Halloween Tulle Wreath

Hello Everyone!

The holidays are everywhere!  Stores, homes, Pinterest, fellow blogger's sites!  Everywhere you turn, everywhere you look, cute holiday decorations.

Also, I keep seeing all these easy and inexpensive tutorials for creating holiday wreaths.  While surfing the Internet, I came across this quick and easy tutorial on how to create a tulle wreath and thought, mmmmmm, why not.  So here are my steps on how to create this Halloween Wreath.  If you would like to see the original tutorial on how to make the wreath, click here.


Materials Needed:
14 inch straw wreath - $2.47 at Wal-mart
8-10 yards tulle fabric, that I had in my crafting stash (or you can use the 25 yards or 100 yards tulle roll found at Hobby Lobby or at any crafting store)
3 pack Glow in the Dark Spiders - $1 at the Dollar Tree
1 spool of 9 yards wire edged Halloween ribbon - $1 at the Dollar Tree
Spool of "Jewelry" wire for tying up the spiders and the banner (hot glue works just too)
BOO Banner - $3.99 at Hobby Lobby (minus 40% with your coupon) - $2.39
Wreath Total Cost:  Cheap and Inexpensive!

I started by folding out my tulle to straighten it out.  Before actually getting started, I tested out a few pieces of different lengths of tulle around my wreath to make sure I had the correct length when it was time to tie it around my straw wreath.  I cut my tulle 15 inches for length by 4 inches for the width.  You can go shorter, longer or wider depending on the size of the wreath that you have.

I cut several (15 inch length) pieces of tulle at a time.  I then wrapped them around a piece of cardboard the size of the width of tulle (4 inches wide).  If you are using the rolls of tulle from Hobby Lobby or any crafting store, you can keep the width of the tulle the way it is and just cut out the length.  This step is a lot faster, by the way.

I then cut both sides of the tulle that was wrapped around the cardboard.

I used clothespins to hold the tulle on one side after cutting.  This step is really not needed, if you are using the rolls of tulle.

Once, I had the tulle cut out,  it was time to wrap and tie the tulle around my straw wreath.  There are many ways of tying the tulle it just depends what works for you or what is easier for you.

As you can see I did not remove the shrink wrap from the wreath.  By keeping the shrink wrap on the wreath it made it easier for me to wrap the tulle around it without it getting caught on the straw.  If your straw wreath has no shrink wrap on it, you can wrap a layer of ribbon on the wreath first, before the tulle, if need be.

The next step was to start tying the tulle around the wreath.  I am not sure what the name of this knot is but you start of by crossing the tulle as if you were tying your shoe lace.   After, the first twist, you do a second shoe lace tie and you now have a knot.

Continue in the same process until you have covered your entire wreath.  This may take a while depending on how much time you have to tie knots.  I kept all my knots going in the same direction and to one side.  Be careful to tie the knots nice and tight.  The tulle for some reason seemed to stretch a little and seemed to be loose in some areas.  It took me approximately 3 nights (I only worked on it while KayC slept).

Back View

Front View

Here is the completed wreath covered in tulle.  If you notice there are some sections of tulle that seem to stick out.  You can just take your scissors and trim them to match the rest.

I then took the wire-edged ribbon and created a bow.  I measured out about 10 inches of ribbon (with a little extra for the hanging) and began folding the ribbon on top of itself back and forth, back and forth 10 inches, until I ran out of ribbon.  I then took a piece or wire and wrapped it around the center of the folded ribbon and tightened it.  I then proceeded to open and arrange all the folds until the bow was finished.

Now came the fun part, putting everything together on the wreath.  The arrangement of the add-ons took a couple of tries until I finally got it right.  To attach the bow, I took a piece of the same black tulle and passed it through the center of the bow and knotted it exactly the same way as I did with the rest of the tulle.  To attach the spiders and the BOO Banner, I used beading "jewelry" wire and just wrapped it once around the spider and tied a know on the back.  You really can't see the wire once you hang the wreath.

Here is a picture of the finished wreath.  I removed one of the spiders and replaced it with the BOO banner.  I then took a longer piece of the black tulle and used it to make the hanging ribbon.  My wreath is now ready to go on my front door!

Post a picture of your creations, I would love to see them!  Happy crafting!