Easy Orange Sunflower Fall Wreath DIY

Have you started your fall decorating yet? Every year I like to make a new wreath for our front door and oftentimes just recycle the same grapevine wreath form. This year I decided to make a colorful and traditional orange sunflower fall wreath that is so easy to make.

Have you been following the 5th Annual Fall Ideas Tour this week? Twenty-nine bloggers have come together to bring you loads of Fall decorating inspiration! I'm so excited to be a part of the tour again, after having missed the last two years. Today as you may have guessed, the topic is wreaths.

Handmade Orange Sunflower Fall Wreath

Thank you Angie Postcards From The Ridge for organizing this amazing tour every year. If you've come over from Bliss Ranch and this is your first visit, welcome! Allow me to introduce myself HERE.

The Fall Ideas Tour kicked off on Monday with Fall Mantel ideas and ends on Friday with Fall Porch ideas. You can find links to each day of the tour at the bottom of this post along with links for today's six inspiring Fall Wreath ideas.

When browsing Michaels for traditional fall picks my heart went pitter-patter when I saw bundles of beautiful bright orange sunflower stems. The plan was to use just three but once I got started I couldn't resist using all eight of the sunflowers in the bouquet. This autumn wreath is easy to make using just four faux elements.

The lovely muted orange and cream plaid ribbon and the cream-colored berries tone down the bright orange florals.

Going in, the plan was to arrange the elements on the bottom of the wreath but after deciding to use all the pretty sunflowers, I changed the plan to an asymmetrical style. As I mentioned earlier, I recycled an old wreath form that I had on hand. The earthy brown echoes the color in the center of the sunflowers and the natural branches are perfect for Fall.

Here in the Canadian prairies, it is not uncommon to have snow in October. So instead of having my Fall wreath hanging on the outside of the front door, I'll be hanging it on a large mirror in our front entry.

I'll decorate the cabinet below the mirror with more traditional colors as well as some copper elements to tie in with the wreath.

I'm still hanging onto the last few days of summer before decorating our home for fall. I know I'll be motivated by all the inspiration during the tour this week.

These are the supplies I used to make the Fall wreath.

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Materials List

16-inch Grapevine Wreath
Orange Sunflower Stems (8 sunflowers)
2 Large Cream Berry Picks
1 Yellow Amaranthus Pick
3 Large Acorn Picks
Natural Raffia Ribbon
2 1/2 Inch Wired Orange & Cream Plaid Fall Ribbon
Florist Wire
Wire Cutters
Bow Maker Tool (optional)

Here's How I Made The Autumn Wreath

Recycled Grapevine Wreath Form

Wreath forms can be pricey so I'm always on the lookout at garage sales and thrift stores for used ones. Even if they have ugly embellishments on them, they can easily be removed and the branches cleaned for future craft projects.

To clean a plain grapevine wreath (without florals), spray it with a water bottle and hang it to drip dry. You could also take it outside or in the garage and remove the dust with a blow dryer or can of compressed air (used to clean electronics).

The grapevine wreath I'm using was a magnolia wreath that hung on our front door every fall for more years than I can remember. I cleaned the faded magnolia picks much the same way as the wreath for future fall crafts. Nothing goes to waste around here.

Step 1 - Start With The Largest Element

I started embellishing my grapevine wreath with the largest element, the loopy bow wired to the bottom center of the wreath. I used the entire spool of 2 1/2-inch wired plaid ribbon and it made thirteen loops. I'm all thumbs when it comes to making bows so I cheat and use this handy bow maker.

Step 2 - The Largest Florals

The most dominant element on the wreath is the pretty orange sunflowers. When making wreaths, place the elements in groups of three or odd numbers.

I love an asymmetrical style wreath. My sunflowers came in two sizes so I added four large and one small sunflower to the left side of the wreath. I staggered them so they didn't line up like ducks in a row. On the right side of the bow, I grouped three small sunflowers.

I could have stopped here and called the wreath complete, wouldn't you agree?

Step 3 - Adding More Color And Texture

I wanted a fuller wreath plus I didn't want to waste the other pretty fall picks that I purchased so I kept going by adding more color and textural elements to the sunflower wreath.

Large White Berry Picks

Next, I added the large cream-colored berry picks. They came with two clusters of berries on each pick and I separated them into four clusters. I spaced three clusters evenly on the left side of the wreath. I like how they pick up the cream color in the bow.

Each berry pick had two sets of leaves and so I added three between the berry picks on the left side of the wreath, tucking them behind the sunflowers.

Large Faux Acorn Picks

I took the acorn picks apart and tied natural raffia ribbon on the wire before attaching them onto the left side of the wreath.

Yellow Amaranthus Pick

To introduce a third color,  I split the yellow Amaranthus pick apart and slipped two pieces at varying heights behind the top sunflower on the left side.

To create balance on the right side of the wreath, I slipped just one sprig of the Amaranthus behind the cluster of sunflowers. They're definitely long and wispy and I may bend them more so they rest closer to the wreath form. What do you think?

When the wreath was finished and I stood back, the ribbon tails on the bow made the wreath look unbalanced. After I tucked them behind, the wreath looked so much better.

So what do you think?

As I mentioned at the top of the post, I missed the last two years of the Fall Ideas Tour. I made this easy peasy DIY scrabble tile fall wreath for the first Fall Ideas Tour in 2015. In 2016, I made this unique faux Burberry scarf wreath.

If you have any questions about this DIY Sunflower Fall Wreath, please leave them in the comment section below or the Contact Me tab at the top. I love hearing from you!

If you enjoyed this fall wreath idea, I'd be so thankful if you shared it with a friend and pinned it to your Fall Wreath Ideas or Fall Decorating Ideas board on Pinterest.

As promised, here are the links to all six Fall Wreath ideas shared on today's leg of the tour.

Wednesday - Wreaths

Petticoat Junktion / Lora Bloomquist / Exquisitely Unremarkable
Bliss Ranch / The Interior Frugalista / Chatfield Court

In case you missed it, here are links to Monday and Tuesday's leg of the tour.

Monday - Mantels

Postcards from the Ridge / Anita Diaz / Hearth and Vine

Virginia Sweet Pea / 2 Bees in a Pod / Atta Girl Says

Tuesday - Tablescapes

Sand Dollar Lane / Aratari at Home / Nourish and Nestle / Salvaged Living / Our Southern Home

Come back tomorrow and Friday for the last leg of the tour...

Thursday - Crafts & DIY

Domestically Speaking / DIY Beautify
Homeroad / Christina Faye Repurposed
not pictured Weekend Craft

Friday - Porches

The Chelsea Project / Vinyet etc / Worthing Court
Cottage at the Crossroads / House of Hawthornes / Hymns and Verses

I share my projects at these inspiring link parties.