With all the door wreaths I have made in the past year you would think that I have one for every season.
And I do, well almost.
For some reason I never made a door wreath for spring.
I have no clue how that one slipped through but it did.
I have been wracking my brain on what to do for a spring door wreath.
I found a cool post by Jocie at One Project Closer: The Better Half on how to make a fabric flower.
I love her tutorial and think these would be super cute on a wreath and then I remembered that our front door is out in the open and any fabric flowers I might make wouldn’t last very long.
(whomp whomp whomp)
Thankfully my friend Virginia over at LiveLoveDIY posted the cutest tulip door wreath and I knew I had to make one for our house!
I made a quick trip to the dollar tree and picked up about 15 bundles of tulips in three different colors.
You will also need a foam wreath form and ribbon.
Take a neutral ribbon and wrap your wreath form.
You will want your ribbon to over lap so that you can slide the tulips in between the ribbon and the form.
Cut your tulip stems from the bundle using wire snips, and begin adding one color at a time into every other ribbon overlap.
Start on the outside and then move to the inside of the wreath.
You will end up with one tulip per overlap.
Next you will add the white tulips to your door wreath (or whatever color you chose that will compliment).
Continue with the same process as the pink tulips in every other ribbon over lap.
The only difference this time is you will want your white tulips towards the middle of the wreath.
If you want to add a third color like I did you will also add this to the middle.
I chose a smaller tulip for the final layer.
Once all of your tulips are in go back and check for any bare spots and fill in with any color you choose.
It’s that easy!
You can wire them in if you like but If your ribbon is wrapped tightly enough there is no need the tulips will stay in place perfectly.
What do you think?
Are you ready to it the dollar tree and make your own tulip wreath?
Love this wreath and all the shades of pink! Great pop of spring for a door!
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ok, I have never tried anything like this before, how do you attach the ribbon to the wreath?
I used a floral pin to attach it to the foam at one end.
I ADORE this!! I really hope there are enough tulips at my Dollar Tree to make this. I think it adds such a great burst of color, and tulips are one of my absolute favorites.
This looks so beautiful Jacque..and so real!
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Holy cow Jacque I love this! I am sort of obsessed with wreaths anyways…so this is right up my alley. I have never seen the ribbon trick either. Brilliant! I probably would have stuck the tulips in the form! Thanks for sharing. Pinning this one for sure. 🙂
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I’ve never seen the ribbon trick, either! I would have done the same thing you said – stuck the wire stems in the form. That is a superb idea that I’ll remember and use for other wreaths, as well!
Gorgeous, Jacque…just gorgeous!
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What a great idea with the ribbon. I am so going to try this!
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Brilliant and beautiful and perfect for Spring! Pinning!!
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Oh my gosh, it’s beautiful! Perfect for Spring and love the colors! Pinning and sharing on facebook!
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I would never have guessed those were Dollar Store flowers.
The wreath is so beautiful and colorful. Such a wonderful pop of spring on your front door. Love it.
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Dang. That is some serious Dollar Store Loveliness!
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Hooray for spring colors 🙂 Looks lovely!
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Simply beautiful.. this one deserves
a pin….
Sandy
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This is terrific and so easy. I’m heading to the dollar store today to pick up supplies!!
P.S. Found you through Home Talk.
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Love, Love, Love that wreath…it looks so lovely hanging on your door…I’m definitely going to hit the Dollar Tree to make on of my own…
Jacque! I love this. It’s so “springy”. I might just have to make me one 😉
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It is so cute! I love tulips, happy spring
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That is just beautiful and the colors really pop! Don’t you just love the dollar store?! Visiting from the DIY Dreamer link party.
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I Love Love Love spring flowers. The Tulips are perfect for this and you did a beautiful job. Thanks for inspiring!
Love your wreath! The tuliops are so cute! I have never seen a tulip wreath before. Visit me at greatastestuesdays.blogspot.com I would love to have you do a guest post for me on Fridays!
Kimberli
Tulips are my favorite flower and this is a gorgeous idea. I like how you slide the tulips in place instead of using a glue gun. Ingenious. I”m pinning it and trying it! Thanks for sharing!
Wow! What a gorgeous wreath! I love how full it is and the beautiful colors.
I would love if you would share this at my link party.
Take care,
KC
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This is so beautiful! Featuring on my weekly wow’s on saturday.
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Oh wow thank you so much Laura!!! I Can’t wait to share that with my readers!
I love this wreath. It looks real! Very pretty and great idea!
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Oh my goodness girl, at first glance I thought those were real tulips! This is a gorgeous wreath! LOVE it.
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WOW! That is GORGEOUS!!!
Susan
Wow, this is so pretty and looks so much like spring! Sharing, for sure.
Girl, this is gorgeous!! I’m not usually a fan of artificial flowers, but this is the exception!! …and on your beautiful front door, you can’t even tell! Love! thank you for sharing ♥
Your wreath is gorgeous!
Oh WOW!! They look like real tulips!
Thanks so much for sharing this at The DIY Dreamer.. From Dream To Reality! I can’t wait to see what you link up tomorrow evening!
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Love this!! Thanks for linking up to the party!
Your wreath is beautiful!
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Simply beautiful!
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Gorgeous! Love the mix of tulip colors.
This is just gorgeous! Truly eye-catching 🙂 Found you linked up at Savvy Southern Style <3
Fotini
I love this!!
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Just wanted to let you know I featured this wreath on my blog today! Have a great weekend 🙂
http://glamorousbride.blogspot.com/2013/03/fab-pins-of-week_22.html
Fotini
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WOW! You make this look so simple. I’ve never been a good wreath maker but you really convinced me that maybe I can actually create something that is beautiful!
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This is lovely! Thanks for sharing!
I’m Hosting a giveaway over at my blog, so feel free to stop by and check it out!
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Have a great week.
Michelle
Clover&Mustard
LOVE this! Been wanting to figure out how to make these wreaths for months! Thanks for posting!
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It looks real, in fact I thought it was! Just so pretty!!
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This wreath is absolutely beautiful, but I would think the tulips would begin to fall out if this wreath was hung outside due to the effects of wind and rain. How did it hold up outside for you?
Funny you should ask, just yesterday I had the first tulip stem fall out. It was laying on the front porch and I was able to slip it right back in. If you wrap the ribbon somewhat tight they more stems you put in the tighter it gets. Our front porch is fully exposed to all elements … this has been the best money I have ever spent on a wreath ever!
Thank you for this great tutorial. I just finished making this wreath (tomorrow is the first official day of spring, after such a long winter!). My wreath came out gorgeous! What a fantastic idea about the ribbon. I’m thinking I can easily remove the tulips and easily re-create wreaths for each season. Thanks again, I can’t wait to hang my wreath in the morning (too windy tonight) I’m hoping I don’t have to hot glue most of the tulips down due to high winds!
About how many tulips are needed and size of wreath? Would like an idea so,don’t come home with too many or not enough. Many thanks.
It really depends on how full you want the wreath. I purchased 15 bundles and used them all!
is it 15 bunches of each color or just 15 bunches total?
I had 15 bunches total! If you need more you can always pop back over to the Dollar Store and get more!
Awesome wreath!! Is the wire edged ribbon the key to making it work? Thanks so much for such a detailed tutorial with beautiful photos!
Not really, I think that any ribbon would work, you just want to make sure and wrap it tightly.
Great wreath – love the tulips for spring. I can see hydrangeas and sunflowers for the summer…..mums and colored leaves for the fall…..pine branches and holly or poinsettias for winter. Possibilities are pretty much endless!!
I love how bright and Spring-y it is and I had no idea these were so easy to make!
This is gorgeous!!
This is a lovely wreath, I live in London and I always have a wreath at Christmas time but recently I put up a couple of hearts on my front door and my neighbour thought it strange and silly thing to do.I did it because I thought it looked great on my white door, I wondered how many people think that as well
It is so pretty. I want to make one. I love that you found the tulips at the dollar store.
love this…what size wreath?
I just started doing crafts in November 2014. I’m having a blast doing the crafts I see, still learning about many things, yep I love to do a lot of everything I see keep up the great work , Thanks
I’m in love with DIY wreaths! I love this one especially! I just started a blog and would love it if you would check it out! I posted a wreath tutorial on my blog as my first post! Check it out @ http://www.camilleiam.com!
This is exceptional. thanks for the tutorial !
I love this so much, I have to make one this winter for spring, thank you for sharing!
I never saw what size wreath you started out with…is it 12″ or 16″?
I have done both and prefer the 16″ for a front door.
I love this and decided I wanted to make one for my front door. Dollar Tree didn’t have any tulips, so I got all my supplies at Michaels. My tulips are smaller, but I love the finished product. Thanks so much for sharing this idea!
I LOVE this and wanted to try it, but the Dollar Tree I went to did not have many tulips, and all the pink ones they had we’re flattened. Will hit my other 2 stores and see if I can find unsquished tulips. (They did have some GORGEOUS and expensive looking roses, though!)