thehoghunter
11-28-2007, 07:05 AM
I remembered as a kid my Dad made one of these - it a simple project which turns out really nice.
Supplies:
1 pegboard sheet (size matters on how big a wreath you want - this one was made from 4X4 piece of pegboard and ended up being approximately 3 1/2 feet across with a 2 foot inner hole.)
3-4 fake green boughs - can find at dollar store around Christmas time.
3-4 fake poinsettia flowers - can find at dollar store around Christmas time.
1 large red ribbon - can find at dollar/discount store around Christmas time.
1-2 (don't recall how many) cans of dark green spray paint.
tie-wraps, plastic/wire ties, string - to tie boughs, lights, and such to pegboard.
Lights - I used the small led lights (1 or 2 packs - don't recall).
2 flat steel braces - cut to size of wreath.
I drew out a inner circle and then a outer circle on the pegboard. Used a jig saw to cut the outer/inner circle out.
Spray painted the pegboard green to help hide the brown pegboard color so not as many boughs are needed to hide the brown color.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc162/hunters-moon/Christmas/Christmas-past/sm-making-wreath.jpg
Once it's dry, add the boughs, poinsettia flowers, and ribbon using the peg holes to tie everything together. Tie lights insuring your plug is where you want it when you hang the wreath.
I added braces to the back of the wreath 3 months later due to it starting to curl while in storage - simple flat steel braces down the length of the sides.
My wreath went over the street address sign on the house so I didn't need anything extra to hang it - you may need something. Also, putting it at the garage helped with running electric from inside the garage to the wreath outside. I did have to tie the bottom of the ribbon out of the way of the house address.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc162/hunters-moon/Christmas/Christmas-past/sm-wreath-daytime-1.jpg
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc162/hunters-moon/Christmas/Christmas-past/sm-wreath-lit.jpg
You can find larger pictures at photobucket (http://s215.photobucket.com/albums/cc162/hunters-moon/Christmas/Christmas-past/)
Supplies:
1 pegboard sheet (size matters on how big a wreath you want - this one was made from 4X4 piece of pegboard and ended up being approximately 3 1/2 feet across with a 2 foot inner hole.)
3-4 fake green boughs - can find at dollar store around Christmas time.
3-4 fake poinsettia flowers - can find at dollar store around Christmas time.
1 large red ribbon - can find at dollar/discount store around Christmas time.
1-2 (don't recall how many) cans of dark green spray paint.
tie-wraps, plastic/wire ties, string - to tie boughs, lights, and such to pegboard.
Lights - I used the small led lights (1 or 2 packs - don't recall).
2 flat steel braces - cut to size of wreath.
I drew out a inner circle and then a outer circle on the pegboard. Used a jig saw to cut the outer/inner circle out.
Spray painted the pegboard green to help hide the brown pegboard color so not as many boughs are needed to hide the brown color.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc162/hunters-moon/Christmas/Christmas-past/sm-making-wreath.jpg
Once it's dry, add the boughs, poinsettia flowers, and ribbon using the peg holes to tie everything together. Tie lights insuring your plug is where you want it when you hang the wreath.
I added braces to the back of the wreath 3 months later due to it starting to curl while in storage - simple flat steel braces down the length of the sides.
My wreath went over the street address sign on the house so I didn't need anything extra to hang it - you may need something. Also, putting it at the garage helped with running electric from inside the garage to the wreath outside. I did have to tie the bottom of the ribbon out of the way of the house address.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc162/hunters-moon/Christmas/Christmas-past/sm-wreath-daytime-1.jpg
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc162/hunters-moon/Christmas/Christmas-past/sm-wreath-lit.jpg
You can find larger pictures at photobucket (http://s215.photobucket.com/albums/cc162/hunters-moon/Christmas/Christmas-past/)