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Wreath Ideas for Christmas

For a Beautiful Front Porch

Mary and I enjoy looking at beautiful wreath ideas for Christmas. Nothing says Christmas quite like wonderfully decorated wreaths on your front porch. No matter where you live, Christmas wreaths always add to this festive holiday.

We visited Gatlinburg, TN and one of the shops had this simply gorgeous wreath on their front door. My goodness, what a welcoming, fabulous wreath. I had to take a picture. Doesn't the red in the wreath just make the red brick "pop"?

Wreaths are versatile, they can be decorated to create a theme to complement your decor or be simply elegant with just a red bow. Attach lights or electric candles and embellishments for added attraction.

We know you'll love getting some imaginative wreath ideas for Christmas from our wreath gallery.

Enjoy Charlotte's hand crafted Christmas wreath ideas courtesy of Bijou Koshy:

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Some of the best wreath ideas for Christmas include using natural materials. What better place to get natural wreath ideas than from the Williamsburg holiday wreath collection complements of Tobyotter.

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Use the photos below to glean even more Christmas wreath ideas. I like to combine ideas from different wreaths to create a unique look.

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Our thanks to the following for their photos (in order): anne.oeldorfhirsch; imcountingufoz; megapixel13; abby batchelder; marni; H3H

Color Coordinated Wreath Idea

Here's a neat way to color coordinate an easy to make wreath. You'll need pine cones, a grape vine wreath base (other materials work just as well), a hot glue gun, glue, small brush, spray paint, glitter, ribbon (optional).

Begin by hot gluing the pine cones to the wreath base. Once dried, select a paint color of your choosing. This is a great way to coordinate the color of the wreath with that of your other porch decor or colors. Spray paint the entire wreath and let dry.

Once dry, lightly brush glue over the pine cones and then sprinkle the glitter over the wreath.

Tie a large ribbon on your wreath or add other embellishments as you wish.

If you like making Christmas wreaths you'll want to visit our Instructions for Making Christmas Wreaths section! Here are all our Christmas decorating topics.

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For the Birds

If you like to feed the birds as we do, here's a variation on the wreath making idea above.

Make the pine cone wreath but instead of painting it, cover it with bird seed suet mixture.

I use the packaged suet available at most department or home improvement stores. Take one package and melt it over the stove in a small sauce pan. Please take care not to burn it - or yourself.

Let it cool just bit and before it solidifies, pour it over the pine cone wreath. Hang it from your porch eaves or a nearby tree. The birds will love it. Ours sure do.

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