Making Christmas wreaths is an easy festive task in the run up to Christmas. We’ve got plenty of inspiring ideas, whether you want to make a traditional wreath or create a contemporary design. Check out our 12 festive designs below using not only holly and ivy, but seedheads, rosehips and white snowberries. Whatever style you feel like creating, we’ve got the perfect wreath for you.
Browse our collection of practical how-to projects and videos, and find out how to make anything from a classic Christmas wreath to ‘cool-themed’, contemporary and even wildlife-friendly takes on the original wreath design. There’s an abundance of plant material in winter that’s perfect for making a wreath, from the red berries of hawthorn and pyracantha to the tawny hues of last summer’s seedheads. See what you can gather from your garden or local park, but be careful not to take too many seeds or berries so there’s plenty left for the birds.
Browse our selection of projects on making Christmas wreaths, below.
Festive Christmas wreathThis festive wreath is made with colourful plants or parts of them that should be easy to source from the garden, parks or florists. We’ve used more traditional plants like fir, holly and crab apples, but more unusual materials like echinops seedheads, sunflower seedheads and hydrangea bracts look great, too.
This contemporary Christmas wreath is created using birch twigs, Scots pine sprigs and the fluffy seedheads of old man’s beard (Clematis vitalba). You can then leave it as is, or add some finishing touches using silver baubles or bells, to catch the eye.