Holiday Ribbon Wreath Tutorial

I love love love the look of these ribbon wreaths and knew when I saw one that I just had to make one for every season. Now I will start off by saying that this can be a costly project. However, I was able to find wreath frames and mini glue sticks refills for my hot glue gun at the dollar store. (Some dollar stores also carry ribbon). If you have a Hobby Lobby nearby you may be able to get all your ribbon when they have the 50% off sale as they seem to run that sale often.

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You will need:

Glue gun

Refill glue sticks (I used almost an entire package)

Wreath Frame (any kind will work)

Scissors

Fabric

Ribbons (Use a variety of widths, colors and patterns that coordinate). I used 17 different styles but I had some left over.

Some sort of mat to work on to protect your table.

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1. Cut your ribbons to about 4″ in length. I cut some of mine a little longer and some a little shorter to get a more varied look on my wreath.

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2. Glue your ribbon loops closed but leave about 1/4 inch from the bottom so you are able to spread those 2 ends of the ribbon apart. These ends are what you will be glueing to the wreath frame.

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3. Take your piece of fabric and cut it into long strips about 2 inches wide. Wrap the fabric around the wreath frame, gluing it closed in several spots. Continue until the entire frame is covered.

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4. Now is the tedious part! Start gluing all those ribbon loops to the wreath. This took me many hours so I watched a movie while doing so.

 

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