Ribbon Wreath Tutorial

Last year around mid October my five year old wanted to know why we don’t decorate the outside of the house Halloween.  My response to him was maybe next year.  So next year is here and he did not forget.  Browsing through the aisles of the stores if it was gruesome, bloody or scary my son wanted to put it in our yard. I have never been a fan of the creepy décor, so we came to a compromise of spider webs with tiny spiders in the bushes and Jack-O-Lantern luminaries on the stairs. There was something missing, and I couldn’t figure out what. So I took to  Pinterest for some inspiration  and found this ribbon wreath done by Tatertots & Jello

Pretty, Right?  And perfect for my empty front door. So off  to Michaels  with my mobile coupons I went to get my supplies. Here is what I purchased (My ribbon choices were random I bought what I liked)

·         14 Inch Round Foam Wreath Form (I paid $5.99)

·         Three 5 yard spools of 1 ½ inch ribbon

·         One  6 yard spool of 5/8 inch ribbon

·         Two   3 yard spools of 5/8 inch ribbon

·         Two 5 yard spools of 7/8 inch ribbon

Other Supplies I used that I already had

Glossy black acrylic paint

Foam paint brush

Hot glue gun (some use pins, I prefer to use my glue gun)

Plastic table cloth  

Ruler

First I painted my wreath black and left it out to dry 

Then I went about the task of cutting my ribbon into strips. I cut my ribbon into 4 inch strips. What I would suggest is before cutting your ribbon make a loop on the end, adjust the loop until you like how it looks then measure to see how many inches you need to cut each strip of ribbon. At this point I was wondering if  I had enough ribbon, it just doesn't look like much but it was more than enough. Yes I actually had some ribbon left over, maybe I should make a mini wreath too.

Once all my strips were cut I then glued they ends of each strip together to form a loop like this

sorry about the glare on the table I needed my flash

 Here is all the ribbon in loops. 

Next I started to add the ribbon to the wreath, I started with my 1 1/2 inch ribbon so  I could use the smaller ribbon to fill in any gaps.

 Then  I continued randomly adding more of the same color 

Continue adding ribbon of the same size until all colors are used 

Now that  I have added all of my colors I just went and filled in any gaps that were showing on the wreath.


Here is my finished wreath on my front door.