How to Make a Twig Wreath

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Wanting to make a twig wreath this holiday? This DIY Christmas twig wreath is perfect to decorate your front door for Christmas.

Best of all, it’s made with natural twigs from your yard and it can be used all winter season. It is easy to make and add just enough country to your front porch this winter.

This weekend, I was bitten by the holiday season bug. But not wanting to spend money, I wanted to make a front door wreath that was not only easy, but cheap to make.

Looking into my craft supplies, I found a small grapevine wreath I had picked up at the Dollar Tree a while back. Then I went out into the yard and started foraging for natural evergreen foliage and twigs I could use to create a quick, but simple, front door wreath. 

I came up a few sprigs of cedar, some privet, mini pine cones (I already had these in a box) and just little short pieces of slim sticks from a bush.

How to Make a Twig Wreath 

Materials for Natural Twig Wreath

• A Grapevine Wreath (size of choice)
• 6-10 Various Evergreen Twigs (in various lengths)
• Miniature Pine Cones
• 24 inches of Ribbon
• Wire Cutters
• Floral Wire
• Hot Glue Gun
• White Spray Paint (optional) 

Natural grapevine wreaths are pretty easy to find if you don’t already have one. Sometimes you can find them at craft stores.  Here’s a great 12″ option and even an 18″ option.  I used a 12.

I chose to be frugal and use natural twigs, but of course, if you prefer, you can use artificial ones from the craft stores instead – the wreath will, of course, last longer.  Either will work, I just prefer natural and frugal.

Instructions

STEP ONE

Cut your evergreen twigs. I cut mine into 5-6″ long pieces and laid them aside.  

STEP TWO

Using pruning shears, cut sticks into pieces about 4″ long and lay them aside.

STEP THREE

With a hot glue gun, start gluing the sticks, at random, around the grapevine wreath.  It makes a really nice look when you lay a few diagonal of the others to give it a fuller more rustic look.  

The idea is to have all the sticks vertical of the round grapevine wreath.  This creates a nice polished look for the wreath.  

STEP FOUR

Next, after gluing on the sticks, start gluing on pine cones in a pattern of choice around the wreath. 

TIP: Tie a string to the “top” of the wreath, and hang it on a nail to take a better look at it.  This helped me a lot to see how to twig wreath was looking as I was gluing.

If you don’t want to hang it at this point to work on it, just hold it up vertically and take a look at it.  Does it look pretty consistent around the wreath?  Make sure you like the way it is looking.

STEP FIVE (optional)

Next is spray paint!  Take your wreath outside and using a white spray paint, give the wreath a light dusting of color.  I thought this added a bit of “winter snow” feel to the wreath. 

I did consider using the faux snow spray from a can, but didn’t have any on hand.  Faux snow also tends to be a bit messy and since this natural twig wreath will be hanging on the door all winter, I didn’t want to have to clean up what fell off.    

STEP SIX

Once the wreath is dry, the next step is to add evergreen foliage twigs.   Stick the ends inside the grapevine wreath and position them. Then tie with floral wire to hold them in place and add hot glue for extra security.  

It’s Coming Together – Almost Done!

STEP SEVEN

Next is the bow. I tried several different ribbon looks and chose to go with a simple 1.5″ plaid ribbon with a wired edge. The wired edge will allow you to shape your bow in the shape and fluff the bow into a desired shape.

If you need to learn how to make a bow this great tutorial is great! If you don’t have pipe cleaners on hand, floral wire will work well too for tying off the bow.

Use the floral wire or pipe cleaner and attach the bow to your holiday wreath.  

STEP EIGHT

Lastly, you’ll need a way to hang it. Using wire cutters, cut a longer piece of wire and run it through the grapevine wreath and tie it into a loop. You are done!

This rustic wreath cost is a fraction of what it would cost to purchase an “evergreen” wreath.   It’s basically free other than the cost of the bow and grapevine wreath. And it took only about 1 hour.

Quick, cheap to make and natural – that’s a win in my mind.

It’s perfect for adding a touch of country or a primitive accent to your holiday front porch decoration.

Enjoy making handmade Christmas decorations? Try making these 45 handmade ornaments or this handmade stocking, or the kids would love making this Christmas tree garland too.

They will love hanging this in their bedroom or in a special room of your home.

If you really want to get rustic or add some primitive decor to your home this holiday, you have positively to got to make this easy DIY primitive Christmas tree!

How Long Do Real Wreaths Last Outside?  

Climate makes all the difference of how long a real wreath will last.  In colder climates and northern areas, it will last until about March. 

In southern states and warmer areas, it will last through the middle to end of January.  To make it last longer, spritz the back of the grapevine with water.  

By the way, the best twigs for making wreaths is totally what you like. I did not dry these before using them and I had just a variety of twigs. This is what makes it unique to you.

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