Merry Christmas Elf with mesh ornaments and bows
Instructions
Prep Your Wreath
- Fluff out your evergreen wreath
Make Your Ruffles
- Cut 14-15" pieces of mesh
- Pinch the middles in to create a ruffle for each.
- Twist each ruffle into a branch on the base on the outside of the wreath.
- Repeat on the inside of the base.
- Make some curls from the mesh, and add to the inside base of the wreath.
Make Wreath into a Swag
- Squeeze the sides of the wreath towards the middle to make a swag.
- Open the sides up a little, so it’s not too tight
Attach Sign to Wreath
- Add pipe cleaners to the back of the sign.
- Attach the sign through the base of the wreath, and tighten to secure.
Make Your Bow
- Measure an 8” tail, and do 2 - 8” loops with your ribbon.
- Using another pattern ribbon, create a bow to go on top of the first, with 4 loops.
- Add a 2 loop bow on top with another different pattern ribbon.
- Using a thinner ribbon, make a bow with 4 loops (2 on each side) and add to your bow.
- Add 1 tail, and 1 loop with tail on top of the bow.
- Secure the whole bow with a pipe cleaner, and tighten to secure.
- Attach your bow to the bottom of your wreath
- Repeat process and make another bow to add to the top of your wreath.
- Make several more single bows to add to the sides.
Add Your Ornaments
- Cut the ornaments off your ornament garland.
- Add some hot glue to the stem of the ornament.
- Attach ornaments in the ruffles of the wreath.
Add Accents Around Wreath
- Hot glue extra accent stems around wreath where necessary.
- Add in candy accents