DIY Autumn Wreath

This pretty autumn wreath is created with real grapevines and faux berries made to look like bittersweet vines. The perfect fall wreath for your front door or fireplace mantel.

I really love the look of real bittersweet for fall decorating. However, it's hard to find. Occasionally you can find it at a floral shop but that's usually really expensive.

Also, many say it's invasive so you shouldn't encourage more growth by harvesting it. So when I saw some red and orange berry stems at the craft store I thought, maybe I could make a faux bittersweet wreath.

How to Make an Autumn Wreath with Faux Bittersweet

Use yellow crepe paper or tissue paper to cover some of the berries as shown above.

Then cut some leaves to glue on the stems in a few places.

The crepe paper easily twists around the stems. A drop of glue will keep it in place.

Here's a finished stem. It certainly doesn't look exactly like a bittersweet vine. However, I think it resembles its fall beauty and that's what I was going for. I made five stems like this and simply tucked them on a grapevine wreath. Then wrapped the bottom of the stem's wire onto the wreath.

Pretty, right? A sweet autumn wreath with faux bittersweet.

Lots of fall color with a pop of green. It's going to be the focal point of my fall mantel and looks nice next to these DIY gold mercury candle holders.

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DIY Autumn Wreath - Faux Bittersweet

Make a faux bittersweet vine wreath for fall with berry stems, crepe, and tissue paper.

Prep Time30 mins

Active Time30 mins

Additional Time20 mins

Total Time1 hr 20 mins

Course: Decorate

Yield: 1

Author: Patti Estep

Cost: $20

Equipment

• scissors

Materials

• Grapevine wreath
• 5 - Orange red or a mix of berry stems
• Yellow crepe paper
• Green tissue paper
• White glue

Instructions

• Make yellow petals with crepe paper cutting each one 2 inches.
• Fold the crepe paper in half to the left.
• Fold it again in half to the left.
• Next cut one end to a rounded point.
• Open the paper and wrap it around a berry twisting the bottom around the berry stem.
• Add a bit of white glue under the berry to keep it in place.
• Cut out leaves of green tissue paper.
• Add a drop of glue at the bottom and wrap the bottom part of the leaf around the berry stem.
• Continue making yellow petals on as many of the berries as you like.
• Continue to add a couple of leaves.
• Repeat on all five berry stems.
• Add the berry stems evenly around the grapevine wreath by wrapping the wire ends around the grapevines.
• Hang and enjoy.

Notes

You can use crepe paper for the leaves instead of tissue paper or use tissue paper for the flower petals instead of crepe paper.