DIY Cresent Moon Wreath

I did see some grapevine crescent moon wreath bases at the craft store, but they weren’t very crescent shaped, and they were quite expensive.  You can make your own version that looks better and is cheaper.

We used our moon wreath as part of our Halloween Witchy Garden Shed -you can check out more details about it here.

Materials:

• round wreath form
• grape vines
• fine wire
• wire cutters
• garden clippers
• black spray paint
• black faux flowers
• yarn pom poms
• disco ball oraments
• mini velvet pumpkins
• back paper butterflies
• pink glitter stars
• black wire
• hot glue

To Make The Crescent Moon Wreath Base

I started with a regular round metal wreath form.  This one was very inexpensive from the dollar store.  The first step is to cut out a section of the round wreath form.  Use wire cutters to cut it.  It does take a little muscle and perseverance, but you can cut through them.

Once you have a section of the round wreath form removed, you can create your crescent moon wreath shape.  Use some wire to gather the ends of the wreath form together, and secure it tightly.  

I wanted to make a black grape vine wreath, so I used the green wreath form I found and some silver coloured wire because I knew I was spray painting it all black once it was formed.  If you wanted to keep the natural brown grape vine colour, you could begin by spray painting your wreath form brown, and using brown wire to attach the grape vine.

Adding the Grape Vine

Next you begin to add your grape vine.  I gathered my grape vine from a spot where it grows wild, and removed all of the leaves.  There were lots of the twirly tendrils attached, which I think are my favourite part, so be careful not to break them off.   It’s best to make your wreath within a few days of cutting the grape vine, because when you first pick the grape vine it’s still really flexible and easy to bend.  If you were using older grape vine, you could soak it in water first to make it more flexible.

To add the grape vine to the wreath form, cut grape vine pieces to the right length and wire them onto the wreath from.  As you go, you will want some pieces of grapevine that are shorter, to bulk up the middle section of the wreath.  Try and tuck the ends into the wreath as you build it.  Once it is how you like it wrap the wire around tightly and secure at the end.

Next, spray paint your wreath black.  Remember to do several light coats to avoid dripping, and spray from different angles, and from the back for full coverage.

How To Decorate Your Moon Wreath For Halloween

Once your wreath is dry you can embellish it.  We made a Halloween wreath.  I was inspired by Lifesfrostings, and used pink, peach and black yarn to make two sizes of pom poms.  I also added some mini velvet pumpkins, black faux florals, and some mini disco ball ornaments.  Lastly I embellished the wreath with some black paper butterflies, and pink glitter paper stars.  To make the paper stars and butterflies more dimensional, I hot glued them to some black wire and wired them to the wreath, so they could stand out more.

With an amazing DIY moon shaped wreath, life really is a party!

More Halloween DIY Ideas

Today I’m joining some of my talented blogging friends for the Fall Seasonal Simplicity Series: Halloween Projects hop. Be sure to check out all of the fun ideas by visiting these posts. All the links are just below the images.

 

Free Printable Spooky Halloween Art at The Happy Housie

DIY Haunted Houses at My Sweet Savannah

Halloween Free Printable Watercolour Bats at A Pop of Pretty

DIY Halloween Pillows Made with Cricut at JoAnna Anastasia

The Great Pumpkin Halloween Porch at Tatertots and Jello

DIY Crescent Moon Wreath at Life is a Party

Halloween Gnome Printables at Clean & Scentsible

DIY Borax Crystal Skull at Dans le Lakehouse

Farmhouse Decor: DIY Halloween Wreath at She Gave it a Go