Things You'll Need:
- One 18-inch Styrofoam ring
- One roll green crepe paper streamer
- Felt (72 inches wide)
- ¾ yard dark green felt
- 1/3 yard medium green felt
- 1/3 yard bright green felt
- 6 inch x 72 inch red felt
- 400 straight pins
- 24 corsage pins (2 ½ inches long)
- White glue
- 2-inch, 22 gauge wire
- Heavy paper
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Step 1
Completely cover the Styrofoam ring by winding the green streamer around it.
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Step 2
Cut a petal pattern out of the heavy paper.
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Step 3
Cut all of the green felt into 3-inch squares. Fold each square into quarters. Pin the pattern to the squares with the point to the folded corner; cut out. Remove the pattern. Unfold the petal, which should now look like a four-leaf clover.
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Step 4
With a pin, pushing through the center, attach the dark green petals, evenly spaced, to the ring. Add the medium and bright green petals, placing them close together for a dense, “ruffled” look.
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Step 5
To make holly berries, cut red felt circles the size of a quarter, then wrap around the corsage pin heads covered with white glue. Let them dry. Add the berries to the wreath.
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Step 6
To make the red felt bow, cut one 3 inch x 54 inch strip and one 2 inch x 36 inch strip for the bow knot. Lay the 3-inch strip down flat and fold back and forth four times.
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Step 7
Crimp the folded felt together in the center to form the bow shape. Secure it with a 6-inch length of wire. Cut off excess wire in the back.
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Step 8
Without creasing, fold the bow knot strip in half crosswise; 5 ½ inches below the fold, twist a 16-inch length of wire around, leaving wire-ends of even length. With these ends, wire the bow knot to the center of the bow, then wire the bow to the wreath.
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Step 9
Shape a wire loop hanger and attach it to the top back of the wreath to hang it up.
