Boxwood Christmas Wreath – DIY Holiday Project

This boxwood Christmas wreath makes a nice change from the traditional fir wreath often seen this time of the year. it’s easy to make and you can use items from your own yard.

I enjoy decorating with Christmas plants during the holidays and am always on the lookout for something a bit out of the ordinary. Since we have boxwoods by our front steps, this wreath goes really well with them.

Keep reading to find out how to make one.

We got our Christmas tree the other day, and I always buy my wreath from the same vendor at the Farmer’s market each year.  Normally, they will give me a discount on the tree if I also buy the wreath. 

I usually get a fir wreath. They are relatively inexpensive and most of the vendors have them.   This year, I decided to make my own Boxwood Christmas Wreath.

We have some large boxwood bushes outside our front door that my husband loves, but they were very overgrown, so we trimmed them and I used the trimmed branches to use in this Boxwood Christmas Wreath.

It’s time to make your own Boxwood Christmas Wreath.

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To make the Boxwood Christmas Wreath –you will need the following supplies:

• 12″ Metal wreath form
• 1 large 1″ gold jingle bell hanging
• 12″ of red poly cord
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  Yield: 1 door wreath

  Boxwood Christmas Wreath - DIY Holiday Project

  

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  Make a boxwood Christmas wreath this year with materials from your own yard. It makes a nice change from a traditional fir wreath.

  Active Time 30 minutes

  Total Time 30 minutes

  Difficulty moderate

  Estimated Cost $20

  Materials

  • 12 inch metal wreath form
  • 1 large gold jingle bell
  • 12″ of red poly cord
  • 1 roll Christmas Wire edged ribbon 2 1/2" wide
  • 4 floral picks
  • 2 silk poinsettia flowers
  • lots of boxwood branches

  Tools

  • pliers

  Instructions

  1. Lay your wreath form on a table.
  2. Cut lots of lengths of boxwood branches and insert them into the opening on the loops on the back of the wreath form.
  3. You can close the opening with pliers.
  4. Keep adding the branches, overlapping them as you go around the form.
  5. When the wreath form is covered with the branches and nice and full, add the bow.
  6. Add some red poly cord the the bell and loop it around the top of the wreath.
  7. Use the wire edged ribbon to make a floral bow. (see a tutorial here.)
  8. Insert the floral picks on the middle and lower sections of the wreath and use the pieces of metal wreath form to keep them in place ( or tie them with floral wire.)
  9. Attach the poinsettia flowers with some floral wire at about points 10 o'clock and 2 o'clock.
  10. Plump up the bowl for some volume and cut the ends of the ribbon to match.
  11. Display with pride.

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