April's Wreath

Our inspiration for this wreath was this picture.

  The picture links to the blog, which has excellent instructions.  My sister also made a version of this wreath.

To make your own version of this wreath at this time of year, it is good to know that Amazon does carry Christmas ornaments.  For the record, 2.5" is a medium sized ball.  The difficulty with Amazon is that they carry large quantities of single color ornaments, which would lead to a very boring wreath (or maybe not, now that I think about it.  There are some definite aesthetic values in monochromatic decorations.) since you'd have one size and one color.  They do have different varieties of finishes in the packs, though . . . Something to think about for next time.

Anyway, you need approx. 80 ornaments for this wreath, which with 3 people and some planned variety lead to this:

You will need:
80-100 ornaments of varying sizes - $20
1 wire hanger - free
hot glue gun

Total=$20






1) Glue the tops of the ornaments to the balls to ensure they will not pop off once they are strung onto the hanger.  I can tell you from personal experience that this is not an ideal scenario.

2)Bend the hanger into a circle.

3) Untwist the the top of the hanger, and string the balls on the hanger.  Think beads on a necklace.  Use the small balls to fill in the gaps between larger balls.

4) Reclose the hanger and add a bow.  You can use the hook to hang it on your door.

Simple and tons of fun.  It doesn't take too long either, especially with many glue guns.