VIDEO: Do handicrafts for Easter

The pussy willow wreath is very versatile, depending on its size, you can use it very differently.

How to make a pussy willow wreath

1. For a large willow wreath, choose a couple of medium-length willow branches that shouldn't be too thick. Take these rods and carefully twist them into each other.
2. Secure the ends with florist wire and now connect the ends to form a wreath. Take enough twigs to make a sturdy wreath. Gently stretch the willow branches into shape.
3. You can now attach further decorative elements to the wreath. Use a hot glue gun to first glue all pussy willow that fell off when you tied it. You can distribute the kittens however you like.
4. Pluck the moss into small pieces and glue it to the wreath if you also want small figures such as a wooden bunny Glue on a welcome sign or anything else, note that the decorations must not be too heavy, otherwise they will warp the wreath.


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5. Tie a wide ribbon of bow at the point on the wreath where you connected the branches with florist wire. You can also use this ribbon as a hanger.

How to make small wreaths to decorate

1. An alternative to the large wreath are small wreaths with which you can beautify your home. The small wreaths are made from the tips of the pussy willow branches. Use them as a wreath for small flower pots.
2. Measure the flower pot and cut the branch accordingly.
3. Now all you have to do is tie the two ends together with florist wire, as in the instructions for the large wreath.
4. If you want, you can stick some plucked moss between the kittens, otherwise the wreath will come without any further Jewellery the end.
5. Now put a small spring flower in the pot and put the pussy willow wreath over it. You can also use these small pots as table decorations for the Easter breakfast.
6. The wreath for the candlestick becomes even smaller, as described above, you can also make a small wreath from the willow tips and place it around the candle. A thick pillar candle or long candles is up to you.

The classic for Easter, the pussy willow bouquet

1. For the bouquet for Easter you need long, densely covered pussy willow branches as well as a large vase or even a floor vase.
2. Place the twigs in the vase and drape the bouquet so that the twigs hang evenly outwards.
3. Now you can decorate your bouquet by adding brightly painted and blown eggs on the branches hang up, slide the hangers behind the pussy willow heads so that the decorations do not come off slips.
4. Others too pendantYou can hang them up on the bouquet that are thematically related to Easter.
5. It doesn't really matter whether you fill the vase with water or not, but pussy willows can start to get moldy when that happens Water is not constantly changed, which is of course a difficulty with a thick bouquet in a floor vase, which you should consider beforehand have to.

Instructions for a cuddly egg

1. Use a blown egg so that you can glue the cuddly heads of the willow close together with the hot glue gun.
2. Start in the middle of the egg and glue a round around the egg.
3. Now continue to glue the pussy willow onto the egg until the egg is completely covered be sure to glue the heads so that the kittens have a uniform overall appearance result.
4. These cuddly eggs are of course an almost kitschy eye-catcher. But if you put the eggs in a simple bast or moss nest and do without any other jewelry, you will achieve an incomparable decoration.
5. And by the way, you can use kittens that have fallen off the branches in this way and don't have to throw the velvety flatterers in the trash.

These instructions are real classics for Easter and rightly so. They don't get boring and can be varied again and again. If you like it cheesy and overloaded, you will be just as happy with pussy willow as someone who relies on simplicity.