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Christmas, crafting, holiday, home, tutorial · December 6, 2011

Moss Christmas Wreath

This is a re-post of my guest post from I {heart} Nap Time, but before I get to that, I have to update how I changed it. It’s not that I didn’t like it before, but it just didn’t seem to be “me.”
 I replaced the big shiny gold/champagne bow I had it hanging from, with a Christmas-y plaid fabric I had in my stash and took the birds out. I can’t tell you how much I LOVE it now! I’m a bit partial to plaid I have to say.
We also framed the door was some C7 lights to help brighten things up at night.
I think the wreath compliments our bright red snow shovel quite nicely now, which has permanent residence by our door from about November to March/April.

 

Alright…now for the tutorial…

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Hello I {heart} Nap Time readers!

I am Delia from Delia Creates.
Today I’m going to share a holiday wreath that only costs $5 to make.
I should say $5 if you have a few things already on hand like I did, but don’t worry it’s mostly simple stuff like hot glue.
My wreath deviates a bit from what you would think of as a traditional Christmas wreath…

 

with all that moss and such, but I like that it would nicely transition into New Years without a hitch.
Materials:

Plumber’s tubing – 2 pieces
scrap fabric/burlap or even some brown paper bags cut into strips
a few pieces of duct tape
hot glue – lots of hot glue
2 bags of moss from Dollar Tree
ribbons and embellishments -optional
spray adhesive and green spray paint – optional

Here’s what you do.
First off, stop by Home Depot and pick up some foam plumber’s tubing. I originally got the idea from pinterest which linked me here to the Penny Parlor. I ended up getting 2 tubes, one that was 97 cents and the other was $1.18 because it was slightly thicker.

 

Then I chopped the tubes up, duct taped them together, and stacked them. I had just a little bit of tubing left over when I was done.

 

I hot glued them together, stacking each tube layer slightly above the one before.

 

Then I took some burlap and scrap fabric and hot glued them to the wreath form.

 

I purchased two bags of moss from the Dollar Tree {two was PLENTY} and just hot glued it onto the wreath. When you glue it on think of it a bit like glitter. Glue it on, let it cool, and then shake off the excess.

Repeat…many, many, many times, being sure to fill in missing gaps as you go. Just to warn you…t makes a huge mess.

This step is optional, but if you have some spray adhesive, coat down the wreath and add more moss. Then add another layer of adhesive on top of that. I did this to help reduce shedding. It honestly, still does. I just give it a good shake before hanging it to help stave off excessive mess as you open and close the door.

This is also optional. I felt my moss wasn’t green enough so I grabbed some green spray paint from my stash – if you need to buy it, it’s just $1 at Walmart – and gave it a coat of green paint.

Let it dry, decorate as you please, hang…and enjoy. 🙂

My ribbon is actually 1/3 of a yard of poly satin from Hobby Lobby. It’s only $2.99/yd. so 1/3 yard was less than $1 and I did not use a coupon. Not bad.
I singed the edges with a candle flame to get rid of any fraying.

 

I had the two turtle doves {I think that’s what they are} already.
I almost added some berries to it as well, but my biologist husband remarked, “Yeah…moss berries?”
Thanks for helping me keep it real honey. 🙂

Merry crafting!

P.S. I had a reader ask how it hangs on the door. Good question. 🙂 My husband looked at me very suspiciously when I put this up. The fabric strip is taped to the top of the door framed with duct tape and then I cut a tiny slit in the back of the fabric that hooks onto a wreath hook that’s permanently stuck to the middle of our door. That way the weight of the wreath is on the hook and the tape at the top is just holding the fabric up. Hope that made sense.

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  1. Amanda Suzanne says

    December 6, 2011 at 4:22 PM

    How does that hang on the door? Is there a hook on the other side of the door that the fabric hangs on or what?

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  2. The Miller Five says

    December 6, 2011 at 4:54 PM

    I really liked it before, but I am LOVING the plaid. It looks really great Delia!

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  3. dana says

    December 6, 2011 at 5:38 PM

    I love that photo of Owen walking in the door with the christmas lights on. Totally captures the moment.

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  4. Alisa Shamberger says

    December 6, 2011 at 6:02 PM

    This is to die for!! Love the idea of the pipe-y stuff!! Will definitely log that into the long term!! I am frantically packing the kids in the car to get some moss now:) (right after this comment!!)

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  5. Simple Simon & Co says

    December 6, 2011 at 7:02 PM

    Delia,

    How did I miss this? I totally bought that same plumbing foam stuff at Home Depot last week and wanted to double it up, but I am so glad I saw your post and am going to triple it up! LOVE it!

    LOVELY project {as usual}

    elizabeth

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  6. The Lady says

    December 6, 2011 at 8:29 PM

    This is super pretty!

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  7. Daniele Valois says

    December 6, 2011 at 10:06 PM

    Darling!!!

    Reply
  8. Tutus & Tea Parties says

    December 7, 2011 at 12:13 AM

    I love this! Good call on home depot. A foam wreath form is more than a dollar or two at the craft stores here! 🙂

    I'd love for you to link up and share: http://tutusandteaparties.blogspot.com/2011/12/pinteresting-link-party-week-sixteen.html

    Reply
  9. Annalyn says

    December 7, 2011 at 3:02 AM

    That is so cute! I love it with the ribbon and doves!

    Reply
  10. Mary Ellen says

    December 21, 2011 at 1:52 PM

    Love the wreath- the champagne bow is my favorite part!

    Reply
  11. Colleen says

    November 8, 2012 at 1:09 PM

    Hi, I'm going to link to this tutorial on my upcoming Freebie Friday round-up on my blog http://www.themagicbean.typepad.com on Friday Nov 16. I will use one photo from your project and link back to your blog with full credit of course. Thank you for sharing!

    Reply

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