Thursday, November 19, 2015

Easy Jingle Bell Wreath

The sound of jingle bells always makes me think of Santa Claus and his reindeer. I made an easy jingle bell wreath so I could hear jingle bells every time our front door is opened or closed.


Supplies

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  • 14 inch Floracraft foam wreath
  • 1.5 inch wire edged red ribbon (ribbon doesn’t need to be wire edged)
  • 5/8 inch wide red glitter ribbon
  • 3 curly bows (bought mine from Hobby Lobby)
  • sequin pins
  • 3 jingle bells (32 mm size)
  • 5 jingle bells (20 mm size)
  • scissors
  • stapler
  • duct tape (optional)

Instructions

The correct ribbon size for this project is key. I tried wrapping a 2.5 inch wide ribbon around the wreath and it was a big fail. The 1.5 inch wide ribbon was perfect for this project. I started the ribbon by attaching it to the foam wreath with duct tape but you could have also used sequin pins.


The ribbon was wrapped with some overlap around the wreath. I used sequin pins to pin the ribbon every couple of wraps.


When the wrapping was complete, I folded the ribbon over so there would be no fraying. Then I used several sequin pins to secure the ends.

Next I cut 1/8 inch wide strips of the red glitter ribbon and put one through each of 3 medium jingle bells and 5 small jingle bells.


 I gathered the ends together and stapled them several times.

Then I used sequin pins to hang the jingle bells from the front of the wreath.


Finally I pinned the 3 curly bows on top of where I added the ribbons to the wreath.

This easy jingle bell wreath looks great on my front door!

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