Christmas Bulb Wreaths

Our first craft project together

   

The wreath project that started it all! 


Ashley had recently told me about this website named Pinterest.  I was interested so I took a look around.  A few days later Ashley and I had pinned the same wreath project.  So, we decided to make it.  


As usual we got together with my husband and her boyfriend.  We frequently do things together because the boys went to high school together and actually lived together in college.  So, we dragged the boys to Wal-Mart the week before Christmas.  Let's just say they were all but thrilled.  


We had bulbs on our minds!  We bought many boxes of bulbs and shared them during the project.  In the end here what we ended up doing!


We needed the following supplies (for two wreaths):


1.  4 boxes of large bulbs totaling
2.  6 boxes of medium bulbs totaling 
3.  2 boxes of small bulbs
4.  Foam wreath
5.  Hot glue gun

I apologize for not having the count of bulbs for you!  You will need over 100 bulbs for the entire project depending on the size of the wreath.  

Just look at all we bought!!





Here are some tricks we found:


1.  Start with the large bulbs first, spreading them out evenly.  Then, add bulbs largest to smallest. 
2.  Hot glue works best with a foam wreath
3.  It is always better to have more bulbs than you need!  See our holiday blog on Ornanment Balls for more ideas.
4.  Before you glue anything on the wreath, tie your ribbon on that you will eventually use to hang the wreath.