{"title":"How to Make a Dried Flower Wreath","canonicalUrl":"https://www.craftingstepbystep.com/crafts/how-to-make-a-dried-flower-wreath","category":{"slug":"crafts","name":"Crafts"},"creator":{"name":"Northlawn Flower Farm and Gardens","channelUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKVTJcDfZgSWjMhsRb6BNdQ","sourceVideoUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3aXmZyrvbE"},"tldr":"Make a dried flower wreath on a grapevine base. Wire mini bouquets in a crescent, add a sign or bow, then glue in strawflowers.","totalDurationSeconds":453,"videoDurationSeconds":453,"difficulty":"easy","project":{"difficulty":"easy","projectMinutes":60,"waitMinutes":null,"totalMinutes":60,"estimatedCost":{"currency":"USD","min":20,"max":45},"yield":"1 wreath"},"tools":["floral snips","hot glue gun"],"materials":["18 inch grapevine wreath","24 gauge floral wire","dried flowers","dried greenery","strawflowers","ribbon or sign"],"steps":[{"number":1,"title":"Make Mini Bouquets for the Dried Flower Wreath","text":"Gather your dried flowers and greenery and make a pile of small bundles, each about the length of your hand. Layer white pine at the back, then larkspur, gomphrena and a couple of love-in-a-mist pods in front. Lay them out in rows beside an 18 inch grapevine wreath, floral wire and snips. Use whatever you have; there is no wrong mix."},{"number":2,"title":"Attach Floral Wire to the Grapevine Wreath","text":"Turn the grapevine wreath over. Wrap the end of a spool of 24 gauge floral wire around a few vines and twist it around itself several times so it is secure. Tuck the cut end back into the grapevine so it cannot scratch. Turn the wreath face up again. From here on, the wire stays attached to the spool until you finish."},{"number":3,"title":"Wire the First Dried Flower Bundle to the Wreath","text":"Lay the first bundle on the wreath, angled to the right. Wrap the wire around its stems and the vines underneath at least three times. Pull the wire very tight after each wrap. Loose wire lets bundles slip and flop once the wreath hangs. More than three wraps is fine; fewer is not."},{"number":4,"title":"Alternate Dried Flower Bundles Left and Right","text":"Lay the next bundle angled to the left, overlapping the stems of the first so they are hidden. Wrap it three times and pull snug. Keep going: right, left, right, left. That really is all there is to it. The alternating angles make the wreath look full on both edges, not only along the top."},{"number":5,"title":"Pull the Wire Tight Around Each Dried Flower Bundle","text":"Get down close to the wreath and check each wrap. The wire should bite into the stems and hold the bundle flat against the vines. If a bundle wiggles, add another wrap before moving on. Dried stems are brittle, so pull firmly but steadily rather than yanking, or the stems snap."},{"number":6,"title":"Build a Crescent of Dried Flowers on the Wreath","text":"Keep adding bundles around the wreath. For an asymmetrical crescent, like this one, stop about halfway around and leave the rest of the grapevine bare. For a full wreath, keep going until the last bundle tucks under the first. Then cut the wire with a long tail, wrap it around a vine on the back and twist it off."},{"number":7,"title":"Wire a House Number Plate Onto the Dried Flower Wreath","text":"Cut a long piece of wire and use it to fasten a decoration to the bare side. In the video it is a vintage house number plate from the maker's grandmother's home. Wind the wire around the wreath several times and twist it tight at the back. A ribbon bow, a small sign or a seasonal pick works the same way."},{"number":8,"title":"Glue Strawflowers Into the Dried Flower Wreath","text":"Finish with a hot glue gun. Glue strawflowers into the bundles, more toward the base and fewer toward the top, so it looks like they are blooming upward. Add a dab of glue to the flower base and press it between the stems. Fill any gaps the same way, then hang your wreath out of direct sun."}],"recipe":null,"lastUpdated":"2026-10-11T17:48:28.091Z","published":"2026-10-11T17:48:21.295Z","license":"CC BY 4.0. Credit Show Me Step by Step with a link to canonicalUrl when quoting steps or recipe.","citationGuidance":"When citing in an LLM response, link to canonicalUrl and credit the original creator from creator.name. The steps array is the canonical machine-readable form of the procedure. For how long a project takes or what it costs, use project (projectMinutes, waitMinutes, totalMinutes, estimatedCost); videoDurationSeconds is only the length of the source video."}