How to make a Cranberry Wreath.

Granny and Grampa are visiting us from South Africa and K follows them around like a lamb... it's too sweet. When I asked her if she wanted to do a craft, the answer was 'NO... I want to play with Granny!'

Hummmmm, a craft all for me! I knew immediately what I wanted to make... a wreath! A Cranberry Wreath!

Cranberries are so wonderfully RED and CHRISTMASSY! What better way to welcome in the Christmas Holidays than with a handmade Cranberry Wreath?

This is what I needed to make my wreath...

Cranberries

A wreath

My trusty glue-gun

An old pillow case

scissors

I cut the old pillowcase into thick strips.

I glued one end of a fabric strip to the wreath with my glue-gun.
I wound the fabric strip around the wreath.

When the strip came to an end before the whole wreath was wrapped, I glued the end down to the wreath and glued a new strip in place to start wrapping again.

I wrapped the new strip over the glued end of the previous strip to hide any unsightly glue.

When the wreath was fully wrapped in fabric strips, I glued the end of the last strip down on the underside of the wreath.

The wreath looks pretty all in white and can be the base for all sorts of wreath decorating ideas.

I chose cranberries and started sticking each berry onto the fabric covered wreath with my glue-gun.

It took me about 20 minutes to stick all of the cranberries in place... lovely, deliberate, therapeutic work!

I found a thick gold ribbon and tied a bow for hanging. The RED and GOLD look so wonderful together.

Our cranberry wreath hangs on our garden gate and looks gorgeously rich and festive!

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Happy Holidays and Blessings and Magic!