Key Takeaways

  • Use available materials to design seasonal wreaths for indoor and outdoor spaces.
  • Start with simple designs, such as evergreen branches and pine cones, to create a winter wreath.
  • Get creative with various materials like dried fruit, eucalyptus leaves, and floral elements for unique wreaths.

Wreaths are not just for specific holidays. A DIY wreath is a great way to decorate your doors and other areas of your home with the greenery that is in season. Winter provides many options for decorating beautiful seasonal wreaths.

Use the items that are available in your yard and around the house to design amazing seasonal wreaths to add a little pop of nature to indoor and outdoor spaces.

1 How to Make a Wreath for Winter

Learn the basics to inspire lots of DIY winter wreath ideas

Wreaths are basically just decorated circles, and they are not difficult to make at all. Choose from many different materials to start with a basic circular shape that can become the foundation for a variety of different winter wreath ideas.

  • Floral wire works well as a wreath base, and it is available in different sizes and colors.
  • A foam wreath form works extremely well as the foundation for any winter decoration.
  • Any sturdy wire, even a wire coat hanger, can be fashioned into a circular shape to serve as a base.

Start with a simple winter design. Collect some evergreen branches and attach them to the wire base with twine, securing each branch to the base. Wrap the twine under evergreen sprigs right around the stem, so it will be difficult to see beneath the greenery. Layer branches to create a fuller wreath.

Add pine cones to complete the simple winter design.

Wear gloves while working with greenery, pine cones, and other natural elements used to make a winter wreath to avoid getting sap on your hands and small cuts and abrasions created by the branches.

2 Add Berries and Fake Snow

Let winter colors inspire your wreath design

Winter wreath with red berries and snow
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Add red winter berries for a pop of color. To give DIY wreaths a snowy winter look, spray the wrath lightly with water. Lightly dust the wreath with flocking powder. Let the wreath dry, shake it gently to remove excess flocking, and you have a lovely, snow-dusted winter decoration.

Holly famously produces beautiful leaves and bright red berries in winter, but there are many options when it comes to adding red berries to a winter wreath, including winterberry, red chokeberry, and viburnum.

Name

USDA Hardiness Zone

Growing Conditions

Berries

Winterberry (Ilex verticillata)

3 to 9

Acidic, moist to wet soil, full sun to partial shade

Produces berries in fall and winter

Red chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia)

4 to 9

Tolerates moist to wet soil, full sun

Berries appear in fall and winter

Viburnum

4 to 8

Moist but well-drained soil, full sun to partial shade

Produces fruits in late summer and fall

3 Design a Simple Pine Cone Wreath

Make pine cones the focal point of your winter wreath

Making a wreath with greenery and pine coles twice and snips on table
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Instead of greenery, use pine cones to make your wreath. Use super glue or hot glue to attach small buttons or circular beads to the bottom of each pine cone. The beads or buttons will make it easier to string the pine cones through a piece of twine or wire. Add some greenery if you want, or focus on just the pine cones to create a stunning winter wreath.

Use a little white spray paint to give the cones a snow-covered look.

4 Winter Greenery Grapevine Wreath

Use vines to inspire your winter wreath

Hands making grapevine wreaths on a white table
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Grapevines and other vines are a terror in landscaping. They climb all over everything and become a huge menace in the yard. Try thinking about them as a DIY opportunity instead! Save grapevines and other vines you pull out of the yard. Soak them in warm water for about an hour to make them soft and pliable.

Once the vines are workable, bundle them together and form them into a circle. Smaller vines can be wrapped around this main circle. Twist and secure the vines until the circle holds its shape and let your wreath dry out for at least 12 hours.

When it's dry, you will have a beautiful natural wreath that looks great by itself but also serves as an excellent wreath foundation. Ribbons, pieces of fabric, greenery, flowers, and other elements you like can be twined into the structure to allow you to have fun creating your wreath design.

5 White Winter Flowers Wreath

Let winter blooming flowers inspire you

Create a bundle of vines and wrap them around your wire base to create a foundation for white winter flowers. Bundle the vines together with twine and wrap them around the wire form.

Gather together little bouquets of white winter flowers, securing them with twine. Attach them to the wreath with more twine and glue. The wreath can be covered entirely with flowers, or you can spread them out to showcase the vines underneath. White winter blooming flowers include snowdrops, primrose, and cyclamen.

Name

USDA Hardiness Zone

Blooming Season

Snowdrops (Galanthus)

3 to 7

January to March

Primrose (Primula vulgaris)

3 to 8

February to May

Cyclamen (Cyclamen persicum)

4 to 8

December to March

6 Use Dried Fruit Slices

Dried fruits and berries add color to winter wreath ideas

Dried fruit adds stunning color to any DIY wreath. All you need to dry out fruit is an oven. Cut your fruit into slices, about ¼-inch thick, and place them directly on the oven rack. Cook the fruit at 150 degrees F for three hours, turning the slices over after 90 minutes.

Citrus fruits like oranges and lemons, apples, and berries like cranberries work well in dried fruit wreaths and add bright, vivid pops of color.

7 Eucalyptus Greenery Wreath

Use leaves to create a green wreath that pops

Eucalyptus leaves, olive leaves, and other greenery look beautiful in DIY wreath designs. Use floral wire to attach sprigs of leaves to your wreath form to bring a splash of bright green into your winter decor. A bright pop of green is a pretty addition to winter decor. The long stems of the eucalyptus are easy to work with for wreath design.

Leaves will dry out and become brittle in time, so these wreaths are short-lived.

8 Keep It Simple With a Gold Hoop

A macrame ring is the perfect start to a minimalist wreath

Start with a standard macrame ring to craft a minimalist wreath design. Rather than covering the entire ring, add some sprigs of greenery, berries, and pine cones to create a stunning, simple wreath that looks elegant. The ring can be re-used over and over, so you can play around with different materials and designs.

Get creative and experiment with various materials when making winter wreaths.

  • Old scarves
  • Yarn
  • Feathers
  • Velvet
  • Flannel

9 Design a Dried Floral Wreath

Use flowers to add color to winter wreath designs

Floral wreath hanging on fence outside
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Save flowers from your summer garden to decorate a winter wreath. Dried flowers add color and bring new texture to the wreath design. Start with a vine or greenery wreath to weave dried flowers into the wreath. Flowers can be secured with hot glue.

Trim

Dry flowers properly by first trimming away excess petals and leaves and cutting stems down to about 6 inches in length.

Tie

Tie small bunches of flowers together with twine.

Hang

Hang the bunches upside down in a cool, dry place for two weeks.

Dry

Add dried flowers to your winter wreath designs!

DIY Wreath Ideas

Play around with different materials, designs, and elements to create stunning seasonal wreaths. Making wreaths is a quick and simple DIY that gives you the chance to display natural beauty anywhere.

Save items from your garden, collect objects from your yard, and get creative with this fun, easy-to-make home decor item.