How to Make an Advent Wreath With Pinecones

A new candle is lit each week during Advent.

Advent wreaths are often used in Christian households during the holiday season to help prepare for the celebration of Christmas. The Advent wreath includes four evenly placed candles that represent the four weeks of Advent. Three of the four candles are purple and are intended to remind Christians of the penitential nature of Advent. The single pink candle represents the upcoming joy associated with Christmas day. The Advent wreath is usually placed on a tabletop, and a devotion is said during family meals.

Things You'll Need

• Foam wreath base
• Brown spray paint
• Hot glue gun
• 4 candleholders
• 3 purple candles
• Pink candle

Instructions

1. Spray your foam wreath base with a coat of brown spray paint. Allow the paint to dry completely, and spray a second coat if any of the white foam can still be seen.

2. Warm up your hot glue gun. Lay your wreath base on a table and arrange your candleholders evenly around it. Glue the candleholders to the wreath base.

3. Arrange some pinecones as closely as possible around the bases of your candleholders. Glue these pinecones to the base using a generous amount of hot glue.

4. Glue more pinecones to your wreath base, working first around the pinecones surrounding the candleholders. Continue gluing the pinecones to the wreath base until the entire base is filled.

5. Insert your Advent candles into the candleholders glued to your wreath.

Tips & Warnings

• If there are some obvious spaces between the pinecones, fill them with some other materials, such as cranberries or sprigs of evergreen.

• Unlike Christmas wreaths, Advent wreaths are meant to be simple in decoration to remind Christians of the penitential nature of Advent.

• After Advent, you can decorate your Advent wreath to celebrate the Christmas season. For example, you can switch the candles to red and green, and add decorative ornaments to the wreath.

References

• Catholic Culture: Advent Wreath---Background and How to Make Your Own Wreath
• All Free Crafts: Pinecone Wreath

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish