For me, crafting is one of the best parts of the run-up to Christmas. Most of the Christmas ornaments on my tree are handmade; I like to add new ones every year. I’ve already made map Christmas ornaments this year. These DIY mini Christmas wreaths are my latest additions.

I walk through the park at the bottom of my street every morning on the way to the gym. I walk past a lovely oak tree, and in the Autumn, I like to pick up acorn caps to craft with.

There are never any acorns as the squirrels get to them first. There are a lot of squirrels in the park!

In the past, I have used acorn caps to make a large colourful wreath from my front door. This time I thought I would make mini Christmas wreaths with acorn caps to hang with my decorations indoors.

As I only had the acorn caps, I used felt to replace the missing acorns and to add a bit of colour to the mini Christmas wreaths.

This quick and simple craft will add a nice splash of colour to your festive tree decorations. It’s one of many Christmas nature crafts on this list.

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What You Need

• Acorn caps – Walk in your local park and find an oak tree. Looking at the ground around the tree, you should find many acorn caps. I used about nine acorn caps for each DIY mini wreath. You can also buy them on eBay!

• Coloured felt balls – the size depends on the size of the acorn caps from your local acorn tree. My acorn caps were quite small, so I used felt balls 15mm in size.
• Gorilla Super Glue with a brush applicator
• Jam jar lid approximately 8cm in diameter. This will be the size of the mini Christmas wreaths.
• Coloured velvet ribbon to match felt acorn wreaths.

How to Make The Mini Christmas Wreaths

This is a simple craft. It only takes about 10 minutes to make each mini felt acorn Christmas wreath.

Step 1: First, make the felt acorns. Using the brush applicator that comes with the super glue. Brush the inside of the acorn cap with the super glue. Then gently press a coloured felt ball into the cap. Hold for a few seconds until the superglue sets.

Step 2: Make felt acorns until you have enough for the mini wreaths (approximately 9). I like to make felt acorns in shades of the same colour for each mini Christmas wreath ornament.

Step 3: Using the jamjar lid as a mould glue the acorn’s top to tail into a ring. I used the same Gorilla superglue with the brush applicator for this stage.

Step 4: Once the glue is dried, add the velvet ribbon. I used a little glue to attach the ribbon to the back of the mini Christmas wreaths. I also made a tiny velvet ribbon bow for each wreath, which I glued to the front.

Making these mini Christmas wreaths was so much fun I made three of them. I can’t wait to hang them on my tree or the mantle; I haven’t decided where yet.

Even though I spend most of November Christmas crafting, I don’t put my Christmas decorations out until December. They normally go up the first weekend in December.

I put on some Christmas music, get out the sloe gin and spend the day leisurely arranging my Christmas decorations. I love getting all the old handmade Christmas ornaments out of the box from Christmas’s past.

Yield: Felt Acorn Mini Christmas Wreaths

How To Make Mini Christmas Wreaths

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Make these gorgeous mini Christmas wreaths in 10 minutes. All you need are some acorn caps and felt balls.

Active Time 10 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Difficulty Easy

Estimated Cost $1

Materials

• Acorn Caps
• Coloured Felt Balls
• Gorilla Super Glue with Brush Applicator
• Jam Jar Lid
• Velvet ribbon

Instructions

1. Brush the inside of the acorn cap with superglue
2. Stick a coloured felt ball into the cap and hold in place until it dries
3. Glue the acorns together in a ring using the lid as a mold
4. Add velvet ribbon bow and hang from the ribbon

There is a tutorial for velvet acorns in this list of velvet crafts you could use instead for these DIY mini wreaths.

Not only do I make felted acorns, but I have also painted acorn nuts to make a lovely acorn Christmas garland.

If you liked these handmade mini Christmas wreath ornaments, you should check out these other handmade ornaments.

• Frida Kahlo Ornament
• Glamorous Oyster Shell Ornament
• Best Acorn Wreath and Garlands
• Felt Monogram Tags

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