How to DIY an Egg Shaped Easter Wreath

Here is the perfect egg shaped wreath for both Spring and Easter.  Why?

• The Easter egg picks are perfect for Easter but they can be switched out and replaced with more spring flowers to make a spring wreath. 
• You could even add fall florals and use it as a fall wreath. 
• It is a thin wreath and can be hung in between doors so if you are looking for a wreath that can go between a front door and storm door, you have found it. 
• You can make this cute wreath in 2 hours for less than twenty dollars. 

Sound good? Let’s get started!

Here is what you need to DIY an Egg Shaped Easter Wreath

Materials Needed

• Dollar Tree Egg-Shaped Wire Wreath Form
• 25 feet of 1/4 inch Jute Rope
• Painter’s Tape
• Glue Sticks that can be used at both HIGH temp and LOW temp
• 2 Dollar Tree Egg Shaped Signs 13.375×10.625-in
• 9 feet of 1 1/2 inch Burlap Ribbon NO wire edges
• 1 pkg Dollar Tree White Foam Disks
• Dollar Tree Egg Picks
• Large Eucalyptus Pick
• Dollar Tree Lacey Burlap Ribbon
• Small piece of Jute wrapped wire
• Happy Easter Sign (Optional)

Tools Required

• Glue Gun with LOW temp setting
• Wire Cutters or Heavy-Duty Scissors
• Table Knife
• Bow Maker (Shown in picture at right)

Here is how to DIY an Egg Shaped Easter Wreath

1. Use the jute rope to wrap the egg-shaped wire wreath form. At the top of the egg, it may be necessary to alternate between wrapping all four wires and wrapping just the three outer most wires in order to get the rope to fit well. The arrows in the second picture below show where I wrapped just three of the wires. Be sure to secure the ends so they can’t be seen.
   

2. Separate the three ply’s of the remaining rope (see picture above). Wrap a small piece of painter’s tape around the end of each ply. Take the three ply’s and use a small bit of yarn or string to tie them together. Braid the three ply’s and set to the side.
3. Turn the two egg-shaped signs over and measure up 6″ from the center of the bottom of the sign. Draw a line across each egg and cut the signs along the line. This can be done with a craft knife but I don’t have the hand strength to do that. I used my jigsaw to cut my signs. You will need the bottom of each sign.

4. Use hot glue to glue one of the sign pieces to the back of the wreath with the words showing to the front.
5. You will need to have your glue gun of LOW for this step. Use a table knife to cut the Styrofoam discs so they will fit on the sign piece. I cut one disc in half and then trimmed about an inch off one side off each piece. I cut the second disc in to two pieces, one being slightly smaller than the other and I used the smaller piece. Use your glue gun (set on LOW) to glue the Styrofoam pieces to the piece of egg-shaped sign.

Now, we will work on the front of the Egg-shaped Easter Wreath. You will be cutting the roll of 1 1/2 inch burlap ribbon (no wire edges) into pieces. You will be using almost the entire roll so be careful to cut it following the directions.

6. Cut 6 pieces of the plain burlap ribbon that are 7 inches long and one piece that is 8 inches long.
7. Lay the second piece of egg-shaped sign on your work surface so the front of the sign is facing up. Glue one end of the 8- inch piece of ribbon to the center of the top edge of the sign so that the ribbon is going upwards. (see picture). Then glue on the 7-inch pieces, three pieces on each side of the long piece. Glue them as close together as you can but NOT overlapping. I used tacky glue for this step but hot glue will work just fine.

8. Once the glue is dry. Turn the sign piece over so you are looking at the back. Fold the ribbons over so they cover the back of the sign. (see picture) For the remaining steps, I will refer to the strips using the letters shown above them. For example, the strip on the left is Strip A and the middle strip is Strip D.

Next, we will be weaving the longer ribbon pieces through the shorter pieces as we continue to work on our egg shaped Easter wreath.

9. Cut a piece of burlap ribbon that is 14 inches long, a piece that is 13 inches long and 2 pieces that are 11 inches long.
10. Lay ribbon pieces A, C, E and G back on your work surface. Use a small amount of glue along the top edge of the sign to glue ribbon pieces B, D and F to the sign. (see first picture in the set of pictures below)
11. Lay the 14 inch piece of ribbon across the top edge of the sign. Use a small amount of glue along the top edge of the sign to glue the 14″ piece of ribbon to the sign. (see second picture in the set of pictures below)
12. Fold ribbon pieces A, C, E and G back over the sign and use a small amount of glue to glue those pieces to the 14 inch piece of ribbon. (see third picture in the set of pictures below)

13. Fold ribbon pieces B, D, and F back towards the top of the sign. Use a small amount of glue to glue ribbon pieces A, C, E and G to the sign right below the 14″ piece of ribbon.
14. Lay the 13 inch piece of ribbon across the sign right below the 14″ piece. Use a small amount of glue to glue the 13″ piece of ribbon to the sign right below the 14″ piece of ribbon.
15. Fold ribbon pieces B, D, and F back over the sign and use a small amount of glue to glue those pieces to the 13 inch piece of ribbon.
16. Fold ribbon pieces A, C, E and G back towards the top of the sign Use a small amount of glue right below the 13″ piece of ribbon to glue ribbon pieces B, D and F to the sign.
17. Lay one of the 11 inch pieces of ribbon across the sign right below the 13″ piece of ribbon. Use a small amount of glue right below the 13″ piece of ribbon to glue the 11″ piece of ribbon to the sign.
18. Fold ribbon pieces A, C, E and G back over the sign and use a small amount of glue to glue those pieces to the 11 inch piece of ribbon.
19. Fold ribbon pieces B, D, and F back towards the top of the sign. Use a small amount of glue to glue ribbon pieces A, C, E and G to the sign right below the 11″ piece of ribbon.
20. Lay the second 11 inch piece of ribbon across the sign right below the first 11″ piece. Use a small amount of glue to glue the 11″ piece of ribbon to the sign at the points where it touches the sign.
21. Fold ribbon pieces B, D, and F back over the sign and use a small amount of glue to glue those pieces to the second 11 inch piece of ribbon. Your project should look like the first picture in the set of pictures below.
22. Turn the sign over so the ribbon side is face down. (see second picture in the set of pictures below)
23. Carefully fold the ends of the ribbon over and glue them to the sign. (see third picture in the set of pictures below)

24. Glue the sign piece to the egg shaped wreath as shown in the first picture in the set of pictures below. Make sure the top edge lines up with the top edge of the piece that you glued on the back. Use LOW temp setting when gluing on to Styrofoam.
25. Cut a piece of the braid that is long enough to cover the top edge of the sign plus about an inch. Use glue to glue the three ply’s of the rope together on each end.
26. Glue the piece of braid across the top edge of the sign. The ends will get covered up by the piece that goes around the egg shaped wreath.
27. Glue together the three ply’s at the end of your remaining braid. Begin at the top of the wreath form and glue the braid along the outside of the wreath. When you get around the whole wreath, trim the braid and glue the ply’s of that end together . (see second photo in the set of three photos below.)
28. Now it is time to add all the pretty stuff and make your wreath beautiful! Please pick ribbon and florals that are your style and just consider mine to be inspiration. Here is what I did to make my wreath pretty.
    • I used my heavy duty scissors to cut the eucalyptus pick apart. I stuck the bigger eucalyptus pieces in across the back of the Styrofoam.
    • Next I trimmed the stems on the egg picks and stuck them in in front of the eucalyptus.
    • Then I stuck some smaller pieces of eucalyptus in front of the eggs.
    • To make the bow on my wreath, I followed the instructions for how to make a bow with two loops on each side that are shown in this video. I used the lacey burlap ribbon, jute covered wire and my bowmaker. I chose to use string to tie my bow to the wreath so I can change out the bow if I want.
    • I used a large needle and embroidery floss to attach the Happy Easter sign to the wreath so I can change it if I want. If you think you will always want to use the wreath as an Easter wreath, you could glue the bow and sign on to the wreath.

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