DIY Boxy Shaped Spring Wreath

by Gail@Purple Hues and Me

7 Materials

$10

1 Hour

Easy

See how easy it is to dress up your front entryway for Spring by making your own boxy shaped wreath and matching urn fillers. I'm celebrating the arrival of spring by creating a unique looking wreath to place on my front door, using curvy sticks called Kulu sticks and a pretty flower garland that I cut to fit. I wanted to create something different from the usual round wreaths for my entryway and for the urns that are there, too.

I found these curvy sticks at a craft store in North Carolina a few years ago. They were originally a deep maroon color (now faded) and well over six feet long. I was really drawn to the unusual look! Michaels carries something similar in a natural or chocolate color, called Kulu sticks.

To make this wreath, I cut the sticks into four, 16" and 14" lengths and hot glued them together (where they touched) into a rectangular, boxy 16"x14" shape.

Then I painted the sticks using DecoArt Outdoor Patio Paint in Woodland Brown.

Once dry, I decorated the boxy shaped wreath frame with pieces from a fluffy garland I got on clearance at JoAnn last summer . . .

adding a few more flowers, here and there in the top left and bottom right corners, draping over the edges . . . keeping it pretty simple! I just love the exposed shape of the frame!

Next, I cut an 8" Styrofoam ball in half and draped each half in garland and flowers, securing with floral pins. You can buy half foam balls to decorate, but I had this ball already so I use it instead of buying half balls. It's always fun to "shop" what you have in your stash for projects!

I also hot glued a large skewer stick (used for grilling) in the bottom center of each half foam ball to place into the urns - to help secure the foam in the dirt.