Wreaths are circular garlands usually hang on the front door of a home. While it’s typically used for decoration during Christmas, it can also be used for different holidays, occasions, and parties. You can buy pre-made wreaths in stores, but if you want to make the decoration more special, do it yourself. The sky is the limit when it comes to decoration ideas, but to help you start, here are some wreath decoration ideas that you can use for the parties you would host: Christmas and Easter.
Christmas Wreaths
When it comes to Christmas decorations, your exterior décor is just as important as the ones you hang up inside. Wreaths are traditionally and most commonly used as a decoration for the Christmas season. Christmas wreaths are classy, and they can enhance your entrance and make a good first impression.
Here are some Christmas wreath decorations that you can create and display:
1. Sisal trees wreath
Elevate a simple wreath with fabulous additions. Get sisal trees in different sizes and colors and arrange them at the bottom part of the wreath. Add softness using faux snow fluff, and finish with a big red ribbon draping down the wreath below the trees.
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2. Candy cane wreath
Use the iconic Christmas candy to decorate your front door. Decorating for Christmas doesn’t get more festive than this! Make a wreath out of candy canes, peppermint sticks, and round peppermints. Unwrap candy and set them on a Styrofoam wreath. Layer the candy cane on the surface and hot-glue them. Use different sizes of candy so you can fill in gaps easily. When the wreath is entirely covered in candy, hot glue a pretty bow at the bottom for a festive touch. Don’t forget to spray the wreath with a coat of clear sealant before putting the bow.
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3. Round, colorful ornament wreath
There’s no need to stick to red and green when decorating for Christmas. Celebrate with all the colors of the rainbow by attaching multi-colored mini round ornaments into a greenery wreath. Keep it polished by keeping each color in its own quadrant.
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- Christmas balls ornaments in pink , champagne, silver, and blue
- Greenery wreath
4. Metallic magnolia leaf wreath
Elevate a simple magnolia leaf wreath with a touch of metallic. Buy magnolia leaves and paint some silver and some gold. Stick the ends to a foam wreath to make it a chic wreath. The great thing about this is it’s not very Christmas-y, which means you can let it hang on your front door all year long.
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5. Tobacco basket wreath
Tobacco baskets have a rustic farmhouse chic effect on them, and they can also be used to make a beautiful yet uncomplicated wreath. Use floral wire to fasten greenery and pine cone accents on a tobacco basket to make a unique wreath. Finish it off with a red gingham ribbon on one side.
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6. Minimal grapevine wreath
Grapevine wreaths have a simple rustic effect as it employs natural materials, neutrals, and clean lines. Simply liven it up with a touch of foliage, white jasmine, and some craft pine cones.
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7. Colorful Christmas bulbs wreath
Christmas lights don’t always need to light up to become beautiful. Get some colorful incandescent bulbs and hot glue two layers of them to a flat hoop ring. It makes a unique DIY wreath that doesn’t look cheap.
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8. Cellophane candy wreath
Want to repurpose your cardboard rolls of toilet paper and paper towels into something beautiful? Make a candy-inspired wreath out of it. Cut about 30 pieces of 1 ½-inch section from cardboard tubes. Roll each piece in tissue paper and follow it with clear cellophane. Cinch each of them with baker’s twine, then trim the ends with scallop-edge scissors. Glue the bottom edges of the “candies” to a 12-inch embroidery hoop.
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9. Joy poinsettia wreath
Spread the joy in your neighborhood through your front door decoration. Using twine, attach a J-shaped piece of wood on the top left corner of a grapevine wreath. Then, hot glue the top of a Y-shaped piece of wood at the bottom of the wreath. The wreath will serve as the letter O to spell “joy.” You may like to add distressed paint on the letters to give off a rustic effect. Then, decorate the right side of the wreath with artificial poinsettia.
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10. Santa’s belt ruffled wreath
Decorate your front door with a ruffled burlap wreath accented with Santa’s belt for a unique and beautiful front door decoration. Using a red burlap ribbon, make ruffles around a frame wire wreath. Attach a Santa’s belt around the diameter of the wreath, then add a nice burlap bow using burlap ribbon on top of the wreath.
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Easter Wreaths
The nice thing about Easter decorations, such as Easter wreaths, is that they don’t have to be taken down once the season is over. The floral patterns, bright colors, and even the bunnies work with the whole spring season aesthetic. Adding a wreath on your front door or on your wall is an easy way to feel the joy of springtime and the Easter holiday.
Here are some Easter party wreaths you can use to decorate your home:
1. Tulip wreaths
Bring the season’s blooms right at your front door with tulips that will never wilt. You can make your own by using faux tulip blooms, but there are lots of pretty, pre-made tulip wreaths online:
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- Red, orange, and purple tulip wreath
- Yellow and pale lavender tulip wreath
- Red, yellow, and orange tulip wreath
- Pink and white tulip wreath
- Pink, yellow, and green tulip wreath
2. Seed packet wreath
Leftover seed packets of flower seeds can blossom into a fresh décor. Get a wreath form, some 12-14 packets of seeds, faux flowers, and burlap ribbon. Hot glue the packets to the form – remember to layer them and place them at different angles. Then, hot glue a burlap ribbon, faux flowers, and some greenery. If your seed packets are less-than-pretty, you can opt for vintage seed packets to get the full springtime aesthetic effect.
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3. Pom-pom bunny wreath
If you want to make a soft and plush wreath for your home, this is the perfect idea for an Easter decoration. Buy large white pom-poms and attach them to a 12-inch craft ring using hot glue. Cut bunny ears from pink and white felt, then use hot glue to attach them together, then to the back of the craft ring.
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4. Gold-speckled Easter egg wreath
This is a fun wreath idea that is definitely Easter-themed but dazzling. Get some paper mache craft eggs and paint them with pretty pastel acrylic paint in different colors. Let it dry overnight. Using hot glue, attach the painted eggs to a 12-inch grapevine wreath form. Brush some Mod Podge into a small section of the eggs in a random, speckled pattern. Lay a sheet of gold leaf over the glued sections, and press them gently with your fingers. Let it dry overnight, then remove excess gold leaf in the morning.
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- Paper mache eggs
- Grapevine wreath
- Mod Podge matte
- Gold leaf sheets
- Acrylic paint in cherry blossom pink, early spring green, turquoise, daffodil yellow , and lavender
5. Simple white berry spring wreath
Wreaths don’t have to be complicated to be beautiful. This is a simple Easter wreath that you can make in just five minutes. Plus, it looks suitable for any season of the year.
Get some grapevine wreath and wrap it with a long swag of faux greenery. Layer the white berry stems on top of another and attach them to the wreath. Lastly, attach a loop of green chevron ribbon to hang it with, and wrap another loop around it to create a bow.
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6. Embroidery hoop wreath
Make good use of your embroidery hoops and make cute floral wreaths fit for Easter and beyond. Get an embroidery hoop and hot glue faux greenery, faux lavender, and faux peonies. Layer it with a mix of different foliage and cover only a portion of your hoop, so it would be obvious that it’s made from an embroidery hoop.
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7. Easter carrot wreath
Pull off an easy yet adorable Easter gingham ribbon wreath with carrots in less than an hour. It’s a fun spring craft to do with your kids, and it’s fun to display. Wrap a green gingham ribbon around a foam wreath and cover the wreath completely. Use some pins to keep the ribbon in place. Then, hot glue three faux carrots on the left lower side of the wreath and use green paper fillers to fill in the awkward spaces. Finally, make a bow using an orange gingham ribbon. Use the orange ribbon as well to make a long hanging piece.
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