Snowflake Wreath DIY

Check out this beautiful Snowflake Wreath I made! This is a great winter decor item to hang on your front door or even in your home.

My inspiration for this piece came from a YouTube DIYer called The Daily DIYer. If you enjoy easy and cheap DIYs, I suggest you subscribe to her YouTube channel. She's currently one of my favorite DIY channels on YouTube. Here is the link to her video.

The Daily DIYer Snowflake Wreath

For this project, you will need:

• 6 Dollar Tree Mini Christmas trees
• Zip ties (also found at the Dollar Tree) 
• Wire
• Hot Glue
• White Chalk Paint (we got ours from Wal-Mart but craft stores should also sell this paint)
• Foam Paint Brush
• Ribbon (I got mine from Wal-Mart also)
• Small wintery decor items (I used bells, berries, and mini pinecones, but you can use whatever you like!)
• Twine (I used it for the bells)
• Nautical rope (I used this to help hang the wreath)

Step 1: Remove the trees from the box and remove the bottom from the tree.  Do not fluff them out yet.

 

Step 2: Put the ends of the two trees together and zip-tie them together. I did three zip-ties across and then I hot glued the middle between the two trees. This reinforced and strengthen the bond between the two trees. Repeat until you have 3 sets. 

I spy an Ella.

Step 3:  Place the 3 sets into a snowflake like shape. Wrap the middle with wire and hot glue in between gaps. This will help reinforce and strengthen the bond. 

Step 4: Fluff out the each tree. You will want to fluff out and not up. In the middle the rod was exposed and I didn't like seeing it. So I took the extra from the top of the tree (pictured as now the bottom of the snowflake) and hot glued it to the rod to cover it up. Repeat for each tree. When you fluff out each tree, your wreath should now resemble a snowflake. 

Step 5: Next, I used white chalk paint to give the green in the wreath a snow-like look. After you lightly paint the wreath, let it dry. 

Step 6: While the wreath was drying, I created a bow with the ribbon to go in the center of the wreath. This covers the binding in the center of the wreath. 

Step 7: When the wreath was dried, I played around with different arrangements for wreath. I really wanted to add these rustic bells to give the wreath a more rustic look. I took some twine and cut it at various lengths. I put the bells on the twine and tied them off. The bells are going to be hanging from the middle of the bow. 

Here was my first test one.
But I really wanted to add the bells
 to it in a different way.

Step 8: Once I found an arrangement I liked I began hot gluing everything down. First, I hot glued the bells down, then the ribbon then everything around it. 

Step 9: I took some nautical rope and hot glued it to the center on the back of the wreath. I then hot glued another section at the top of the wreath.

Step 10: Once the glue is dried, hang it up and enjoy!