How to Make a Fall Swag
Here's an easy DIY fall swag wreath project that you can make with fresh flowers from the garden and dried material to create a beautiful fall showpiece for your home. One that you can enjoy from the end of summer through Thanksgiving.
Yield: 1
Cost: $10-$15
Equipment
- Scissors or pruners
Materials
- Fresh and dried flowers and other botanicals in fall colors
- Small tobacco basket for the swag frame
- Floral wire
- Raffia or ribbon
Instructions
- Layout your plant material starting with a long sturdy group.
- Then start laying groups on top of the first group an inch or two below each layer.
- Continue staggering the plant material in groups making sure that there is enough stem that you can gather them all at the top.
- Gather all the stems at the top and secure them together by wrapping floral wire around all the stems several times.
- Then use more wire to attach the swag to the tobacco basket.
- Trim the ends so that they are all even.
- Add some raffia or other ribbon as a bow to cover the floral wire.
- Hang on your front door or anywhere in the house.
Notes
You can use artificial flowers and other botanicals too. Or any mix of fresh, dried, and artificial.
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