California weather can be fickle.  Even though it’s technically still winter until March 20th, we had a glorious week or two in early February where the daytime high was hitting the high 60’s and low 70’s.  It was AMAZING.  I was out doing yard work in a tank top, in FEBRUARY, for crying out loud.

And then, the typical cold/wet/dreary weather returned.  At first, I was annoyed.  But I had to remind myself, it’s still winter.  It’s not supposed to be 70 degrees just yet.

So even though the weather wasn’t quite there, I decided that it was time to hang up the spring wreath.

I have been wanting to make a new wreath for awhile, so I took advantage of a little down time (my kiddos had a week off from school) and made a quick and easy spring wreath.

Wreath forms can be pricey, especially when you are buying the larger sizes.  I have a fairly tall front door, so I like to use a big wreath.  (A small wreath just seems to look EXTRA small.)  I figured out a great way to get a big wreath at a small price.

All you need is a wire wreath form, some duct tape, and a pool noodle (or two).

To make your wreath form, use the duct tape to attach the pool noodle to the wire form.  The noodle can be a little unruly, so you may have to manhandle it a bit.  I like to tape every 6-8″ to make sure it’s really secure.  If your noodle isn’t quite long enough to completely fill the wire wreath form, simply add a second noodle, and cut off what you don’t need.

It’s not absolutely necessary, but it can help if you’re able to coordinate the noodle color with the supplies you’ll be using the cover the wreath form.  This wreath was going to be bright green (to resemble grass), so I used a couple of bright green noodles.

To cover this easy spring wreath, I used one of my favorite, go-to wreath supplies: feather boas.

Feather boas come in lots of different colors.  Because they are so full, you don’t have to wrap the wreath form a thousand times to get good coverage.  (My Valentine’s Day wreath is covered in yarn.  I’m pretty sure I wrapped that thing a billion times before it was finished. I’m also pretty sure I gave myself some sort of )

You can find feather boas year round at your local craft supplies store.

If they aren’t on sale, the boas can be a bit pricey, so it’s a good idea to keep your eye out for a sale or some good coupons.  I got really lucky for this project and took advantage of a going-out-of-business sale – I picked up 10 feather boas for about a dollar each.

To cover the wreath form, start with the first feather boa and begin wrapping the form.  I didn’t tape or attach the ends of the boas until the end – I simply wrapped the end of the boa over itself to hold the end in place.

Once the wreath was fully covered, I used a piece of green twist tie to attach the end of the last boa to the wire wreath form.

I found this cute, script “hello” at my local Joann’s.  The original, pale pink color didn’t work for me (I wanted a bright turquoise), but that was easily fixed with a couple of coats of acrylic paint.

Have I mentioned that I love turquoise???  It’s such a happy color.  🙂

To attach the “hello” to the wreath, I used a couple of pieces of thin floral wire.

The daisies came in one of those large bunches of fake flowers.  I started by pulling off all of the flower heads.

I needed more “poking power” than the stems that they came on; something I could use to stab the flowers into the pool noodle to firmly attach them to the wreath form.  I hot-glued toothpicks (that were broken in half) into each head.  This made it really easy to just poke the flowers in; if I didn’t like the original placement, it was really easy to pull out the flower and move it to a different spot.

My front door is now ready for spring (and so am I), even if the weather isn’t!

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