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How to Make a Holiday Wreath
Making a Christmas Wreath is not only fun - but you really can get creative with them and makethem extremely unique. Here are instructions for making a traditional holly wreath. With theseinstructions, you will be able to get the basic idea of how wreaths are actually made, and you canthen decide what to do to make your own holly wreath special - or go with an entirely differentkind of wreath.Materials:- A 20 inch wreath - This can be a plain foam wreath, a wreath that already has the evergreens onit, or a twine wreath. For a traditional holly wreath, the ones with the evergreens already attachedare ideal.- 1.5 yards of ribbon - this can be plain red, plain green, or a red and black or red and green plaid.The ribbon should about 2.5 inches wide, and can be silk or felt. It's your wreath!- Pine cones - you will need about ten. Try to find ones that are well shaped and unbroken.- Pomegranates - six dried pomegranates will do. Don't get fresh ones! Or substitute other driedor good-looking plastic fruits.- Additional Foliage - you need more evergreens (to make the wreath seem fuller) berry spraysand berry clusters.- Construction Materials - scissors, hot glue gun, glue sticks, wire (if there is no hanger on the back of the wreath), sewing needle, thread (same color as ribbon).If the wreath has no hanger, you will need to construct one with the wire. This should be donefirst. Make sure that it is secure, and that it can bear the weight of the wreath.Fluff the existing evergreens and add more. The wreath should have a full appearance. You willmost likely need to straighten a few branches here and there - but don't make it too 'perfect.' Itshould have a 'natural' appearance to it.Let's make and attach the bow. Cut a piece of ribbon about thirty inches long. Cut another pieceof ribbon about four inches long. In the center of the long piece of ribbon, you want to form twoloops that will make the bow.The small piece of ribbon is used to secure the bow, in the middle of the loops. Note that the bowis 'formed' not 'tied.' There are no knots to tie. Secure the small piece of ribbon around the bow,in the back, with the thread. Each end of the bow will be about nine inches long.You can place the bow wherever you choose to. It could go in the middle of the top, the bottom,or off to one side. The ends should be woven through the foliage on the wreath - or it can hangloose.
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