HOW TO MAKE CHRISTMAS WREATHS

YOU WILL NEED A wreath base (available from Hobbycraft and some florists) a spool of wire (florist wire or green wire, we bought ours from a garden centre) sphagnum moss (available from garden centres or online) a selection of

evergreen foliage (available from florists, but also have a look in your own garden).

STEP1 Don’t rush this stage, as a perfect base will enable you to construct later with ease. Attach your spool of wire to the wire wreath base. Anywhere will do. Place a generous and even amount of moss around your wreath base to form a doughnut shape. Start winding your wire around the moss, in a nice circular pattern to secure the moss to the wreath frame. STEP 2 Cut your evergreen foliage into even sprigs, approx 30cm long. Now using the wire continue in circular motion to attach these to the moss.

STEP 3 To give your wreath depth of colour and texture, be sure to layer it with different shades of evergreen. We used British fir, yew and cypress

STEP4

You are now ready to transform your wreath into one of the following:

TRADITIONAL

For this wreath we used blue pine, aspirated red eucalyptus, fresh eucalyptus, rosemary, holly, ivy and yew.

We trimmed with red berries gold cones and thistles. We finished by gently spraying with a glitter spray from Amazon.

THE NUTCRACKER

We used Japanese cedar, blue pine, laurel and red berries. We trimmed the wreath with red bells from Dunelm, wooden nutcrackers from Poundland, and wired tartan ribbon.

SHIMMER

For this wreath we used spiga grass, twigs and plumosa fern, all sprayed gold. We trimmed with gold-sprayed seed pods, thistle heads and dried lotus heads and a star ornament.

TRADITIONAL