This month’s challenge was to use one of their wreath forms to create a spring or summer wreath. Nothing says summer to me like the beach and a tropical vacation (even if I never make it there!), so I decided to make use of the different palm leaves I have all around me here in central Texas and make a tropical wreath not one, but two ways. One heavy on the flowers, and one heavy on the palm fronds. I love them both, so I will need you to tell me which one you love best!
I will walk you through the steps to making each wreath, so follow along below for all the details.
- FloraCraft® Make It: Fun® Foam Wreath – 14″
- Faux or Real Palm Leaves (I used real ones, but you can find faux ones online or at the craft store)
- Faux flowers in an assortment of colors
- FloraCraft® Make It: Fun® Mini Succulents
- Floral Pins
- 2.5″ wide gold faux leather trim from the craft store
For both wreaths you will want to begin by using your floral pins to pin the gold trim around the outside and inside edge of the wreath form. If the trim is smaller than the depth of the wreath form, you can take a large serrated knife and shave off a bit of the wreath so that the gold trim completely covers the sides.
You will now gently bend and shape the palm leaves around the wreath and use your floral pins to keep them in place. For the first wreath that is heavy on the flowers, use less palm fronds, for the the second wreath you will want to layer several palm fronds to completely cover the white foam base.
Once you have your palm leaves in place, pull your faux flowers from their stems and use your floral pins to pin them to the wreath form. For the first wreath you want to cover the entire front surface of your wreath with flowers, mini succulents, and even a few mini kumquats on toothpicks (if you want). For the second wreath just use a cluster of a few flowers in one spot.
It’s funny how simply switching up the concentration of the palm leaves/faux flowers can produce such different results! Like I said I am pretty smitten with both wreaths. Which one is your favorite?
Big thanks to Flora Craft® Make It: Fun® for partnering with me for this fun post!
May 31st, 2016 at 8:01 pm
These are gorgeous! I need one right now!
May 31st, 2016 at 8:16 pm
Thanks Alexis!
June 2nd, 2016 at 4:36 pm
I am so bad at wreaths, but you sure make these look easy!
June 28th, 2018 at 1:05 pm
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November 11th, 2019 at 8:17 am
Wish you had a video of wrapping the palm frauns around the wreath itself. This is difficult as the palm doesn’t “bend” around the wreath; rather it “breaks”.
Any suggestions?
November 14th, 2019 at 8:09 am
I used fresh palm fronds, so they were bendable. You can also use faux ones that are more fexible.
April 3rd, 2020 at 11:00 pm
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May 20th, 2021 at 6:29 am
[…] Another fun and the inspiring idea is to give your DIY summer wreath a colorful and tropical look by using things like palm leaves and an assortment of flowers in fun colors like red, orange, peach and so on. You can find a lovely example in that sense on akailochiclife. […]
May 20th, 2021 at 4:58 pm
[…] Another fun and the inspiring idea is to give your DIY summer wreath a colorful and tropical look by using things like palm leaves and an assortment of flowers in fun colors like red, orange, peach and so on. You can find a lovely example in that sense on akailochiclife. […]