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These simple felt wreaths came about because of my two bare walls in the house that needed some Christmas decorations. In less than an hour I was able to make two large felt wreaths from the supplies I have on hand. The mini felt wreath is even easier to make. Hang it on the Christmas tree or attach it to a package.
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I like the idea of hanging a wreath in front of a picture frame or a bulletin board.
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Tutorial for Felt Wreaths
Supplies
• double ring wreath forms {12″ diameter}
• felt sheets, assorted colors {9″ x 12″}
• ribbons and twine
• glue gun & glue sticks
• scissors
• simple leaf templates, print Here {approximately 2 1/2″ long by 1 1/4″ in width}
for mini felt wreath
• green cloth covered stem wire 18 gauge {18 inches long}
• strong paper tube {2 1/4″ diameter} or something similar,
to use as a tool to wrap and shape the wire into a circle – mine came from an empty ribbon paper tube
Mini Felt Wreath
Choose a felt color to be wrapped around the wire frame. Cut long one-inch wide strips from the felt sheet. There should be 9 strips total. Take one felt strip and dab a pea-size hot glue near the beginning of the felt and quickly wrap the strip once around the wire frame to secure it. Once the felt strip is attached, start wrapping it around the frame. Glue down the end of the strip and repeat the steps again until the wire frame is completely covered. It will take 7-9 felt strips.
Arrange the cut leaf pieces around the frame, but do not hot glue them down until you are satisfied with how they look on the wreath..
The finished felt wreath.
Mini Felt Wreath
step 1 & 2
Take the 18″ wire and wrap it around the paper tube.
step 3
Take the circular wire shape of the tube and twist it around itself 3-4 times to secure the circular wire shape.
step 4
arrange mini leaf shapes around the wire circle and hot glue them to the wire.
step 5
Attach twine to the felt wreath.
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Have fun making these felt wreaths for Christmas.
Sources: double ring wreath forms, Main Wreath Co. ⎜ green cloth covered stem wire 18 gauge, JoAnn
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posted by: Kay
Such a sweet Kay touch.
Too kind Sherry, thank you. 🙂
What an adorable idea! And looks so easy to make too!
-Jenni
http://www.bottomleycottage.blogspot.ca
Thank you for stopping by Jenni! This was a fun and quick project to do.
I absolutely adore this!! Stumbling and Tweeting. xo
I’m glad you could stop by Kelly. Thank you for sharing this craft project with others.
I agree with the above comments ~ your felt wreaths are sweet and adorable. I want to make two for my hutch doors. I don’t have any wreath wire frames so I might try your idea of wrapping the wire to make mine. Thanks for the great idea.
Thank you Lori. If you are going to make the mini wreath, the cloth covered stem wires I used came in a package of 12 pre wrap in green and 18 inches long. I got it in the floral department at JoAnn craft store. Here’s the link to it. http://www.joann.com/panacea-products-18-gauge-green-cloth-wire-12-pcs/3989647.html#prefn1=isProject&q=floral+wire&sz=59&prefv1=false&start=57
I hope this helps.
I made them and they turned out GREAT!!! I ended up just using green florist wire to make my wreath form by wrapping it eight times around a nine inch cake pan and then wrapping it to secure the wires together. Then I cut my strips of felt and wrapped the wreath form twice around to make it thick and then glued on the leaves. It looks so pretty on my hutch doors and gives it such a great look.
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