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Dollar Tree Halloween Wreaths

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So…my new house has two front doors. I love the look of it, but I also love symmetry.  I have lots of lovely wreathes and wooden signs, but only one of each. All summer I used my sweet little mason jar sign that said, “Welcome, Y’all”. As much as I love that sign, it drove me nuts that I only had something on one door. First world problems, huh?

As I was planning my Halloween decorations this year, I just happened to be roaming the aisles of our brand new Dollar Tree. They had the cutest stuff, and all of it for $1! I grabbed six rolls of deco-mesh, three bags of mesh tubing, and two little ravens. Since they didn’t have any wreath forms, I had to run next door to Micheal’s.  And, since, they didn’t have the green wire ones you would normally use with deco-mesh, I bought these thick chipboard ones. All of the materials together cost around $26.  Had I been able to get the “right” forms, my cost would have been less than $20.


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Wreath Supplies

Divided supplies

Start by laying out all of your materials, and dividing everything in half.  You will also need a pair of wire clippers and some floral wire.  You can also use pipe cleaners. Even though I didn’t have them in the picture, I did use three rolls per wreath.  Two purples and an orange on one, and two oranges and a purple for the other.  That’s just how I wanted the colors to look.

Wires in holes

Cut 8 pieces of floral wire approx 12″ long.  Fold in half.  Insert the two loose ends through the bottom into the hole and in between the loop formed by the folded end. Tighten.  If you are using a traditional deco-mesh wreath form, you’ll still want to add the wire.  Just space the wire pieces out and twist around form.

making wreath

Since I added a bow to my wreaths, I didn’t get fussy about hiding the starting point. I wanted to offset my bow just a little to the right, so that is where I started with the mesh. Twist the wire twice about three inches from the end.  Go around the form, twisting twice around the mesh with the wire in each spot.  Remember to give it a little slack. Go around once with the orange, then twice with the purple, and then once more with the orange. (Or really, how ever you want your colors to look.)

Next, take your black mesh tubing and go around wreath twice.  This is why you make the floral wire so long.  In total you are going around the wreath and twist about 6 layers. Now, go around once with the orange and once with the purple. You want extra purple and orange for the bow, but not black.

Making and adding bow

To make the bow, you are going to hold the ends of the two colors together and just loop it around and around until you are at the other end. Your loop should be about 8″ to 10″ wide. Grab the loop in the center and cinch down with a piece of 6″ long floral wire.  Fix to the wreath using the excess wire.

The little ravens I got at Dollar Tree have wires coming out the end of their feet, so they were easy to place just above the bow. I had a couple of little green skulls left over from another project, and decided to use them here.  I just hot glued them to the center of the bows.

I added a little wire loop to the back of the wreaths and hanged them from magnetic hooks on the doors.

Halloween Wreaths

If you can remember to haunt the aisles of these oft forgotten dollar stores, then you can really find some good rewards.  It IS possible to decorate you home super cute on the cheap.  For other Halloween budget decorating ideas, check out this post.

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