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These Christmas wreaths RULE! Don’t go out and buy one – they’re ridiculously expensive! You can get the same or a better look just by following these tutorials.

I’m really interested in making an ornament wreath – I’m sure that thrift stores are loaded with old ornaments just waiting to be saved!

Anyways, just click on the photo to go to the tutorial. Happy crafting!

Looking for more Christmas tutorials? Simply check out my blog archive for Christmas!

Contents:

• Candy Wreath Tutorials
• Fabric Wreath Tutorials
• Ice Wreath Tutorials
• Ornament Wreath Tutorials
• Paper Wreath Tutorials
• Ribbon Wreath Tutorials
• Shaped Wreath Tutorials

Candy Wreath Tutorials:

Goody Goody Gumdrops Wreath: A Pretty Cool Life

Fabric Wreath Tutorials:

Burlap Christmas Wreath: Diary of a Craftoholic

Fabric Scrap Wreath Tutorial: Spoonfull of Sugar Girls

Ice Wreath Tutorials:

How to Make Ice Wreaths: Resurrection Fern

Ornament Wreath Tutorials:

• How to Make a Christmas Ball Ornament Wreath: Christmas Gifts
  

Christmas Ornament Wreath Out of a Wire Hanger: Eddie Ross

Ornament Wreath Tutorial: J-A-Girl

Cheap and Easy Christmas Wreath - (Sorry Pottery Barn!): Our Suburban Cottage

How to Make a Glass Ornament Wreath: eHow

Sesame Street Wreath: Collectibles.About

Paper Christmas Wreath Tutorials:

Paper Christmas Wreath Tutorial: The Red Thread

Reused Wrapping Paper Wreath: Instructables

Ribbon Wreath Tutorials:

Making a Ribbon Wreath: Home By Sunset

Christmas Ribbon Wreath: The DIY Show Off

Shaped Wreath Tutorials:

DIY Faux Boxwood Letter Wreaths: Living With Lindsay

If you know of ANY other examples or tutorials, please comment below so I can add them to this list. Thanks!

My original idea for these was to follow the Lowe’s tutorial that I gave in my earlier post here, but after starting the tutorial, I found that they left out a LOT of details that would have helped me so much if I knew what they were beforehand. So – here is the Halloween Lighted House Ghosts Tutorial – RedThread style!

Materials Needed to make 1 Ghost:

• Wire Tomato Cage (My dad had a TON of rusty ones that he needed to get rid of. Instead of throwing them away, this is such a great use for them!)
• 75-100 Clear or White Christmas lights (I found mine at Home Depot for around $2.50)
• A 6×9 foot drop cloth (to cover the cages with)
• Black Permanent Marker, felt, or leftover fabric (to make your ghost’s face!)
• Hot Glue Gun
• Scissors

Step 1: To make your ghosts not have “pointy” heads when you put the drop cloth on,  bend in the tomato stakes as shown below:

Step 2: For each ghost, wrap a wire tomato cage with your string of clear or white lights. Lowe’s suggests clear rope lights, but I think those are more expensive.

Step 3: Cut a 6‐ x 9‐foot drop cloth to approximately 41/2 x 7 feet to cover the tomato cage.

Step 4: When I draped my drop cloth over the tomato cage, it looked HORRIBLE! It didn’t drape well. It really looked like a piece of garbage, and not like a ghost at all. So! What to do? Bring out your glue gun. “Shape” your ghost the best you can – I shaped him with creases and hot glued the inside of the cloth so it would stay. I made him look perfect in the front, and glued together all excess drop cloth to the back (which won’t be seen, so don’t worry about it!)

Step 5: I used leftover black cotton fabric to cut out a face and hot glued them to my ghost. I liked doing it this way because I could see what it would look like before actually adhering the fabric. Don’t have scraps? Use a black permanent marker to draw eyes and a mouth.

Step 6: Plug the lights into a secure grounded outlet. I made three ghosts and connected them all together, so I only had to connect the three to one grounded outlet.

Step 7: Enjoy your lawn’s masterpiece! Who needs $50 light-up ghosts when you can do it for under $5?

Click here to view my entire picture set on flickr.

Questions? Comments? Other ideas? Make some of your own? Let me know!

Looking for more tutorials for Halloween decorating? Check out my ‘Halloween’ category on the right hand side of this post!