DIY Fall Corn Wreaths

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Do you hate shucking corn as much as I do?

It was fun as a kid, but now, not so much.  Those little hairs.  They drive me crazy.

Daphne and Valerie do it for me now, such good girls helping me.

So, although this isn’t a post about shucking corn, it is a post about two

“DIY Fall Corn Wreaths”

I made this year.

Here’s the one I made for the front door:

Isn’t she cute?

The mail lady will love it I think.

Here she is on my French black doors.

Oolala.  Tres chic.

Now this beauty isn’t just any ordinary Fall wreath.

She’s very unique because I used things I had around the house to make her.

The only thing I bought was the sunflower, and I even had a coupon for Michael’s for that.

She was cheap man!!

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Okay, before I tell you how I made it, here’s the second one I made after I showed my Mom that one.

She kindly asked…”Can you make one for me, Julie?”

“Of course I can, Mom!”

Then I scrambled and searched the house for things I could use.

This is what I came up with:

It’s not your typical “Fall” wreath and that’s why I like it.

She loved it, and it’s hanging on my parent’s little yellow house now 🙂

So here’s how I did this.

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My hubby is a hunter.  He buys deer feed.

When I saw the big clear plastic bag of it in our garage, my mind wandered off into wreath fantasy land.

I imagined a big yellow corn wreath.

Then reality struck and I didn’t want to work that hard getting these hard guys to form a circle.

I think they are beautiful, don’t you?

So, I went down into the room in my basement where I keep all of my holiday decor.

I was inspired instantly.

Can you find the leaf garland on the wall?

I’ve had it forever.

So once I got it into a circle, I needed to decorate it.

This is where dried corn husks come in to play.

We had eaten the corn, but I knew the husks may come in handy this Fall for decor.

So I dried them out (be careful of ants if you do this).

Holy corn cobs, I guess we like corn.

I added a few of the corn husks to the deer feed corn, and tied twine around it,

then secured it on the wreath with wire.

I hid the wire with the twine.

Then I collected anything else that would go well with the Fall, natural theme.

This is where I decided to trash any fake stuff.

I went back out into the yard and found the pine tree branches,

and pine cones (I used wire to secure on wreath).

The apple(s) are from a neighbors tree (I used 3m Command Strips to secure).

The burlap ribbon I had (tie it into a bow just like when you tie your sneakers).

The grassy wheat you see was found in a popular store parking lot landscape area.

My Mom and I “borrowed” it.  Sh!!!

Almost done.

This 2nd wreath was really easy.

The eucalyptus part is actually an old wreath my sister bought me when I moved out 22 years ago.

I use it on my side door now, but it really needed a make over.

First, I added the pine tree branches again (with wire).

Then I made roses from the left over corn husks.

You just roll it up and secure the rose with masking tape.

I thought of that on my own, but now I see it’s actually quite popular.

(darn! thought it was only my idea)

I secured those in the wreath with hot glue.

This is elegant, and beautiful.

Just like my Mom.

Who says Fall wreaths have to be orange, yellow, and brown anyway?

I hope I inspired you to walk around outside your home, or in a park, or even a parking lot (ha),

and find natural elements to use rather than going to Michael’s to buy everything fake.

Our Earth provides it for free.  No coupon required.

Happy Fall!

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Pss: I hope you can stop over and see me at  “What Meegan Makes” today.

I’m on a field trip with Meegan, and she is super sweet, talented, and pretty 🙂