It’s Day 3 of our 12 Crafts of Christmas line up and this is one the kids will love. Perhaps you’re a teacher looking for a simple Christmas make to wind things down before the end of term. This cute wreath uses craft cupboard staples to create a sweet tree decoration and a lovely take home gift for parents.
You will need:
- 2 x green pipe cleaners / craft stems (we have used our Extra Wide Chenille Pipe Cleaner Stems to make our wreath look extra bushy)
- A selection of small bells (we used five)
- Festive ribbon
- Twine or ribbon to hang the wreath
- A pencil
- Pair of scissors
Instructions:
- Take your two pipe cleaner stems and join them together to make one long stem.
- Thread the bells along the craft stem – ensuring they are evenly spaced out.
- Now take a pencil and wind the stem around it until the whole pipe cleaner has been wrapped. Remove the pencil and you should be left with a coiled effect along the whole length of the stem.
- Next, bend the ends of the pipe cleaner around until they meet – creating a loop shape. Twist the ends so that it is fixed together, forming a wreath shape.
- You may want to take this opportunity to adjust the position of the bells so that you are happy with how they look.
- Using a small length of ribbon, tie a bow and fix it to the wreath. We have used red ribbon here but you can choose any colour.
- Now tie a loop of ribbon or twine to the top of the wreath so that you can hang it from your tree.
Variation:
Why not glue on some small red pom poms to look like berries?
Don’t forget to check out tomorrow’s Bright craft idea!
