Decorating the apartment, decorating the Christmas tree and baking cookies are undoubtedly part of the Christmas traditions, are a creative activity for the whole family on the dreary winter evenings and ensure anticipation. An Advent wreath is also part of a home decorated for Christmas. Above all, a self-made wooden Advent wreath will help create an unforgettable atmosphere and surprise your guests.
It doesn't necessarily have to be the classic wreath with a round framework and braided fir branches; there are now variants in a wide variety of shapes, materials and designs. We will present you with some great inspiration on how, with a little skill, you can create your unique and tasteful wooden Advent wreathdo it Yourselfcan.
The natural material has decorative features simply due to its nature. Thanks to the different colors, thick or thin bark and the diverse grains, it is a suitable craft material for your individual wreath, which is also relatively robust, easy to process and durable.
Have you ever thought of having a Danish style hanging wreath like this over your table? This project doesn't take much time and you don't need to be handy. You need a thick tree branch, a sturdy leather cord, a drill and four taper candles.
Drill four matching holes into the branch deep enough for the candles to stand firmly and two more on the wooden ends for the leather cord so you can securely attach your special wreath to the ceiling.
You can decorate the homemade wreath according to your taste, for example with Froebel stars, Styrofoam stars and balls, and perhaps also replace or expand the decoration after the first Advent, thus ensuring varied decoration throughout the entire pre-Christmas period. This wreath looks natural and is simple and remarkable at the same time.
Natural craft supplies can be almost free for you, as there are lots of beautiful branches and pine cones in the forest and in the garden that you might be able to collect on your next walk. This unusual wreath made of solid wood has a rustic look, radiates warmth and makes the room look inviting.
Thanks to its elongated shape, this Scandinavian-style wreath is suitable as a decoration over the fireplace and also spreads the pre-Christmas atmosphere throughout the room. With a few sprigs of fir greenery, dry pine cones, Christmas stockings and decorative ice skates, your festively decorated living room will shine.
If you want to create a rustic but more compact wreath at home, you can also use half of a log. Place the trunk in the appropriate decorative plate and distribute cones, ratan balls or dried lotus pods around it. A little moss on the wooden trunk brings freshness and numbers on small branch discs for the candles complete this pretty wooden Advent wreath.
You are welcome to use just a quarter of the log and place it anywhere in your home. You can decorate it according to your preferences or place it next to a poinsettia in a purist style.
If decorating is not your favorite activity or the accent of Christmas decorations is already set elsewhere in your home, then perhaps this simple and great Advent wreath will appeal to you. You have to saw a wooden disc to size or buy one, get candles or tea lights with a glass candle holder and possibly place a decorative figure next to it or on the tree disc. You can also position candles loosely on your round wreath of atypical design.
This version made of wooden balls creates an interesting eye-catcher and a simple, minimalist natural look. The balls can be of different sizes, painted, glued or otherwise decorated. The drilled wooden balls can be arranged in a chain of any shape using a leather strap. So you can put up a wreath of different shapes every Advent - e.g. B. the classic round one or a playful wavy one.
Driftwood is most likely not the first thing you associate with Christmas, but it is a suitable natural material that you can use to make your own Advent wreath. Thanks to its unique natural shape, driftwood is suitable for creating various patterns. Simply glue the driftwood onto a Styrofoam wreath and use a sprig of fir greenery and a Christmas ball as decoration. Your door wreath will be ready in no time.
If you want to combine the natural material with a modern look, then this wreath made of pieces of driftwood is something for your taste. For this you will need driftwood, four Advent wreath plugs and candles of your choice. You can shape the pieces of driftwood into the desired shape using a hot glue gun. You can also choose candles of different sizes and colors according to your taste. The wreath is quickly finished and the first Advent can come.
With thin branches, a square metal frame and some wrapping wire, you can create a pretty and beautifully decorated Christmas wreath. The typical white, red and gold Advent wreath color has been replaced here by bright green. When decorating, you can use a variety of materials - dried apple or orange slices, cinnamon sticks, walnut shells, acorns, small rose hips, berry branches, etc.
Straight, thin branches of different lengths are also ideal as decoration for individual glass tea light holders, which provide muted and warm light. Glue the small pieces of wood together on the glass and your wooden table wreath is ready with little time and material expenditure. If you want to add color to your work, you can spray the wooden pieces with a color spray before sticking them on and thus coordinate the color of the Advent wreath with the rest of the decoration.
Tea lights or simply candles with bark provide a warm light and create a natural atmosphere in the room. You can make a wreath of four candles, individually covered in birch bark and simply decorated with rope. Incidentally, bark is easiest to process when it is wet. In no time, the peeled bark turns into a creative candle holder and gives your Advent wreath a natural look.
