What You'll need:
About a foot of 20 guage jewelry wire (your choice of material. It should be easily bendable).
Lots of sticks
Wood glue or strong craft glue
Acrylic paint
A hot glue gun or some other type of clear drying glue
Suggested Materials:
Fabric leaves
Glitter (or glitter glue)
Acorns
Spanish Moss
Feathers
Etc....you can really choose whatever you want to put on your wreath
First step is to paint the items you are working with. You may want a more natural fall theme or a spookier Halloween theme. You'll probably want to decide this before or as you are buying the materials so you don't leave anything out.
After the sticks have dried (if you did paint them) you'll want to get your wood glue ready. Assemble a base for your wreath out of the thicker sticks in the shape you want them and glue them together. You will need to get your jewelry wire at this point to tie together the joints (where the sticks are connecting/glued) because wood glue does not dry fast and you don't want them drying in a different shape. At this point you'll need to wait about a day for the wood glue to dry fully.
Then you can begin working on details. Use your hot glue gun to apply any other sticks or pieces that you want for added fullness of the wreath. It is good to "weave" them around the base. That is, don't just set them on top and call it a day. Pretend it is a puzzle. The more points at these parts of the wreath are glued to, the more it will stick together.
After you have the structure of your wreath completed, you can add decorations around to add your personal flair.
Tip: Raid the dollar store or craft stores for cheap Halloween decorations such as spider rings, rubber bats, plastic skeletons, fake birds, etc. You will find some treasures to add to your wreath and around the rest of the house!.
