DIY Summer Wreaths from Dollar Store Items to bring in a little whimsy to your front door. If you're looking forward to making a cute Summer Wreath which is inexpensive and budget-friendly then you can make any of these summer wreaths. All of these summer wreaths come with a tutorial. And, all of these wreaths are under $10.
So, maybe when you're bored of a sun hat wreath, you can DIY a Flip Flop Wreath. When bored of that, you can make a Bicycle Wheel Wreath or a Bumble Bee Wreath.
How do you make a summer wreath for a front door?
Before you make a Summer Wreath for your front door, you've got to decide what kind of wreath you'll be making.
- Sun Hat Wreath
- Bumble Bee Wreath
- Bicycle Wheel Wreath
- Smashed Can Trellis Wreath
- Clothespin Wreath
- Sunflower Wreath
- Ice Cream Wreath
- Flip Flop Wreath
Once you've decided on the kind of wreath you're gonna be making, you can work on the things you'll be needing:-
#1. How to Make Clothespin Wreath
To make a Clothespin summer wreath for your front door you can get some of these dollar store accessories:
Supplies:
- clothespin
- 14" Wire Wreath form
- RIT Dye
- Sea Beach Accessories
Instructions:
- Start with dying the clothespin using RIT Dye. There are various ways of dyeing the clothespin. You can dye them in any color you want. You'll find many ideas of dyeing the clothespin below.
- Allow them to sun-dry at least 1 hour each side.
- If you want to do some detailing such as add polka dots then you can do it with a q-tip.
- Fix them to a wire wreath form.
- Stick the Sea Beach Accessories or any other summer accessories such as flip flops or anything using a hot glue gun.
#2. How to Make a Sun Hat Wreath
One of the most popular summer wreath, Sun Hat Wreath or Straw Hat wreath can be done with:
Supplies:
- Straw Hat or Sun Hat
- Flowers and leaves from dollar store
- Hot glue gun
- Burlap and ribbon bow
Instructions:
- Start with eliminating the stems of the flowers they should come of quite easily.
- Use hot glue gun to stick them to the Sun Hat.
- You can use a black sharpie to write your summer message.
- And, then you can glue gun the bow to the top or side of the Hat Wreath.
#3. How to Make a Bicycle Wheel Wreath
If you've always wanted to repurpose your old items and make something useful, colorful, and creative out of them, then this is your clue.
Supplies:
- Old Metal Bicycle Wheel
- Metal floral wire to secure the flowers
- Flowers and other supplies that you want to add to your wreath
- ribbon or a piece of fabric to hang the wreath.
Instructions:
- It totally depends on you. Whether you want to glue the flowers in a pattern or just place them in a simple way.
- Use a glue gun to stick the flowers.
- Now stick the bow on the top of the wreath form.
- Or if you don't want to use a ribbon or any fabric to hang it you can use wire to hang your wreath.
#4. How to Make Sunflower Wreaths?
Sunflower wreaths can be made using dollar store items. You can get all the supplies from dollar store and this comes together very easily.
Supplies:
- Six Bunny Wreath forms from Dollar Store
- Zip Ties
- Rope
- Fabric
- Posterboard
- Chunky Yellow Yarn
- Bee Decoration
- Hot glue gun
- Parchment paper
Instructions:
- Place bunny wreaths on a sheet of poster board. Trace out both the ears from the inside of the wreath forms. These will be the petals for your sunflower. Now cut out 12 petals.
- Trace out a circle from the center of the wreath form. You'll be using this as the center of your wreath.
- Keep one bunny wreath form in front of you and place another one just beside it in a clockwise direction. Keep stacking until you make a sunflower shape.
- Use zip ties to attach all the wreath forms together.
- Hot glue the yarn to the petals. Keep a parchment paper below the wreath form before hot gluing.
- Push the yarn through the circle and pull it behind the wreath form so it looks like its wrapped.
- Now for the petals you can iron out the fabrics.
- Glue them around the 12 petal templates you made in step 1.
- Place the petals under the wreath and your sunflower wreath is ready.
#5. How to Make an Ice Cream Cone Wreath
Ice Creams are popular during summers. You can be using Ice Cream cones for Summer wreaths.
Supplies:
- Cone shaped wall container
- burlap ribbon
- flowers
- Floral Foam
- Floral Pins
- Wire Cutters
- Glue gun
Instructions:
- Wrap your cone in burlap. Start at the top of the container. Secure with a floral pin or a dot of hot glue.
- Place a square shaped floral foam inside the cone shaped container.
- Stick your flowers in a row. For the cherry you can use a red flower.
#6. How to Make a Flip Flop Wreath?
Supplies:
- 7 pair of flip flops (feel free to mix and match colors)
- Small Letters or stickers
- Colorful Wired Ribbon
- Flower Heads in various sizes
- Jewels or Rhinestones
- wood sticks for backing
- Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
Instructions:
- If you'r making a circular flip flop wreath then you just need to glue gun the flip flops on a wire wreath form. And if you're making a horizontal wreath then you can use your scrap piece of wood to make the wreath.
- Once the flip flops are in place, stick rhinestones, flower heads, jewels, small wooden letters or stickers to write the words "summer" or "hello" or "welcome".
- To hang the ribbon use a long piece of ribbon at least 24 inches, hot glued at the edges of the wood or tied in the form of a knot around the wire wreath form.
Best Summer Wreaths for front door you can DIY
#1. DIY Dollar Tree Sun Hat Wreath Tutorial @ We Three Shanes
Welcome Summer right through your door with this crafty and creative Summer Wreath. Use flowers and leaves and a sun hat all glue gunned on the Sun hat.
#2. Sun Flower Sun Hat Wreath
DIY This Sun Hat Wreath the same way you did the one before. You can buy some Sunflowers from Dollar tree and pop out the flowers from the stems. Use glue gun to stick the flowers and leaves to the Sun Hat.
#3. DIY Bumble Bee Door Wreath
With Plain and Simple Dollar Tree Supplies you can make this Bumble Bee Wreath. To Make this Wreath take a cardboard and cut it in the shape of an egg. Now stick rope horizontally in a straight line to make the beehive and then stick Sunflowers and Daisies using a glue gun. You can also stick some artificial bees for more realism.
Finish off the wreath with a burlap ribbon bow that comes from the Dollar Store. Use your hot glue gun to stick the bow at the top of the wreath.
#4. Bumble Bee Wreath
You can make this wreath the same way you made the previous one. Stick the flowers using hot glue gun. Use a cardboard to make the bee. and You can also buy the burlap bow and stick it on the top of the wreath.
#5. Dollar Tree Sunflower Pot Wreath
You can use a Smashed Can Trellis from Dollar Tree and use hot glue gun to wrap jute rope around the bottom of the trellis.
#6. Bicycle Wheel Sunflower Wreath
You'll want to spray paint your bicycle wheel in black or any other paint you want. Then you'll need a ribbon bow. Stick the ribbon bow to the Bicycle Wheel. Then stick some Sunflowers. Make sure you eliminate the stems from the sunflowers so that you can stick it directly to the bicycle wheel.
#7. DIY Rooster Wreath
Make this easy Rooster Wreath with dollar tree mesh. You can even find the rooster from Dollar tree. All you have to do is just stick the rooster to the center of the window. Then stick some summer flowers by eliminating the stems to the mesh window.
#8. Red Wagon Wheel Wreath
First spay paint a bicycle wheel in red paint. Then use artificial flowers to stick onto the bicycle wheel. Use a burlap and ribbon bow to stick at the center of the artificial flowers and greenery.
#9. Red White and Blue Wreath
This Fourth of July Wreath looks so gorgeous. To DIY this Wreath first spray paint a bicycle wheel in red. Then you can use Fourth of July ribbons along with some greenery and flowers to stick it on one side of the bicycle tyre.
#10. Bright Yellow Bicycle Tyre Wreath
Spray paint a bicycle tyre in yellow. and then stick flower bouquet with the stems popped off. Use a hot glue gun to stick the flowers on one side of the tyre.
#11. Bright Orange Wreath
Orange is one of the most loved colors of the season. So spray paint some orange over a bicycle wheel and then stick the flowers on side of the wheel and it's done.
#12. Bumble Bee Hive Front Door Wreath
Make these with some dollar tree hexagons. If you want to make a customized wreath such as this then you can order it from Sugar Britches Crafts.
#13. Bumble Bee Summer Wreath
To Make this Bumble Bee Summer Wreath you'll need a picture frame from dollar tree so you can work around it. You can wrap jute yarn around the picture frame.
Then, you can use Bumble Bee Skirts that you can find in dollar stores. You can use your waist band to pull apart the fabric and then stick it to the picture frame wreath.
#14. Gorgeous Rope Wreath
This Gorgeous Rope Wreath is another fun Summer Wreath where the braided rope takes away all the credit. It's beautifully done. And the ribbon attached on the top of the wreath makes all the difference.
#15. Lemon Wreath
#16. Hello Summer Wreath
#17. Summer Home Flower Wreath
#18. Smile Summer Favorite Wreath
#19. Flamingo Wreath
Make a Flamingo Wreath with dollar tree flamingo. You can wrap the styrofoam ring with blue yarn. And then you can use Summer Banner. For the bottom of the wreath you can use artificial green grass.
#20. Dollar tree Crafty Wreath
You can make this wreath with paper clips. And use paper clips to make the wreath. You can get a dollar tree rooster and dollar tree flowers to make the wreath.
#21. Squeeze the Day Lemon Wreath
To make this Wreath you can take a paper plate and paint it in the form of lemon. Use a black sharpie to write "Squeeze the Day". Then stick flowers with ribbons on one side of the wreath.
#22. Hello Summer Lemon Wreath
#23. Paper Clip Sunflower Wreath
To make this wreath, first drop these clothespin in yellow dye. Then paint the bottom half of the clothespin in brown. Hot glue the center ring and glue the flowers on the side of the wreath.
#24. Clothespin Sunflower Wreath
You can easily DIY this Clothespin Sunflower Wreath. You will need to paint the clothespin in green brown and black. Then use white paint to make polka dots on the black. Stick the sunflowers on the top of the wreath.
#25. Sunflower Clothes Pin Wreath
Dip the clothespin in yellow dye. Fix them around the wire wreath form. Stick sunflowers on the side of the wreath and use polka dotted black and white ribbons for the side of the wreath.
#26. Sunflower Wreath with Yellow and Black Clothes Pin
#27. Clothespin Sunflower and Bees Wreath
#28. Sunflower Wreath with clothespin Bees and Sunflowers
#29. DIY Dollar Tree Frog Wreath with Clothespin
#30. Red Green and Yellow Clothespin Wreath
#31. Believe yourself Bumble Bee Wreath
The easiest way to dye Clothespin is to dye them in RIT Dye. lay them out on the sun to dry out completely.
Pin the dyed clothes pin around the 14" Wire Wreath form.
Now hand-paint the letters "Bee Yourself" first in pink. Allow them to dry out and then use a q-tip to add polka dots with black.
Stick some flowers with the stems eliminated to one side of the wreath. Stick a plastic bee to another side of the wreath.
#32. Clothespin Wreath with flip flops
You can dye the clothespin with RIT Dye in blue. Stick the flowers on one side of the wreath in yellow, white, and blue flowers. Stick a flip flop on another side of the wreath.
#33. Clothes pin Wreath with Summer Beach Accessories
This clothes pin wreath uses a 14" wire wreath form. Use sea beach accessories to stick on either side of the wreath form. Dip half of your clothes pin in blue and the other half in brown. Once the blue ones dry out, use a cotton to dab some white on it.
#34. Beach themed Wreath
This is a very easy Dollar Tree wreath which you can make with clothespin. Stick the sea shells around the dyed clothes pin in a circular form.
#35. Nautical Sign Summer Wreath
Make this Nautical Sign Summer Wreath by dyeing most of your clothespin in teal blue or turquoise blue. Just keep 12 clothespin aside and dye them in white. Fix this nautical sign at the center using a small rope. Stick the sea shells at the bottom of the wreath.
#36. Cute Summer Beach Wreath
Get that beachy look for your front door with some clothespin dyed in blue. Use a fishnet and some dollar store sea beach accessories such as a wagon wheel, star fish and marbles to stick to the wreath.
#37. Beach Themed Wreath for Front Door
Make this adorable Beach themed wreath for front door using clothespin. Dye the clothespin in blue, faded blue, and brown is that it represents the transition of the deep blue waters to the beach. You can us RIT Dye to dye the clothespin.
#38. Hello Summer Clothespin Wreath
Make this easy Hello Summer Clothespin Wreath with wire wreath form, clothespin and sunflowers. It comes together so easily.
#39. Bicycle Wheel Old School Wreath
You can make this wreath with a metallic bicycle wheel. Then you can stick a bicycle with some butterflies and flowers for the beautiful look of it.
#40. Dollar tree Sunflower Wreath
To make this wreath, you just stick the bunny head wreath forms together. In this case you'll be needing six bunny head wreath forms.
#41. Sunflower Wreath with White Yarn
You can wrap white yarn around the bunny ear petals. And then use white layer for the center. You can cut out brown fabric or any other fabric and stick it to petal templates that you'll cut at the beginning. Stick them to the back of the wreath.
#43. Adorable Yellow Yarn Wrapped Sunflower Wreath
This is a similar wreath but done with yellow yarn instead. For the center of the sunflower cot out a circle from a poster board and stick it in circles in the middle.
#44. Sunflower Wreath with Sunflower Fabric Yarn
Make this easy sunflower wreath with black and white fabric. The black fabric in the center gives it a realistic look.
#45. Black and Yellow Sunflower Wreath
Wrap black yarn around bunny wreath forms and use yellow wreath form to wrap the center. Iron our buffalo check fabric with sunflowers printed on them and stick them to the poster card templates. Stick them to the back of the wreath.
#46. Bee Wreath
You can make this wreath using poster board. You can cut out a bee template and stick a fabric with bees on poster card cut out. Stick the bow made of ribbons at the center with flowers.
#47. Ice Cream Cone Wreath
Once you've wrapped your cone shaped container in jute rope or burlap start at the top back of the container and secure with a floral pin or glue gun.
Top it with square pieces of foam. Add your flowers in rows. First a row of blue flowers and then another row of white flowers.
For the cherry you can simply stick a dollar store cherry on top.
#48. Ice Cream Wreath with sequin
Make this with white fabric and blue fabric. It's also a beautiful red, white, and blue wreath.
#49. Ice Cream Wreath with Mesh
Once you make the cone fix two squares of foam. Stick mesh in small circles in a single line. Stick a dollar tree cherry on the top.
#50. Clothespin Frog Wreath
Make this clothespin frog wreath with green dyed clothespin and dark green dyed clothespin.
#51. Colorful Flip Flop Wreath
Make this flip flop wreath using a wire wreath form. Stick colorful flip flops around the wire wreath form. Stick flowers with their stems removed. Decorate the flip flops with jewels or rhinestones.
#52. Horizontal Flip Flop Wreath
You can make this wreath using a scrap piece of wood for the base. On the wood you can stick flip flops. As you can see the flip flops are arranged in purple, blue, pink (with orange as the center), then again purple, blue, and pink.
#53. Flip Flip Summer Wreath
You can use a trellis from dollar store to hang the wreath and also make the wreath. Use variety of colors, flowers, ribbons, and sun glasses for more charm.
#56. Creative Flip Flop Wreath
Creative Flip Flop wreath in various colors. From vibrant red to green, yellow, pink and purple these flip flop wreath looks so attractive.
