he looks a little disheveled and sloppy. Wrap a little more wire around to tie down any large branches that are sticking out. The wire should be hidden behind the branches. Now you have a uniform, lush wreath - the foundation for further work.

Step 2: Decorate the wreath

  1. Now add a few other branches (in the same direction as the pine ones), distributing them evenly throughout the wreath.
  2. Attach a red bow. You can do without it, then the look will be more festive.
  3. You can add small pine cones if there were none on the branches themselves.
  4. The distribution of colors should be symmetrical(so that it doesn’t turn out that all the red decorations are in one place, otherwise it will look like a red spot). Divide the wreath into 4 parts, one of them has a bow, and the other three add a branch with red beads.

In principle, it already looks good and you can leave it like that, you can finish it.

IDEA: Or hang the wreath in this form first, and after a week add decorations, this way you definitely won’t get tired of the wreath during the holidays

Step 3: Add More Decorations

  1. For contrast, attach several branches with gold beads.
  2. Attach the pine cones: wrap the floral wire around the pine cone close to its base and attach it to the wreath, securing it well in place. Make sure the wire is visible, as less as possible. You can also stop at this point, or continue adding balls.
  3. Attach three balls, taking into account the same conventional division of the wreath into four parts
  4. Add three red and three gold decorative flowers.

You did it! The result is a wonderful Christmas wreath, all that remains is to attach it to the door to delight yourself and your neighbors!

How to make an Advent Wreath

Following the workflow just described, you can also create an Advent Wreath.

According to tradition, there are four candles on it: the first one was lit 4 weeks before Christmas, each subsequent Sunday one more was lit, so it was visible how the holiday was approaching.

Now a wreath of this type can be made with for traditional reasons and for decorative purposes. In any case, it will help create a festive atmosphere.

So, let's get to work:

  1. We create the base of the wreath from the branches, add small pine cones, as in the previous case.
  2. Fasten with hot glue gun candle holders(preferably with sharp pins at the bottom to insert into the wreath between the branches, but ordinary ones will do too), insert candles into them.
  3. We decorate the wreath with large cones and decorative flowers (two each in red and gold).

ATTENTION! Do not leave such a wreath unattended with lit candles!

Master class No. 2: Balloon wreath

To make such a wreath, you most likely won’t even have to go to the store for materials. After all iron clothes hanger and Christmas balls Almost everyone has it. So choose a time to work and get going!

You will need:

  • 1 wire hanger, red Christmas balls (the number depends on the size of the balls you have at home),
  • pliers, wire cutters (optional),
  • bow ribbon,
  • pine or Christmas tree branches (or garland),
  • wire or strong thread (preferably green).

Step by step execution:


Step 1:

  • Use pliers to give the hanger a round look. Don't worry if it's not perfectly level, the balls will cover all the unevenness.
  • Unscrew the hanger, that is, disconnect it at the attachment point under the hook.

Step 2:

  • Place the balls on the wire. If the end is too sharp or uneven, cut it with pliers. Once all the balls have been strung, bend the hook with pliers to secure the circle.
  • There is no need to hang the balls on top near the hook, since there will be ribbon and pine branches in this place.

Step 3:

  • Attach branches to the top of the wreath on both sides of the hook (tie them with wire or thread).
  • Make a ribbon bow and attach it under the hook.
  • All is ready! There’s even a hook right away, all you have to do is hang it!

Master class No. 3: Pine cone wreath

A Christmas wreath made of pine cones is very simple to make, but its main advantage is that it is stored for a long time and does not fall off, unlike a spruce wreath. It can be sent for storage until next New Year.

Materials:

  • Dry cones from 30 or more pieces, depending on the diameter of the wreath
  • The base for the wreath (if you don’t have one ready like the photo, cut out a torus from thick cardboard)
  • Glue gun.
  • Decor at your discretion.

Work order:

Stage 1: Laying the first circle

  1. Using a glue gun, we attach the cones to the inside of the Torus or circle.
  2. Inside is best attach smaller cones.
  3. The distance between the cones is 1-2 cm. They should not be attached closer. Maybe even 3-4 cm.



Stage 2:

We do the same thing, but on the outside of the circle with larger cones. Distances between them - 3-4 cm. They should lie freely - not overlap each other.

Stage 3:

  • And now fill the middle row- he seems to should be on top internal and external row. You can attach the cones not vertically upward, but slightly pointing them in different directions, filling the voids.
  • We decorate with sprigs of berries or live spruce.

TIP: If you add a garland on top, it will be even more spectacular!

Master class No. 4: From pine branches

“Simple and tasteful” is the most suitable phrase for this method of production. Christmas greenery and minimal decorations. but nevertheless, when you look at the door with such a wreath, it immediately becomes clear that there is a truly festive atmosphere here!

Materials:

  • wreath mold made of thick wire,
  • greenery (real or artificial pine branches, other conifers are also suitable),
  • cones, wire (for tying branches),
  • glue gun,
  • small bells,
  • ribbon for bow.

ATTENTION! When choosing the length of the wire form, keep in mind that after attaching the branches, the wreath will increase several times in size.

Manufacturing stages:

  1. Take a few pine branches and Attach them to the form using wire. First fix the ends of the branches, then wrap them around the wire several times, wrap them with wire. Wrap the entire base in this manner.
  2. Make another ball of twigs on top of the previous one, in the same way. You should get a uniform coniferous wreath.
  3. Attach some pine cones.
  4. Add 3-4 bells golden or silver to create a festive mood. Attach with a glue gun.
  5. Make a ribbon bow and attach it to the wreath.

Every time you open the door, you will hear the quiet ringing of bells and understand that the holiday is in the air around you!

Master class No. 5: Wreath made of decorative mesh

You will definitely surprise all your neighbors with this wreath! This colored hemisphere will not leave anyone indifferent; just looking at it will make you smile and have a sweet anticipation of the holiday!

Materials:

  • round wire wreath base,
  • decorative mesh in rolls about 50 cm wide (several colors, compatible with each other),
  • fluffy decorative wire.

TIP: If you don’t have such a base for a wreath, then you can cut it out of thick cardboard with a torus thickness of -10-15 cm. Then attaching the mesh can be done using a needle and thread or a glue gun.

Manufacturing stages:

Step 1:


  1. Cut off approximately 25-30 cm mesh and roll it into a roll. Squeeze in the center with your fingers. To make it more convenient, you can take someone as an assistant to hold the packages.
  2. You will need a lot of these rolls, they don't have to be exactly the same length.

Step 2:

  1. Group rolls together 4 each, connecting the centers and tying them in this place with fluffy wire. Leave the ends of the wire for attachment to the base.
  2. Tie each such part to the base of the wreath(the remaining ends of the wire). They should be close to each other, leaving no free space.
  3. Continue until the entire space is filled.


Ready! It turned out very colorful and festive! If desired, you can hang a toy on the wreath so that it is in the center. But be careful not to overdo it, so that it doesn’t turn out to be “too much”, because everywhere you need to know when to stop.

Wreath ideas

Finally, I would like to point out that here are some ideas for making wreaths. And, in fact, there are a lot of them! After all, it’s worth replacing a small part, making your own amendment, and you’ll get a new unique copy! Turn on your imagination and create! Involve the whole family in this process to make the process even more interesting and enjoyable!

Merry Christmas!!!

Designer wreaths 2019

In 2019, vertical wreaths are coming into fashion; they are mounted not on the wall, but on the ceiling, like a pendant. The principle of assembling the wreath is the same as described above. BUT

  • You can place candles on top of them.
  • Add hanging elements

There is no limit to fantasy. The main thing is that there is somewhere to hang it on the ceiling! If your chandelier is not very good, then you can just place it under it.