I am thrilled to be a part of The Scoop Handmade Christmas!
I recently shared my home Christmas tour part 1 and part 2
But I did not share this wreath I made to hang in my living room.
This may come as a surprise but I am really not a crafty person.
I don’t always come up with ideas on making crafts.
When I was volunteering at my daughters school for parties, I was the Mom that was there to help but had no creative ideas!
This year I was thinking of making a peppermint candy wreath again this year.
It is pretty and fun to make but I wanted something a little different,but with the same look.
This is a very easy project.
I used a 10 inch white styrofoam wreath.
You can use any size wreath but I would recommend white,it is very forgiving if you have some spaces in between the ribbon and wreath.
I used 6 spools of red and white stripped ribbon.
Each one of my my ribbon spools is 3/8 x 15 ft.
At first I was going to just push cut pieces of ribbon using two prong floral pins.
But it was not working.
One side would push in and the other would not.
Then I had a light bulb moment,what if I used my tracing stylus.
And that is just what I did!
You can see my stylus has been around for awhile.
I have had this stylus for many years.
Folk-art painting was a hobby of mine at one time.
I cut my ribbon pieces into 5 inches.
I did measured it for this photo but I did not measure as I was working.
I just eyeballed each piece and cut as I went along.
Take your cut piece and fold the ends together to make a pretty bow.
Place that ribbon piece on your wreath.
I did not place all of my ribbon bows in the same position.
It looks nicer if you place each one a little differently.
Use the larger side of the stylus and push the ribbon into the wreath.
Keep working around the whole wreath until it is all covered on the front and sides.
You don’t want to add any ribbon to the back because you want the wreath to lay flat against the wall or door.
I just hung my wreath from a little white ribbon.
If you don’t have a stylus think outside of the box.
A wood skewer may work well too!
This wreath is very light so it could be hung anywhere indoors.
But I would not hang it outdoors.
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What a cute idea, Anne! And the best part is … no hot glue gun is involved!!
Thank you Jennifer I agree! No glue needed 🙂
Very cute wreath, Anne!
Mary Alice
So sweet! Such a pretty wreath!
I love it Anne! It’s so fun!
That’s adorable! I love how much it looks like peppermint candies. I’m sure that was an easy project but I bet it was time consuming! Thanks for sharing the tutorial. You sound about like me. I like to do easy crafts, but often need to get ideas from someone else first.
How pretty! It looks like old fashioned ribbon candy on your wreath!
Very pretty, Anne! I did folk art painting years ago, too, and immediately recognized the stylus. 🙂 .
So pretty, Anne! I love the way you have created the look of candy without the sticky mess…and without pushing in 100s of pins! Thanks so much for sharing!…hugs…Debbie
Hi Anne, Really liked the wreath project, I to recognize the Stylus and I was a Folk- Art painter too. I even taught classes. I love the look of the wreath, because it is so much prettier than the candy kind and it does look like Ribbon candy. I like your blog, you are doing a very nice Job. I miss getting your posts on Face Book, but I can look up your web page, it takes more time, but I do like your posts.
Super cute, Anne!
What a pretty wreath Anne! It’s so festive and it looks like a fun project too.
Love this idea Anne! Love that you could use any ribbon, and make it for any season, and soooo easy! Would make a great kids project.
So pretty Anne, and I too am not crafty. You would never know it; this is a great craft idea and so well executed.
I would have never thought it was ribbon – so clever! Thanks for sharing!
I love how it looks like ribbon candy. So pretty. Pinned and shared.
Thank you so much!
Anne,
Looks great with all your white and goes with your pinks…. Such a great idea for a light-weight wreath…
Anne, everyone uses someone else’s designs to spark the creativity for their own designs. What makes each person’s design special is the way the person tweaks the design. You used ribbon instead of candy peppermints and the wreath turned out fantastic.
So glad to be on The Scoop tour with you,
Merry Christmas
Judith
Anne this is so sweet I love it! You are one creative woman!
Thank you Dria!
This is adorable! Where has the stylus been all my life? Heading to buy one this week!!! Can’t wait to share and try!! Merry Christmas! ~Christy
Merry Christmas Christy!
How ingenious to use a stylus. So happy to not get hot glue on my fingers. Your wreath is festive and looks like peppermint candy!
Love your wreath. Bet it was fun too do. I bought a wreath today with similar ribbon but it is wired at both ends . Ribbons are knotted on to a wire wreath and a big gingham ribbon finishes it off . Is it too soon to put up ???