Ornament Wreath

Another fun & EASY Holiday craft! I have seen this idea online in many ways -Styrofoam, hangers, etc. But after looking at the prices for a boring, old Styrofoam wreath, I decided to reuse a hanger in my closet. I also thought using hot glue to secure the ornaments seemed dangerous-for me at least (haha). This craft was SO easy! I was so surprised actually.








All you need is THREE things for this craft! A hanger (I used one that seemed easy to unwind-it was made out of plastic, not metal), ornaments (about 60-70 for a regular sized hanger), and some tape to secure (if desired).

Here is the hanger I used. The first step is to unwind the hanger-you may have to use pliers, but since mine was made out of plastic, I could easily unravel the two ends. Then I tried to make it into a circle the best I could. :) It will all come together at the end so it doesn't need to be perfect.

These are the ornaments I used. I'm a college, job-less girl on a budget, so I made a trip to Wal-Mart and found all of these ornaments (I had about 20 leftover) for $2.50 for a box of 18! I thought this was a great deal- even places like Hobby Lobby is quite expensive to find ball ornaments.

For 4 of the ornaments I bought (cute purple, glitter ones) the hook at the top was too small to fit on the hanger. My solution=twist ties. I actually found two large, white twist ties in a drawer of office supplies at home-so I lucked out. Just make sure when your buying the ornaments, they are large enough to fit over the hanger--or but twistie's! :)

Next step, one-by-one put each ornament on. I did random colors-not a specific pattern, because they kind of all get moved around once its finished. A tip I can give- make sure throughout doing this project to push the ornaments to the top of the hanger, they will slide down and once its done you will have to go back and move them one-by-one to fill out the wreath. Once you finish adding the ornaments, re-wrapped the hanger where the two ends meet. I used some string tape (its a little bit stronger) to secure the two ends just in case. But it seems like it would be fine without it either way.

And here is the finished product! I tied a white ribbon around the top of the hanger and put it on a door holder :)