Good afternoon. Today I have put together - in one article - several ways to make DIY Christmas wreaths at once. I'll show you how to make the base of a Christmas wreath - not necessarily wicker or spruce legs (not all city dwellers have this material) - so here you will see alternative bases for New Year's wreaths- from newspaper, cloth, toilet paper rolls and other suitable material.

So let's get started.

INTRODUCTION…

How to make a BASE RING

for a Christmas wreath.

Let's approach our question in order. First, let's figure out what BASIS exist for New Year's verks. What are the ways to MAKE such a base ring with your own hands. And then we will decorate the finished bases.

Here are the basics for Christmas wreaths we will look at.

1. Paper flat base for a wreath (+ ways to decorate wreaths on this basis)
2. Volumetric base for a wreath newspaper or toilet paper
3. Braided wreath ring(from straw or wicker)
4. Christmas wreaths with foam core ring.
5. And then I will show you how to make decorations for wreaths with your own hands.

OPTION #1

FLAT CARDBOARD

WHERE TO GET. We take a large sheet of cardboard (a box from a large pizza is perfect). Or you can take large gray packing boxes (they are freely available next to the back entrance to any grocery store). You can ask at the store (they will gladly give you a chocolate bar). You can ask the supply manager at your work - he has such a good basement full.

WHAT TO DO. We put a large dish on a sheet of cardboard. Outline with a pencil. Put a small saucer in the center of the drawn circle. We check with a ruler that the edge of the saucer is at the same distance from the large circle to the west, north, east, south. We also circle with a pencil.

We cut out our flat bagel from cardboard with scissors. We take white toilet paper and wrap our future Christmas wreath. Or a lace ribbon (it will be more expensive for the money). And then we decorate the Christmas wreath ... this will be discussed below in our article.

DECOR OPTIONS

Christmas wreath with a flat base.

DECOR of the New Year's wreath - WITH THREADS AND FELT.

We wrap the base of cardboard with threads. We twist roses from felt and sew them on a thread winding. We cut out the shape of a Christmas tree from salt dough, fashion houses (we push windows into them). In some places we sew Christmas balls in color to the general palette.

DECOR of a New Year's wreath - from an old SWEATER.

If you have a sweater among old things for a long time. Then you can cut off two sleeves from it and decorate the flat base of the wreath with them. To do this, each cut sleeve unravel along the longitudinal seam- open - wrap around the circumference of the ring-basic and again sew the same seam.

We do the same with the second sleeve - and we direct the end of the second sleeve to the top of the first sleeve - so that this the cut top is hidden inside the neat elastic band of the opposite sleeve. Further, such a flat knitted base can be decorated with snowflakes, ribbons, and even skates (or any Christmas decorations).

DECOR of the New Year's wreath - with RIBBONS

For example, you can glue this cardboard circle with corners made of pieces of fabric (or paper). Cut the fabric into triangles - each fold 2 times in half. And glue on a cardboard circle. First, we impose triangles on the outer edge of the circle, then on top, closer to the middle, then another row closer to the middle, and the last row along the inner circle with a cardboard blank for a Christmas wreath.

DECOR of a New Year's wreath - from PAPER.

You can also glue such a flat bagel for a Christmas wreath with paper-cut parts. Paper bags, paper stars.

You can not cut a hole in the cardboard ring. And make a wreath of gift paper and Christmas balls. We see in the photo below that gift paper is cut into rectangles. Each is folded into a tube and glued to a paper circle - ray-like, with a small distance between the tubes.

In this distance we fill with smaller tubes. And fill the middle with balls. We string the balls on a wire - we get a bunch of large and small Christmas balls. Punch 2 holes in the center of the cardboard. We put the ends of the wire into the holes, and twist it on the wrong side, forming a loop for which this vein can be hung.

You can cut pieces from music paper, roll them up into tubes and glue the foam ring over. You get such an elegant wreath.

DECOR of a New Year's wreath - from cones.

The same flat cardboard donut for a Christmas wreath can be painted with paint. And immediately begin to stick around with the prepared material - spruce paws, fir twigs, paper tinsel, Christmas tree garland or forest cones (as in the photo below). We attach the cones to the mounting foam or hot glue from the glue gun.

Decor for a flat wreath - from chopped branches.

WHERE TO GET. This option is suitable for summer residents or villagers. We need branches (remaining after pruning an apple tree, for example). A city dweller can also stock up on three or four thick branches (trees are also cut in the city).

WHAT TO DO. We chop the branches with an ax, or file with a jigsaw. Cut out a ring from cardboard (from an old box). And now on this ring we will lay out pieces of our stumps in a chaotic manner. Each piece is smeared with glue before laying.

WHICH GLUE IS SUITABLE- shoe glue in tubes, or hot glue from a glue gun ($ 3 sold at a hardware store) Or a can of mounting foam also sticks well.

We impose-paste pieces in several floors. We dry. And covered with white paint WHICH PAINT WILL SUIT- can buy acrylic paint in a hardware store (1.5 dollars per liter). You can buy paint in a spray can (it's already much more expensive). You can dilute white gouache with PVA glue and paint with a wide brush or a foam sponge for washing dishes (very convenient). And then such a white wreath can be decorated with bright accessories.

DECOR of the New Year's wreath - natural material.

You can put nuts, cones, pieces of moss, twigs, sticks - any natural material on a cardboard circle.

DECOR of the New Year's wreath - with Christmas BALLS.

In the same way, Christmas balls of various diameters can be laid on a flat cardboard circle. Attach with glue from a glue gun. You can add strings of glass beads and Christmas tree beads to the balls.

Christmas wreath ring

OPTION #2

FROM WIRE.

And since we have reached the wreaths of Christmas balls, then this type of material (Christmas toys) can be attached to another base for wreaths - to a wire ring.

Here in the photo below we see how we twist the ring from ordinary wire. And then we hang bundles of Christmas balls on it. By the same principle as bulbs are hung in a braid onion when they are chained together in a garland and hung from the ceiling in the kitchen.

A variety of decorative material can be attached to such a wire ring.

For example (photo below), we can take ordinary foam balls, chop them into pieces of wire, attach each wire tail to the common ring of the wreath and cover everything together with silver spray paint.

You can do it even easier - make a fluffy New Year's wreath - tie many, many strips cut from paper napkins(or from a white airy fabric). As on the Christmas wreath from the photo below.

New Year's wreath ring

OPTION #3

FROM THE NEWSPAPER

You can wind flagella-twigs from sheets of newspaper. And from such newspaper branches, roll up a wreath - just like from twigs. We also make flower decoration from newspaper

We roll the sheets of the newspaper into a tube. We take a new sheet and put our tube on the edge of this new sheet and wrap it in this sheet. It turns out the tube is already almost 2 times longer. We put it on the edge of a new sheet - and also wrap it in a roll (we already get a tube 3 times longer). We continue until we get a tube of sufficient length so that it can be bent from it big ring for a Christmas wreath. We wrap the tube with a rope, and fold it into rings - we supplement the thickness with new layers of newspaper and wrap it with a rope again. In the end, you can wrap everything with white toilet paper or tape or bandage.

You can also do wreath decor FROM FABRIC. For example, cut the fabric into squares. Fold each in half and sew the side seam and bottom seam - we get a mini-pouch. We put cotton wool (or synthetic winterizer) in it and sew up the top seam. We tie the middle of the bag with a ribbon - and we have a plump bow. We tie these bows to the wreath ring.

Chubby sweets are made from the same squares of fabric - here you can not make seams. Put a synthetic winterizer, wrap and wrap the ends of the "sweetie" with threads.

Such a newspaper base for a wreath is quite heavy (paper weighs a lot). Therefore, you can make a lightweight (hollow inside) model of the Christmas base ring. Like the one in the next idea...

New Year's wreath ring

OPTION #4

FROM ROLLS.

If we want to get a WEIGHTLY light base for a wreath, then for this we string toilet paper rolls on a rope (or wire). We lay them on the table, level them so that they lie in the shape of a regular circle - we fix the rolls with pieces of adhesive tape, that is, we glue them to each other so that they do not crawl and spin on the rope and do not change the circular shape.

Then we do a newspaper wrap, or a wrap with a medical bandage, or toilet paper, or scotch tape, or masking tape.

Decor options for the Christmas wreath from LIGHT BASIS. On such a hollow wreath inside, you can attach light jewelry made from felt or crocheted, small twigs are thin and light, so that their weight does not warp the wreath, does not make the rolls empty inside crumpled.

You can tie pieces of tulle on it. We buy tulle in a fabric store different colors. We cut it into identical rectangles, so long that it is enough to wrap the ring around the wall, tie it in a knot and the ends still stick out.

Also suitable paper decorations. Fans made of colored gift paper (or elegant table napkins). We make a fan from a strip of paper and unfold it into a ring.

Christmas wreath ring

OPTION #5

FROM FOAM.

WHERE TO GET. Styrofoam rings for crafts are sold in craft stores. Search your laptop for "styrofoam ring + name of your city" and you will find a store that has such things. Or you can order with delivery from China (for example, on the Aliexpress website).

This ring is ready to use. And you can think of any winding for him. For example, coniferous or fir paws (as in the photo of the Christmas wreath below). We just take branches of a live Christmas tree, or branches of an artificial Christmas tree and tie them to a wreath. So if you want to throw away the old artificial Christmas tree, do not rush - cut good non-bald branches from it - they are suitable for wrapping a wreath.

And you can do it on a Christmas wreath simple FABRIC FLOWERS.

It is very easy. The photo below shows how to quickly make this New Year's wreath with your own hands.

We buy a wide ribbon, cut it into segments OVERALL (see photo) - we get RHOMBOS. We squeeze each rhombus in the middle(obtuse sides) rewind the compressed middle with a thread. It turns out immediately 2 petals from one rhombus.

We repeat the same with two more diamonds- and we get three pairs of petals. We add them to each other so that the wrapped centers of three rhombuses meet together (in the center of the flower) - we fix them with a thread winding so that all three centers hugged each other. We thread a needle into the end of the thread and sew a few beads to the center of the flower to hide the rough place of the winding of the flower.

With the help of pins, we attach the flowers to the body of the foam ring of the wreath.

Also, the foam ring can be glue with NATURAL MATERIAL . It could be in-shell peanuts. They are inexpensive, we glue them on the glue gun to the foam ring (the glue gun is sold in any building department of the store, it costs 3-4 dollars). And after the peanut sticks, we cover everything with gold spray paint.

And you can also make a pasting of a foam New Year's wreath from SCALES OF CONES. To do this, we collect more fir cones, take pliers and tear out the scales from them. And then we smear the section of the foam wreath with a glue gun and lay the scales on it (like tiles) ... then we spread the new section and lay the next portion of the scales. Painstakingly, slowly - but simply.

If after harvesting plum jam you have left bag of bones. Then he, too, can take part in the creation of a Christmas wreath.

You can go to the woodshed and collect PIECES OF BARK. Break them into pieces of the same size and also glue the ring for the New Year's wreath with them (as is done in the photo below).

And such a foam ring for a wreath can be tie with SPOKES or HOOK. And knit lots and lots of Christmas wreath decorations (as in the photo below).

Christmas wreath ring

OPTION #6

FROM STRAW.

We take bunch of straw wrap it with a thick thread (or thin wire). Apply to the end of the bundle new bundle- and we also do winding with threads. Again we take another bunch, apply it to the tail of the previous one (we bury it in the middle of the tail) and make a winding with threads - as we work, we gradually set a circular direction for our straw tail.

We do repetitions until our curly straw tail closes into a ring. We cover the place of closure with straws and also tightly rewind with threads. Again we lead a spool of thread around the entire donut, and in the direction of travel we put thick straws in the thin places of the wreath.

And then, along the way, you can already add a green branch of a bush or spruce paws, I also fix them with the same twine.

New Year's wreath ring

OPTION #7

FROM BRANCHES.

And now the most time-consuming basis for the New Year's wreath. From rods. There are also several auxiliary techniques for creating such a base from branches. And I have collected all the ways and techniques by which a Christmas wreath is created from twigs and branches. Let's look at them in order.

Wreath weaving method No. 1- FROM FRESH BRANCHES.

The most important thing in a wreath of twigs is to ensure that it is a perfect circle. That is, flattened into an oval. And it is also necessary that its thickness be uniform over the entire circumference of the ring - so that there is symmetry and harmony.

Therefore, to create a wreath correct form need a PATTERN CIRCLE. You should find some kind of round guide piece that will serve as a template for the round wreath.

Here in the photo below we see how a cut round laundry basket served as a convenient form for quickly creating a wreath. The bottom of the basket itself holds the rods in a perfect circle, and all you need to do is calmly and confidently put new branches in the right places.

When the entire stacking of branches along the wreath is evenly distributed, we do the ligation with threads in several places, or wrap the entire wreath with thread in a spiral. And our craft can be taken out of the basket.

The same can be done with the top cut off part of the basket. Also use as a shaping limiter for wreath rods.

In this case, it also helps that all the branches have just been cut from the bush - so they are fresh and flexible. That is, they easily repeat the shape of a circle without breaking.

But what if we only have dry branches that have hardened in their forms at our disposal? To do this, the following method of laying branches will help us.

Wreath weaving method No. 2 - FROM DRY BRANCHES.

If we want to lay dry, inflexible branches in the shape of a circle, then this is also possible. To do this, we again need a CIRCLE TEMPLATE - for the laying stencil. It can be cut out of cardboard, or drawn with chalk on the floor (circle a round basin with chalk, put a round dish in the middle of the drawn circle, and also circle it with chalk). The circle template is ready.

Now we lay all the dry twisted twigs in a chaotic mosaic within the boundaries of this sample circle. We lay until we begin to like the outlines of our future New Year's wreath.

And then we tie up the key points with threads, gently pushing the thread between the branches, trying not to move them much from their intended places. You can lay out pieces of thread on a circle template in advance, and then (after laying the branches) just raise the ends of the threads and tie them into knots. After that, you need to carefully lift the wreath and once again make the winding with threads already in a spiral - along the entire wreath.

Wreath weaving method No. 3 - FROM SHORT BRANCHES.

And if you only have short stick branches and knots at your disposal, then you can also make a wreath out of them. This will work if short sticks are fixed on a wire frame. Two pieces of wire (shorter and longer) and 4 sticks will help to make a frame.

We turn two pieces of wire into a ring - we get a larger and smaller ring.

We put the smaller one in the center of the larger one and tie sticks on four sides (perpendicular to the center).

And now we tie sticks around the entire circumference of the rings, new sticks to these sticks, and so on until we get a nice branched base wreath. It remains only to decorate it and make it elegant New Year's.

Wreath weaving method No. 4 - FROM WILLOW RODS

Willow twigs before work keep in water otherwise they will dry out and will not bend. They cut the rods, came home, and put them in a bucket of water with the cuts down, and twisted the ends into a bucket, bent, soaked. Wet rods - perfectly fold (like rubber bands). And then already in the wreath they dry - and the wreath becomes stale.

After drying, it can be PAINTED - with white gouache using a foam sponge. And paint over the unpainted cracks of the wreath with a brush (it will crawl into the inaccessible places of the wreath). So that the gouache does not stain your hands with white - we spray the wreath on top with hairspray - this fixes the paint and adds shine.

If you take BIRCH BRANCHES, then they need to be soaked in very hot water. By the same principle as a birch broom is ripped in a bath. The twigs will become hot and flexible - and you will quickly twist them into a wreath base. Then dry and paint.

DECOR OPTIONS

for Christmas wreaths

from branches and vines.

DECOR OPTION No. 1 - figures from dough.

DECOR OPTION No. 3 - gossamer stars.

Look at the photo below. You see on the wreath there are two stars cut out of a threaded web. Such the web is easy to make yourself.

We take a plastic file. We pour a puddle of PVA glue on it (it is possible with transparent silicate glue too). We take a spool of thread of the color you want to see the future spider web. And we begin to unwind the coil and lay the threads in a puddle of glue - in a chaotic manner. We try to lay the threads so that there are no big holes in our homemade cobweb. We leave it all to dry for a day (or overnight).

The next day, we easily separate our dried cobwebs from the file. On top of it we put a star stencil cut out of paper - and cut the cobweb with scissors, repeating the contours of the star. We get beautiful decoration for a New Year's wreath.

In the same way, you can cut gossamer flowers for New Year's wreaths of gentle design.

DECOR OPTION No. 4 - knitted snowflakes.

Everything is clear here. For those who crochet. We take. We knit. Starch the snowflake (so that it is hard and keeps its shape). We dry the starched snowflake in a straightened form - on thick cardboard, fixed with pins in a spread.

We tie our hard starched snowflake to the wreath.

In addition to snowflakes, you can knit and starch bells. Dry from the need to put on jars of yogurt.

DECOR OPTION No. 5 - crafts from felt.

We buy felt. That is, wool, from which yarn (thread) has not yet been made. Pour warm soapy water into a bowl. We take a piece of such wool, immerse it in a warm soapy solution and roll the ball with our hands, 5-7 minutes, until it becomes round and hard. We dry. We make several of these woolen balls. And we get the decoration that we see in the photo of the Christmas wreath below.

By the same woolen-soap principle we make a rose. From pieces of wool we mold flat petals in soapy water different size. We twist and sew them into a rose.

DECOR OPTION No. 6 - Balls and stars.

Here, too, everything is simple and clear. We thread the wires into the ears of the balls and fasten it to the selected twig of the wreath.

BRILLIANT STARS. Cut out stars from cardboard. The inside of the stars is also made into openwork holes. Coat the stars with glue - and dip in a shiny sprinkle . topping can be bought at a craft store. Or use nail polish. Or DO IT YOURSELF. To do this, we buy a shiny fluffy Christmas tree garland and cut it finely and finely (we get a whole bunch of small shiny cuts) - cheaply and efficiently.

DECOR OPTION No. 7 - brilliant flowers.

Here on the Christmas wreath (pictured below) we see golden flowers. Of course you can find them for sale. Or you can save money and do it yourself. Now I'll tell you how...

We take cotton pads. Cut from 5 cotton pads big petals. And 5 more small petals. Now we pour PVA glue into the saucer - we dip each cotton petal into the glue, squeeze out the excess glue - we put the petals on a plastic file forming two five-petal flowers - large and small (we bend the petals in a raised state - let them dry like that). We dry them all night. In the morning we take our 2 dried flowers - and connect them - we glue a small flower into the middle of a large one. Next, with a brush, cover them with a thin layer of PVA glue - and sprinkle with gold sprinkles. We get such luxurious flowers for decorating a Christmas wreath. With their own hands they made beauty from cheap disks and sprinkles cut from a Christmas tree garland. Fast, simple and cheap.

DECOR OPTION No. 8 - natural material.

Below we see a photo of a Christmas wreath that is used to decorate birch bark (we wrap the wreath with it like a ribbon), stars are cut with scissors from the same bark.

Flowers roses made from corn peel- we roll the corn cake into a roll, cut the parts of the roll with scissors, form the petals with our hands.

Dried fruits (dried fruits are also suitable for compote). And sprigs of mountain ash or hawthorn. To prepare for the Christmas wreath the bright fruits of their best not to dry(they will wrinkle and lose sight) and mummify in paraffin or wax. To do this, we melt a candle cut into pieces in a saucepan (from wax or paraffin - buy in the household department of the store) - and dip the fruits of mountain ash or hawthorn hanging by a thread into hot wax. We dry it on the same thread (we put a tree branch in a vase and call our clusters with fruits onto it.

These are the ideas of DIY Christmas wreaths I picked up today. I wish you successful searches for the material and design of your future New Year's wreath.
Let these Christmas holidays decorate your home new wreath made by hand.

Good luck with your New Year's work.
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DIY Christmas wreaths. Part 2 - rods.

We continue the theme of Christmas wreaths, and this time we will focus on Christmas wreaths, twisted from branches and twigs. First, I will tell you how to make the basis for such a Christmas wreath, and then we will decorate it with bows, cones, toys, flowers, berries, notes and other smart stuff.

Material for the base of the Christmas wreath.

You will need tree branches or shrub twigs that are highly flexible, that is, they bend but do not break. If you live in the city, then in your case, the willow is the same tree that has the branches we need, bent so close to the ground that we don’t have to jump. Willows are found everywhere in the city, but most often they are planted along the riverbed. Therefore, go to the city embankment and stock up on a small bunch of branches there.

It is necessary to cut a tree not in one place, but selectively, as if thinning out the crown. Then no one will tell you that you are spoiling state property. To be honest, it's better to do this in the evening, when it gets dark, unless of course you have a jacket with the emblem of a housing and communal services worker.

In addition to willow, hazel rods bend well and ... I don’t know what they are called, but there are a lot of them in every city ... such shrubs with bright red long straight rods - usually planted along the paths of preschool and school institutions - they also bend well.

Do not rush to tear off the side branches from the rods, let them remain - they will give the wreath an additional lush volume (the wreaths in the pictures above are twisted just not from bare rods, but from branches with all of the side shoots).

If we want to make a twisted wreath (as in the picture below), the rods need to be soaked in hot water for an hour. Then they will be completely soft and easily twist into a wreath.

How to twist a Christmas wreath from twigs.

Take a small bundle of rods and at the base, carefully tie this “broom” with twine, without cutting the twine from the common skein. Now this “initial broom” of ours can be slightly spirally twisted as in the picture above (you can not twist it, as in the picture below).

Now we will add new rods I will now explain how. We take a new bunch of branches and insert it into the middle of our first broom. That is, we moved the branches of the first broom tied with twine and between them in the center drowned our new bunch as deep as possible, and moved the branches of the first broom back together, and they just covered the trunk of our newly-created bunch. And so on the chain. And all this is fixed with a twine, which stretches from the beginning of the first broom and spirally wraps around all subsequent "brooms-beams". We select the string to match the color of the rods.

Closes into a ring our chain of brooms is simple. We move the branches of the last broom and hide the trunk of our first bunch in the center between them and wrap it with twine. Everything is simple, as you can see.

To be honest, such a system allows you to make a Christmas wreath with your own hands and from old birch brooms. And not necessarily here super-flexible rods. In short, take your pick. Well, now let's start decorating Christmas wreaths.

DIY Christmas wreaths - SMART BOWS.

A beautifully tied ribbon, some large beads or small Christmas balls - and voila! Sea stars shells brought from the sea - a wreath in nautical style- it is also original and beautiful.

DIY Christmas wreaths - NOBLE FLOWERS.

Such flowers can be twisted from thick white felt, velveteen, flannel, ribbons (and even toilet paper, if folded in half lengthwise).

DIY Christmas wreaths - BERRIES.

The role of berries will be performed by brushes of mountain ash, beads or large foam balls, stuck on protruding branches or glued to them. Such foam balls are sold in florist shops, as well as in stores selling all kinds of ornamental material, you can also pick up balls from foam packaging yourself.

DIY Christmas wreaths - CONES.

We had a whole package of these cones in our house, my daughter collected in the forest. And I took it and threw it out on the street recently. This is me getting excited. You have to be more far-sighted. Which I advise you - after all, what beauty can be made from them. Plant on glue or tie with threads to a wreath, and you're done.

Well, that's all, in the next part of our series of articles we will talk about Christmas wreaths made of fabric.

Questions, wishes and photos of your DIY Christmas wreaths, I will be glad to see in the comments to this article.

Olga Klishevskaya, specially for the site.

Traditionally, Christmas wreaths appear in homes on the eve of Christmas. Most often, they decorate doors and fireplaces, and any interior is filled with anticipation of the holiday. You can also decorate a large mirror in a wide frame with a wreath on a satin ribbon, attach it to a cornice and decorate curtains, or even use it to decorate a Christmas table by placing candles inside the wreath.

I have talked many times about how to doChristmas wreath with my own hands, because for me this topic is relevant - there are no Christmas trees here. And according to this wreath - a real lifesaver.

So today I will tell you how to make a Christmas wreath from twigs. To make such wreath very simple. It does not require any special decorations. All the necessary elements can be found in the park on a walk. The basis of the Christmas wreath is flexible birch branches, and the decoration is various cones, nuts, twigs. These branches are thin, flexible, well folded into a circle and do not break. Additionally, you can decorate with small Christmas balls for contrast.

So, we go to the park (or to the forest) and collect branches. You can collect everything "that lies badly": birch, willow, any shrubs and trees even unknown to you: o). Of course, you don’t need to cut off the bush under a clean one, a couple of branches from one tree - and to the next. We love nature! Take branches not thick, but not too thin.

Before you start creating, you need to keep in mind that the cut rods dry pretty quickly and become non-plastic, so if you decide to make a wreath with your own hands, you should not put it off for a long time.
At home, we collect all the branches in one neat bundle, bandage. We place our creation in a bath or where it’s not a pity (suddenly you have a gilded bath: o), fill it with hot water. And we go to drink tea... For about an hour.

After that, you need to twist the wreath. There are several options here:

Method 1. Make a wire frame and wrap it with rods. However, the wire still needs to be found: o)

Method 2. If you did not pre-soak the branches, then before forming a circle from the rods, each branch must be bent for every 5 cm, otherwise it may break during operation.

We form a circle from one long branch.

Then, holding the braided ends of the first branch and the beginning of the second in one hand, we braid the first circle with the other. And so on, branch after branch. Gradually, the branches begin to cling to each other.

After the branches are all wound up, we take water-based paint (for example, matte for interior work, almost does not smell and dries quickly) or acrylic paint. When painting a wreath, use a dry brush with a small amount tip paint.

We paint our wreath. Let's dry. Then, for greater beauty, we sprinkle with gold paint from a spray can (sold in a hardware store or in a car).

That's it - the hardest part is over! You can decorate the finished wreath satin ribbons, beads, Christmas decorations, bells, felt figurines, birds, decorative flowers and even gingerbread cookies.

You can hang it by ribbons from the ceiling (if you have something to tie to), on a nail to a wall or on a door.

The wreath, of course, can not be painted.

Method 3. And if you managed to pick up cones in the forest, then you can arrange a wreath like this in an interesting way.

For this we need: birch branches; various cones: Pine cones, larch cones (you can also use medium-sized spruce cones, acorns), walnuts, dried twigs "crackers" ; glue gun or some kind of silicone glue in a tube; silver paint in a balloon; small Christmas balls; satin ribbon; two bells.
The cones must be dried on the battery so that they open.

Take several branches, form a circle and tie their ends. We fold the birch branches into a bundle, of such thickness that the bundle is completely covered by the palm of your hand. We fasten the bundle in the middle with a strong thread. Then we fasten again after 10-15 cm - and so on in a circle. At the end, we overlap the branches on each other and fasten with a thread.
Wind the rest of the branches on top. Those. wrap around an already made frame of branches. We fill the ends in the branches themselves (like the end of a thread in a ball). It turns out here is such a bezel from birch branches.

We distribute decorative elements on the base and compose a composition. Don't glue yet, as you may want to change the order of the decorations.

As soon as you finally make sure that the composition is finished, you can start gluing.

Very often to decorate a room, to create festive mood needlewomen create wreaths. A decorative wreath can be made for any holiday. But sometimes when creating it, there is a difficulty at the very beginning of the creative process - there is no basis for a wreath. Today I will tell you about 10 ways to make the basis for a wreath with your own hands.

First way

The easiest and most expensive is to buy a ready-made base for a wreath in a store. Ready-made bases come from foam, vine, rotogan, straw, iron rods. You already choose the material that best suits your composition.

Second way

The second method was suggested by Igor Linnik. First, you need to cut out the stencil base of the future wreath from cardboard. By the way, it does not have to be a ring, the shape can be any - a circle, a star, a heart.
Next, with the help of some thick paper (wrapping paper, newspaper), you need to create volume for the future wreath. The paper must be tightly compressed and connected with a cardboard stencil using a rope or wire, carefully equalizing it.
The result is a beautiful base for a wreath.

Third way

The basis for a wreath is easy to make from paper, even without a stencil. Simply by forming with your hands the shape that you have in mind. We can say that this is a lightweight version of the previous method.

Fourth way

You can make a base for a wreath out of paper in another way. Wind the tubes from newspapers and form a ring out of them, gluing the tubes around the perimeter.

Fifth way

If you are planning a small wreath, the base can be cut out of an aluminum baking dish. The shape of the future wreath will depend on the configuration of the baking dish - round, square or rectangular.

Sixth way

What is not made of plastic bottles! It turns out you can make the base of the wreath. It is necessary to cut the bottles, connect them together in a ring, fastening with glue or tape.

Seventh way

The bases for a foam wreath can be bought at the store, or you can do it yourself. Styrofoam can be taken packaging, or you can buy a sheet of foam at a hardware store. It is necessary to apply the contour of the wreath on the foam and with a sharp stationery knife cut out the base.

Eighth way

In my opinion, such bases for a wreath are very pretty and practical. I made the base for the heart in this way.
To work, you will need a heater for pipes. You can take the remnants of the repair or buy in plumbing stores. Such a heater costs a penny. You can buy a heater of different diameters, the choice is very wide.
Everything is done very simply. Cut off the insulation of the desired length and glue the ends. There is just one little trick. In order for the base for the wreath to keep its shape well and not to bend, it is necessary to bend the insulation with the seam outward. As a result, you will get a perfectly round wreath base.

If the insulation is large in diameter and does not bend very well, then you can glue the ends with a piece of pipe.

Ninth way

The basis for a wreath can be formed from cardboard tubes from toilet paper. They just need to be glued together and secured with masking tape.

Tenth way

Some craftsmen use clothes hangers to make wreaths. Two circles are formed from the hanger, which are connected to each other with a bandage or wire.

If there are no wire hangers, then use ordinary plastic ones.

When the basis for decorative wreath handmade is ready, you can turn on your imagination and decorate a wreath depending on the holiday and your equipment.

Watch a master class on making the base for a wreath from deciduous tree branches.