Category: Winter Crafts

This tiny wreath works well as a tree ornament or displayed on a wall. If you’re displaying yours on a wall, create a trio of wreaths and hang them together for a festive decoration!

Difficulty level: Beginner
Time required: 30 minutes
Age range: 12 and up

Things you’ll need:
Mason jar lid ring
Natural jute twine
Scissors
Hot glue gun and glue sticks
Satin leaf ribbon
Red ribbon with gold edge

Things to do:
1. Cut a length of twine that’s about 140″ long.

2. Begin wrapping the twine around the jar ring, wrapping over the tail to secure it as you continue to wrap. As you wrap, be sure the twine is close together and doesn’t leave a gap.

3. When you’ve wrapped twine around the entire ring, trim the twine.

4. Add a dot of hot glue, then lay the twine over the glue to secure it.

5. Cut a length of satin leaf ribbon that’s about 16″ long.

6. Hot glue one end of the ribbon to the twine at the same point where you secured the twine in step 4.

7. Wrap the leaf ribbon around the entire jar, wrapping as evenly as possible. When you’ve wrapped around the entire ring, trim the ribbon.

8. Add another dot of hot glue, then lay the leaf ribbon over it to secure the end.

9. Cut a length of red ribbon that’s about 8″ long, or the length you’d like for your hanger.

10. Wrap the red ribbon around the wreath, then knot the top to secure it.

11. If you’d like, cut a second length of red ribbon and tie it in a bow. Hot glue the bow to the center top of the wreath. You can hang your wreath on the wall, or use it as a tree ornament.

Difficulty level: Beginner
Time required: 45 minutes
Age range: 8 and up, with adult supervision using the sewing needle

Things you’ll need:
Assorted colors of felt
Disappearing ink marker or other marking tool such as chalk
Scissors
Grid ruler
Sewing needle and thread
Ribbon

Things to do:
1. Grab a grid ruler (or any other type of ruler) and measure 1″ across the edge of a piece of felt. Using a marking tool, mark the 1″ across. Continue to make 1″ increment marks across the piece of felt.

2. Place the ruler perpendicular to the marks you made in step 1, then mark 1″ increments across the felt once again.

3. Use scissors to cut along the lines you made. Your 1″ squares don’t have to be perfect!

4. Repeat steps 1-3 for as many different felt colors as you’d like. We used red, green, and gray, but you can certainly create your own palette. Don’t worry about cutting the exact amount of felt; if you find you need more later, you can always repeat these steps to create more squares.

5. Cut a long strand of thread that’s twice the size you want your wreath to be plus 3-4″ extra. Thread a sewing needle with the thread, doubling the thread so that there are two strands. Knot the ends together near the tails.

6. Pierce the center of a felt square with the sewing needle, then slide the square near the thread tails.

7. Continue adding felt squares, alternating colors if you’d like. You can even pierce and stack three or four squares at a time to speed up the process.

8. Add felt squares until your wreath is the size you’d like.

9. Tie the thread in a double knot nestled between the felt squares, then trim the ends so they are hidden in the felt.

10. Cut a 5-6″ piece of ribbon, then wrap it around the felt squares. Move the felt so that the ribbon rests inside the squares.

11. Tie a knot in the top of the ribbon to use it as a hanger. Hang your mini wreath on the wall or as an ornament on the tree.