Easy-to-Make Holiday Wreath

Hi Friends,

Try this project for making a fun holiday wreath out of all-natural items.

Willard Scott welcomes Don Haynie from Buffalo Springs Herb Farm, who shares a great project for an easy-to-make holiday wreath created from natural items.

Buy a 12-inch wire frame and a block of floral foam. Divide the foam into three sections and press onto the frame to make indentations in the foam. Trim away the foam to fit the circular frame.

Fit foam onto the frame and then wrap with wreath wrap, or just use a garbage-can liner. Punch holes in the liner after wrapping and submerge the form in water for about 15 minutes.

Insert sprigs of boxwood around the frame. Keep working until the frame is covered, and insert smaller pieces of boxwood around the inside of the frame. Add shine to the wreath by spritzing with a little acrylic floor finish.

Add elements such as dried artichokes, okra pods, dried pomegranates, lady apples and other seasonal items. To mount the apples and pomegranates, gently carve a small hole in the items with a paring knife, squirt a little glue inside and insert a doubled-up pipe cleaner. Wrap the pipe cleaner around a wood pick and press the pick into the wreath.

Brighten up the wreath with some light-colored floral elements such as yarro blossoms, then add texture with sweetgum balls, lotus pods and fresh sage.

Finish up with wild rose hips and pine cones. Take the wreath down once a week and soak it in enough water to moisten the floral foam blocks and it will stay fresh and green for about six to eight weeks.

Compliments of our friends at HGTV.

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Yvonne