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How to Make Your Wreath

Step-by-step instructions on how to make an Easter pancake wreath - a design created by Sincerely Creative Mom.
Keyword: Easter Decor, Easter wreath, Pancake wreath, Spring decor, spring wreath

Equipment

  • Pair of scissors
  • Rotary cutter
  • 2 Zip-tie mounts (optional)
  • DAP Rapid or E6000 craft glue (optional)

Materials

  • 14-inch wreath frame
  • 1 metal bunny sign
  • 1 roll brown mesh
  • 3 2.5-inch Easter ribbon rolls
  • 2 1.5-inch Easter ribbon rolls
  • 15 pipe cleaners

Instructions

  • Attach two zip-tie mounts or put a hole through your sign, so you can attach it to your wreath. If you use zip-tie mounts, use a little extra DAP Rapid or E6000 craft glue to give the mount a little extra security. Use a clamp to help it adhere as it dries. 
  • Cut 12, 14-inch tails with two of your 2.5-inch ribbon rolls, making 24 tails in all. Once the pieces are cut, dovetail the ends by folding the ribbon in half and cutting at an angle.
  • Take one of each ribbon piece and layer them, with your favorite design on top. Fold it to find the center.
  • Cut 12 pieces of mesh 20-inches long.
  • Twist a pipe cleaner to the wreath frame around the inner two rings at each the six brackets. Then, twist a pipe cleaner around the frame’s outer two rings between the six brackets. You’ll use 12 pipe cleaners total.
  • Lay your mesh in front of you and scrunch as you gather it towards you to make a ruffle. Pinch the center – the ruffle will look like a butterfly.
  • Attach your deco mesh ruffle to the frame by laying the center of the ruffle in between one of the outer ring pipe cleaners and twist the pipe cleaner over it to secure the ruffle to the frame. Overlap the ends of the mesh. The ruffle will look like a circle.
  • Repeat steps 6 and 7 until all six outer pipe cleaners are holding a ruffle.
  • Lay your ribbon tails in the pipe cleaner, on top of the mesh circle, and twist the pipe cleaner over the ribbon. The ribbon will be in a wide “v” shape, with the dovetails facing out.
    Cut the excess pipe cleaner arms that are holding the mesh and ribbon. The pull your ribbons apart, then to the sides so you can see both of the ribbon designs.
  • Repeat step 9 on the inner rings.
  • Place your sign to the right of the center of the wreath, so you have space for two bows. Put a pipe cleaner through each zip-tie mount or hole. Push the pipe cleaner right through the mesh and into the frame. Twist the pipe cleaners around the wire frame. 
  • Using your third 2.5-inch ribbon design, make the first parts of your bows. Each bow will be about a yard and a half a piece with a 6-inch tail and 5-inch loop. Pinch, twist and loop to make three loops. Then take one of your 1.5-inch ribbons and make the second part of your bows. They will have the same measurements and number of loops. 
  • With your other 1.5-inch ribbon design, you’ll make the third layer for the bow. Make a 1-inch center loop with this ribbon, then pinch twist and loop, making three additional loops.
  • Stack one of your 2.5-inch ribbon layers with one of each of your 1.5-inch ribbon layers to make each bow. 
    Once stacked, tie a pipe cleaner around the middle of each bow and dovetail the ends.
  • Attach your bows by pushing the pipe cleaners through the mesh and twisting them around the wire frame. Pull and spread the loops to fluff your bow.

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