How to Create a Halloween Wreath

Even though I'm an adult, I still love Halloween and all the preparations that go into decorating. This is why I want to share a few Halloween wreath ideas with you. They are fun and easy to make and can be hung either outside your front door or inside.

The materials you need aren't very expensive and in fact, depending on how you decide to make your wreath, you may not spend over $10 dollars. I'm going to give you several options on what you can use as a wreath base, then you can pick the one that is easiest for you and your family to work with.

Choosing Your Wreath

Your first Halloween wreath base can be made by simply cutting a huge circle out of a green poster board, then cutting out the center to form your wreath. It can be as large or as small as you want to make it. If you can't find a green poster board, then use white and paint it the color you want. My suggestion would be the green. I'll explain later. Poster boards cost no more than $2 dollars.

The second choice is using a Styrofoam wreath base. This will have to be painted green also. You can purchase a Styrofoam wreath from Walmart, K Mart, any craft store, any store that sells fabric or arts and crafts supplies. You can even purchase one online. I've seen the prices range from $1 to $10 dollars. It all depends on the size and how it's made.

Your third choice for a Halloween wreath base is the grapevine wreath that can also be purchased from craft stores or online. The prices can range anywhere from $0.79 to $10 dollars. They can go higher, but I would suggest sticking with the lower priced wreaths.

The fourth choice is making your own wreath base from a wire hanger and toilet paper holders. The most difficult thing about this is waiting until you get enough holders to paint black, and tape together around the wire coat hanger that you shape into a circle.

These Halloween wreath ideas are the same, regardless of what base you use. All the decorations and cut-outs will be glued to it, so choose your base and then you can begin putting your wreath together.

Supplies Needed To Make Halloween Wreath

- Wreath Base
- Pack of Construction Paper
- Glue
- A Piece of Yarn
- Scissors
- Black Marker
- Green Paint

How To Make A Halloween Wreath

For ease sake, I'm going to give you instructions on how to make a wreath out of the poster board. If you made your choice from above, then you should already have your poster board wreath cut out, and perhaps painted green, if you couldn't find a poster board in this color.

I suggested green because you will have black bats and witches, and orange jack o lanterns. You want them to stand out. If you used a black or orange poster board, these items would blend in, instead of standing out. Also remember, this same procedure of making a wreath applies for any base you are using.

Next you want to begin drawing and cutting out different shapes of bats, ghosts, jack o lanterns and witches to place on your wreath. The amount you cut out depends on the size of your base, and how full you want your Halloween wreath.

When you have finished cutting out these items, then you can glue them around your wreath. Space and place them so they look balanced, and if you want to, you can even glue pieces of candy corn on the wreath. Not too many, but enough to make it look interesting and to add some weight.

Now all you have to do is make a hoop of the yarn and glue it to the back of the wreath. If you're using the Styrofoam or grapevine wreath, you can tie the yarn around the ring. The wire hanger wreath has its own hoop for hanging. However, if you want to, you can wrap the wire hoop with the yarn so the wire can't be seen.

This is basically it! You should have a completed Halloween wreath.You can make as many of these as you want to. Hang them all around the house, as well as outside. They are part of your decoration for Halloween, so make them with different cut-outs. Some can have monsters like Dracula and Frankenstein, and some can have haunted houses and grave yards. Let your imagination go and be as creative as you want.

Thank you for reading How to Make a Halloween Wreath. And remember, it doesn't matter which Halloween wreath ideas you use... the poster board, the Styrofoam, the coat hanger or the grapevine wreath... the procedure is the same for all of them. If you decide to use the wire hanger and toilet paper holders to make your wreath, you can visit the first source listed below.

Source

http://www.dltk-holidays.com/halloween/wreath/index.htm

http://www.shopwiki.com/Styrofoam+wreath+base

http://www.shopwiki.com/Grapevine+wreath+base