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10 DIY Christmas Wreath Ideas
I am so excited to have teamed up with 9 other bloggers to bring you 10 DIY Christmas Wreath Ideas! First I will share how I created a Nautical Christmas Wreath, and then be sure to follow the links at the bottom of this post to check out what the other fabulous ladies created.
My original idea was to make something more rustic and earthy out of pinecones or wood slices. However, after seeing so many amazing blogger versions I decided to go another route.
One night while lying in bed I noticed the shadow of one of the ship helms on our wall resembled a snowflake. Keep in mind that this was after hours of staring at Christmas crafts on Pinterest, and I had even told Eric that the corner of his pillow looked like a tree, lol.
That’s when I decided to go for a snowflake-inspired, nautical Christmas wreath.
Here is a before photo of the ship helm I used for this project, which I had picked up at HomeGoods over the summer.
You may remember this Nautical Ship Helm Wreath I made back in June from a different ship wheel I found at an antique shop.
Here are the Materials I used on the Nautical Christmas Wreath:
- Ship Wheel
- Removable Adhesive Putty
- Artificial Snow Spray
- Rustoleum Silver Glitter Spray
- Pack of 8 Snowflake Ornaments
- LED Battery Operated Crafting Snowflake Lights
- Twigs
- Glue gun/Glue Sticks
Most of these items I either already had on hand or I purchased on sale at JoAnn’s and Michael’s. I have included affiliate links to similar products above.
The first thing I did was start to wrap the snowflake lights around the ship wheel to decide how I wanted them to look.
I attached the battery pack to the back of the ship helm using removable putty. I don’t know what brand this was because it’s been in our drawer forever, but this stuff is amazing!
Next I made a super quick twig Christmas tree to attach to the center of the ship helm {also attached with the putty}. I pretty much followed the same directions you can see here from my DIY twig tree ornament, except I didn’t add ribbon or any twigs to the back since it wouldn’t be visible.
I then removed the plastic hanging ties from the snowflake ornaments and covered one side with silver glitter spray to get them extra sparkly. I want to say the pack of 8 only set me back about $2 at Joann’s. Not too shabby.
Once the snowflakes were dry I placed them where I wanted on the ship wheel and attached them using removable putty {you could also use a glue gun but I wanted to go the most temporary, easy, and mess-free way}. Afterwards I sprayed on a couple coats of fake snow.
I then spray painted a gold-colored wreath hanger with leftover blue paint from my Mason Jar Chandelier, followed by more glitter spray paint to give it a more wintery vibe. I added a sparkly bow {with ribbon I bought at Michael’s for 70% off, woo-hoo!} and voila, my Nautical Christmas Wreath was finished!
One thing I will say about the lights is they are super bright when lit up. If I had paid closer attention I would have purchased warm lights rather than cool ones. Here it is all lit up:
So what do you think? What items do you currently have on hand that you can upcycle into a Christmas wreath?
Don’t forget to hop on over to check out 9 other Christmas Wreath Ideas via the links below. Have fun and get inspired!
1. Upcycled Treasures | 2. Corey from TinySidekick | 3. Jamie from So Much Better With Age | 4. Amy from Delineate Your Dwelling | 5. Maggie from The Love Nerds | 6. Krista from The Happy Housie |
7. Kelley from Miss Information Blog | 8. Sharon from Blue Willow House | 9. Brooke fromDesigned by BH | 10. Lisa from Before Meets After -not pictured above
Love all the wreath inspiration! And yours awesome! Pinning!
Yay, thank you Erin 🙂
I love your nautical wreath! It came out so cute and I am going to pin this to my Front Door board!
Thanks Allyson! I’m so glad you like it and hope you are feeling better!
~Katie
totally loving this nautical wreath!
Thank you 🙂
Katie! how fun and different this is. You are so creative thanks for inspiring me today!
Thank you Kelley! It was fun to all team up and see how different the wreaths turned out 🙂 Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!
This is so fun and creative Katie- I love the reuse of the ships wheel. I would never have thought of that but it is perfect!! So fun to work with you on this wreath hop, thanks for including me:)
Thanks Krista! I love your wreath too and look forward to your Christmas home tour!
Katie, I enjoyed working on this with all of you. It was so cool that all of our wreaths were so different.
I agree! It was fun to hop around and see what everyone did. So many creative ideas!
Hey Katie! It’s Deonna from the Child at Heart blog! I love this post and would love for you to link up to the Merriest Blog Hop and share your creations!
http://www.thechildatheartblog.com/2013/11/the-merriest-blog-hop-week-2.html
Hi Deonna! I would love to link up! Thanks for the invite and I’ll head over there now 🙂
I think your nautical wreath is adorable! very creative!
Thanks Alaya!
I. Love. This. Wreath! Almost my entire family is Navy and this would be perfect for our house. Thanks for a great idea.
Visiting from Share It Sunday
Yay, I’m so glad you like it Jordan! This would be great for a Navy family, plus you can always take off the seasonal decor afterwards and keep it hung up year round 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
I just popped over from The Pin It Monday Hop. I am in love with this wreath! Following you on pinterest, facebook and bloglovin. Looking forward to seeing more of your projects!!
Wow, these are all fabulous. Love the nautical one, how clever and so creative. Thanks for the tutorial and Thanks tons for linking to Inspire Me. Hugs, Marty
Hi Katie – Oh wow do I love this wreath! We are doing the guest room in a vintage naval theme and how much fun would this be for the door. Too late for this year, but it’s going in my scrapbook to DIY for next year! Hugs, Holly
How creative! I love your nautical wreath. I have a lot of nautical things in my home and this would work great! I’m your newest follower 🙂 I’d love to have you stop by my blog for a visit too.