30 Minute Repurposed Garden Hose Wreath

We had two of these 25 foot green fabric expandable hoses from way back, and I created this Repurposed Garden Hose Tree last Christmas when one of them sprang a leak.

I told myself then, that if and when the second hose sprang a leak I would use it to create a wreath, and here we are today. All I needed to make that happen was a $1 thrifted 10 inch grapevine wreath from my stash.

Creating this garden hose wreath really couldn’t be easier. All you have to do is wrap the hose around the grapevine wreath.

The only trick is to not pull too tight because you really want to keep that lovely wrinkled texture.

I wasn’t sure if I was going to remove the connectors or not, so I kept them on until I was done wrapping.

But in the end I decided they had to go.

These expandable fabric hoses have fabric on the outside and rubber hose on the inside, so when you remove the connectors you have to stop the rubber hose from sliding way into the fabric. If that happens you’ll lose that fabulous wrinkled texture.

This is easy to prevent by sewing the rubber hose and the fabric together.

This is what it looks like when you’ve sewn both ends.

I glued both ends of the hose to the grapevine wreath with my low temp glue gun. Then it was all about primping the hose here and there to get a look that I loved. I only glued the ends and nowhere else.

I found a lovely $2 metal trowel at the dollar store, and I had some faux tulips and baby’s breath in my crafting stash.

Using my glue gun I added a some tulips and baby’s breath to the trowel, and finished it off with a simple raffia bow.

To attach my floral garden trowel to the garden hose wreath I used some invisible nylon thread. I looped it though some holes in the handle of the trowel, and around the spoon part of the trowel behind the tulips. Then I wrapped it around the wreath and tied it tight.

I didn’t want to attach the trowel to the garden hose wreath permanently because I really think I’ll want to reuse the garden hose wreath base at Christmas time.

Supplies needed for this repurposed garden hose wreath

• 25 foot expandable fabric garden hose
• 10″ grapevine wreath
• dollar store floral trowel
• faux tulips
• faux baby’s breath
• glue gun
• glue sticks
• raffia
• invisible nylon thread
• needle and thread
• scissors

And here’s my easy repurposed garden hose wreath done in just under 30 minutes. I really love its simplicity. The floral trowel stands out nicely, but doesn’t take away from the hose… which I really think is the star here.

I just love the texture, and the color is so springy fresh. Really a few floral touches is all it needed.

If you have one of these hoses and it's not a color you like, you can spray paint it any color. I would suggest spray painting it after you've wrapped it around the wreath form.

Since I had everything in my stash except the trowel, this project cost me about $3.

You can find more wreath projects on my blog here.