VIDEO: DIY door wreaths for Christmas

How to make door wreaths for Christmas

You can buy a straw blank for door wreaths in hardware stores or craft stores. The fir branches will be attached here later. Styrofoam blanks are a little cheaper but also a little less stable.

1. The first thing to do is to tie the fir branches to the blank. This works best with a thin, dark green wire. The wire later disappears under the branches and can no longer be seen.
2. Then you start decorating. Decide on one or at most two beforehand Colours with which you want to decorate your wreath. Otherwise it looks too colorful and overloaded.
3. First of all, you can tie small bows with a nice ribbon. You either simply stick these into the wreath with pins or you tie them with thin wire.
4. In many decoration stores, dried fruits are sold as Jewellery offered for door wreaths at Christmas. Before you spend a lot of money on it, simply dry your fruit yourself! For example, cut an orange into thin slices and put it on your heater for a few days!


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5. You can also dry apple rings yourself: Simply cut an apple into very thin slices and dry them in the oven.
6. You don't have to buy other decoration materials like pine cones and berries either! On your next winter walk, just keep your eyes open and collect your Christmas decorations yourself!
7. There are no limits to your imagination when you make door wreaths for Christmas yourself. To save on expensive decorative elements, you can also make your own figures out of polymer clay or cardboard. Design yours Advent wreath completely individually according to your taste!
8. Finally, you need to attach a ribbon to hang it up. Simply use the ribbon that you have already used to decorate your wreath. Now tie the ribbon to your wreath and knot a loop at the end with which you can hang it on the door.
9. The last thing you do is hit a small nail in the door, hang the door wreath you made yourself and have already spread a Christmas atmosphere in the hallway.