Create A Beautiful Hanging Wedding Wreath With These Easy Steps

Hanging wedding wreaths are a unique and eye-catching way to decorate your wedding venue. They can be used as a backdrop for ceremonies or photo booths, or as reception decor. In this guide, we'll show you how to make a hanging wedding wreath on a budget, using a hula hoop, silk flowers, and some floral tape or zip ties.

For this project, you will need:

- 2 hula hoops

- Your favourite silk flowers

- Spray paint (optional)

- Floral tape or zip ties

- Ribbon

Prepare the floral foam

To prepare the floral foam for your hanging wedding wreath, you'll need to start by cutting the foam into five equal pieces. These pieces will act as the base for your flower wreath arrangement. Take each piece and press it onto a 12-inch bamboo hoop, spacing them evenly to create a balanced feel.

Secure each piece of floral foam with two cable ties. Be sure to wrap the ties tightly enough to hold the foam in place, but not so tightly that they slice into the foam. Trim off any excess cable tie to maintain a neat appearance. And there you have it—your wreath base is now complete!

Now that your base is ready, you can move on to creating the hanging arrangement and adding flowers to bring your vision to life.

Secure the foam

Now that you have cut the floral foam into five equal pieces and placed them onto the ring, it's time to secure them in place.

Take two cable ties and wrap them around each piece of foam. Pull the ties tight enough to hold the foam in place, but not so tight that they slice into the foam. Trim off any excess cable tie to keep your wreath neat. Repeat this process for each piece of foam, and you'll have a secure base for your wreath.

Now that your base is ready, it's time to move on to the next step: creating the hanging arrangement.

Create the hanging arrangement

Now it's time to assemble your hanging wedding wreath. Take five pieces of cotton twine and cut them to the same length. This will ensure that your wreath is level when hanging. Tie one end of each piece of twine to the wreath frame, in between each piece of floral foam. Gather all the loose ends of the twine together and tie a knot, leaving some length at the end. This will allow you to adjust the height of your wreath later.

Pick up your wreath and check that it's level. Hang the base of the wreath in your chosen location and adjust the height as needed.

Now, it's time to add the flowers. Start with the largest flowers, placing them in the centre of each piece of floral foam. You can vary the depths of the flowers to create a visually appealing centrepoint. Next, add medium-sized flowers evenly around the wreath, using the larger blooms as a guide. Continue adding lighter flowers to enhance the colour palette and small decorative flowers to create a delicate effect.

Once you've added all the main flowers, it's time to add some extra details. Insert small round leaves or other embellishments into any gaps to cover the floral foam. Add sprigs of greenery and decorative flowers to the top of the arrangement to increase its vertical impact.

Using the shape of a wind chime as your guide, add the longest clematis leaves into the floral foam to create the centrepoint of the bottom half of the wreath. Continue adding trailing greenery, varying the lengths, depths and direction of growth to mimic nature. Keep adding leaves to create a full and lush wreath.

Finally, add any last pieces of greenery to fill in any remaining gaps, ensuring they grow up and out to give your wreath a lively feel.

Add flowers

Now that you've prepared the base of your wreath, it's time to start decorating!

Begin with the largest flowers, adding them at the centre of each piece of floral foam. You can place these at different depths to build the visual centre of the flower arrangement. Then, start adding medium-sized flowers evenly around your wreath, using the larger flowers as a centre point.

Continue adding lighter flowers to add dimension to the colour palette, and small decorative flowers to make the wreath look more delicate. If you're using roses, place them all facing the same direction.

If you're using fresh flowers, trim the stems as needed and remove any extra plastic coating. Open up and spread out the stems and flowers so they look full and not flat. Place your flowers on the wreath to determine exactly where you want them before you start gluing. Put the flower stems down in the grapevine wreath to hide them.

Once you're happy with the placement, hot glue the flowers in place by adding hot glue to the stem and putting the stem into the grapevine wreath (not poking through to the back).

Add Greenery and Embellishments

Continue adding greenery and any extra embellishments to your wreath. Insert small round leaves or other decorations into any gaps, covering any exposed floral foam.

Continue to intersperse sprigs of greenery and decorative flowers to the top of the arrangement to increase the vertical impact of your wreath.

Build the Bottom Half

Using the shape of a wind chime as your reference, start to add the longest clematis leaves into the floral foam as the centre point of the bottom half. Start adding more trailing greenery, making sure to vary the lengths, depths and direction of growth to create a dynamic arrangement that mimics nature. Keep adding leaves to make your hanging wreath appear full and lush.

Add extra embellishments

Now that you've added all your main flowers, it's time to elevate your wreath with some extra flourishes. Here are some ideas to make your DIY hanging wedding wreath even more special:

• Insert small round leaves or other embellishments into any gaps in the wreath, covering up any exposed floral foam.
• Continue to add sprigs of greenery and decorative flowers to the top half of the wreath to increase its vertical impact.
• Using the shape of a wind chime as your reference, start to add the longest clematis leaves into the floral foam as the centre point of the bottom half of the wreath.
• Start adding more trailing greenery, varying the lengths, depths and direction of growth to create a dynamic arrangement that mimics nature. Keep adding leaves to make your wreath appear full and luscious.
• Add any final pieces of greenery into remaining gaps throughout your wreath, ensuring that they grow up and out. This will make your DIY decor feel alive.

Your hanging floral wreath is now complete! This unique take on wedding decor can be hung anywhere to add a touch of sophistication, visual interest and colour to your big day.

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