With Fall comes vibrant reds, golds, oranges, and yellows. These are the colors of Fall. Nature gives us the ingredients to make a beautiful harvest wreath. Give this craft a try, and you won't be disappointed.
Purchased Materials
- Hot glue gun
- Scissors
- Grapevine wreath, 12-inch or 18-inch
- Wire-edged ribbon, wide
- Raffia
Natural Materials
Have fun scavenging the following items for your wreath:
- Get as many colorful leaves as you can
- Small gourds and pumpkins, all colors
- Small apples
- Cinnamon sticks
Note: If you want your wreath to last for many years, use artificial gourds, apples and pumpkins.
Wreath Assembly
You will need a large work surface to make this wreath. Start off by hot-gluing colorful leaves randomly all over the grapevine wreath. You don't want any of the grapevine wreath to show. Be sure and do this randomly with some of the leaves sticking over the edges.
If you like your wreath sparkly, spray the leaves and fruit with a spray adhesive. While still wet, sprinkle gold or copper colored glitter on your wreath.
Glue the gourds and pumpkins randomly to the wreath. Then glue the small apples, also randomly. The last thing you will glue to the wreath are the cinnamon sticks. Bundle three or four sticks together with raffia. Make 4 or 5 bundles and glue them randomly on the wreath.
Make a bow from the wire-edged ribbon and glue to the top of your wreath. Allow all the glue to dry completely before hanging your wreath.
You now have a very colorful harvest wreath to hang on your front door. You can enjoy this wreath all season long; longer if you use artificial fruits and vegetables.
A Harvest Wreath that Kids Can Make
Don't leave your kids out; they can make their own harvest wreath. It is simple to make. All you will need are paper plates, glue, scissors, paint and construction paper. Be sure and cover your table with newspaper or a plastic tablecloth.
- First, cut out the center of the paper plate. If your child is too young for scissors, cut it for him. Paint the wreath any fall color – yellow, red, orange or gold. If may even be fun to paint the wreath with splotches of all the fall colors. While the paint is drying, draw fall shapes onto the construction paper and cut them out. You can make pumpkins, leaves, turkey, corn, a black cat, etc. Use your imagination. You can leave them plain or decorate them with markers, crayons, glitter, etc.
- If you have younger kids, instead of using construction paper, buy fall foam cutouts to glue to the wreath. Let you child decorate the foam pieces with his or her own style using crayons, markers, glitter pens or paints.
- When the wreath is dry, glue the cutout shapes all around the wreath. Punch a hole at the top and add a piece of ribbon to hang.
Fall can be a refreshing time of year for you and your family. Enjoy making a harvest wreath as a family. It's a fun project the whole family can have fun making. When you are finished, take a walk together in the fall air and through the leaves.
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