My Homemade Ornament Wreath!

I found a pin on Pinterest explaining how to make an ornament wreath so I decided to give it a try myself.  It was super easy to do but time consuming.  I used a piece of foam tubing from the plumbing department at Lowe's. It was only 97 cents and about three times as big as the styrofoam wreaths at Michael's that cost $8. I used plastic, shatterproof ornaments (since I'm going to hang it outside) and I found all of the ornaments on amazon.com for 60% off.  I had three different sizes of ornaments and I used about 160 total on mine, which is the key to making it look big and full, so definitely look for cheap, discounted ornaments! I also used ribbon for the wreath to hang by. I took pictures of my step by step process so that I can share this idea with you all!

My ornaments from amazon.com and the foam tubing from Lowe's. 

First, trim the tubing down to the size of wreath you want and use duct tape to hold the ends together.

Next, hot glue on the largest ornaments in an even pattern. These ornaments will not glue well at first because the hot glue melts the tubing. Be patient and hold the ornament until it dries completely. Don't worry if your ornaments feel pretty flimsy at first. Once the ornaments start getting layered, you will begin to glue them to other ornaments so it will secure them more.

Now being to glue on the second largest ornaments.  Glue them to the foam and to the largest ornaments. This will secure the ornaments better that just having them glued to the foam.  Also, at this step, find an open spot and loop a long piece of ribbon around the wreath knotting it to secure it. Once secure to the wreath, make a loop to hang the wreath by and knot it. Then use the rest of the ribbon to make a big bow. 

Finally, start gluing on the smallest ornaments. Simply fill in all of the holes. Be sure to remember the inside and outside edges of the wreath!

And...TA DA!! Hang and ENJOY!!

My wreath is so large that we need to reposition our wreath hook but I couldn't wait to take pictures and share!! I LOVE my wreath and can't wait to start decorating for Christmas!!