How to Make a Christmas Wreath With Yarn
Christmas wreaths are festive holiday decorations that are made from a variety of materials. Supplies such as pine boughs, ribbons and even yarn are used to create holiday wreaths. Christmas yarn wreaths are particularly easy to make and inexpensive to create. Yarn wreaths are a great gift to give to friends and a fun project to do with children. With a few simple materials, you can make a beautiful decoration for your home.
Things You'll Need
- Wire coat hanger
- 2 skeins yarn
- 3-by-3 inch cardboard piece
- Scissors
- Hot glue gun
- Hot glue
- Christmas balls
- Silk flowers
- Candy canes
Instructions
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Making a Yarn Christmas Wreath
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Bend your wire coat hanger into a round, circular shape with your hands.
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Gently bend and push the wire hanger hook back onto itself to form a closed loop shape to serve as a hanger for your wreath.
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Measure your yarn and cut 80 yarn pieces, 5 inches long, and set aside. Feel free to experiment with different colors for the yarn.
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Wrap yarn around the 3-by-3 inch piece of cardboard 25 times. Take the remainder of your yarn and hold the end of the skein with your thumb against the bottom front of the cardboard. Wrap the yarn over the top and bottom of your cardboard until you've completed 25 wraps.
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Gently slide the bundle of yarn off of the cardboard.
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Create a yarn bundle. Take one 5-inch piece of yarn you previously set aside, and lay it out on a flat work surface. Then lay a 25-loop yarn bundle on top of the 5-inch strand. Take the left and right ends of the bottom yarn, and tie them in a knot around the top bundle to create your yarn wreath.
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Make 80 yarn bundles in total. Continue to make yarn bundles by wrapping the yarn from the skeins onto the 3-by-3-inch cardboard piece, sliding them off after reaching 25 revolutions around the cardboard, and tying them together with the 5-inch pieces of yarn to form 80 bundles. Set them aside as you make them.
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After you finish making 80 yarn bundles, take the ends of the 5-inch strand that is holding the bundle together and tie them in a knot around the wire hanger to attach them. Continue to tie yarn bundles one-by-one around the hanger until it is completely filled and looks like a wreath.
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Add embellishments to your yarn wreath. After the wreath is filled with yarn bundles, take your hot glue gun and add accents such as Christmas balls, silk flowers, a large bow, candy canes or other holiday items to your wreath.
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Tips & Warnings
Keep the bundles positioned tightly together, so the wreath appears full.
It is easy to make multi-colored wreaths by combining yarn colors in different patterns.
Attach yarn bundles to your wreath in a clockwise manner.
The number of yarn bundles you need is determined by the type of yarn you use.
Use caution when using a hot glue gun, as the glue can be extremely hot.
Take care when you bend the wire hanger. The ends are sharp.
