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Make a Striped Paper Straw Wreath {Christmas Tutorial}

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I was in the checkout lane the other day and I saw a wreath with those fun striped straws on the cover. It immediately caught my eye. And I thought “I have a few packages of red and white striped straws!!” And I went home and made one.

I think it’s so pretty along with my Stenciled Christmas Sign.

I am loving red and blue together this Holiday Season.

Here’s how to make one:

Supplies:

Dollar store Foam Wreath (is what I used)

Ribbon to wrap around the outside of the wreath

Striped Straws (I used about 75 straws – it will depend on how wide your wreath is) — I bought mine through Modern Palm Boutique.

Hot glue and glue gun

Ribbon for the bow

 

Here’s what I did:

1. I wrapped the wreath with some wide ribbon, overlapping and hot glued the ends down.

2. Then I trimmed half of the straws — 1/3 off the ends with scissors.

3. I hot glued each straw on, alternating between the long and shorter straws. I held each straw parallel to the wreath so they laid flat and uniform.

4. I tied a bow and hot glued it onto the wreath and added a little glittered snowflake.

5. To hang up the wreath, I hot glued a little piece of twine on the back of the wreath, making a little loop.

Super fast — about 1/2 hour total time.

I think it’s fun!!

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xoxo

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Comments

  1. Sara says

    Great idea! DIY seems to be very simple which is cool. Such decoration is ideally suited to child’s room

  6. Melissa says

    I love this idea! I have a giant box of straws I bought at the party supply store. I know what I am doing with them now.
    I shared this on my blog today with a couple of other great DIY wreaths. Thank you so much for the great tutorial.

  7. Modern Palm says

    FYI our Straws are on SALE right now at Modern Palm! So if you need them for making this wreath or for entertaining, they’ll be on sale this holiday season.
    Love this wreath Jen! Your talent and creativity always amazes me. xo
    Cheers!
    Alisa

  11. Lori says

    Saw this on a magazine cover this week…is that you? Great look, and anyone can do it. Thanks for sharing. Stop by and enter to win my Heirloom ornament…only 1 day left to enter. Warm wishes

  17. Krista says

    I saw that magazine yesterday, and I thought I can make that! 🙂 Too funny that you did it! Thanks for the tutorial!

    Can you PLEASE tell me the name of the font that the word striped is in? I love it!

  20. christina says

    where do you get the striped straws?

    the magazine with this on the cover literally came 2 days ago! 🙂 Thought I would be the first to get it out there in blogland but you beat me to it. 🙂

  21. thecottagemarket says

    WOW!!! this is such a festive and fabulous creation! I am really being WOWWWWWWWED here today! that is for sure!!! : ) I have some polka dot straws on hand and i don’t think they are going to be used for drinking now! : ) thanks so much for this fun fun fun holiday treasure! Thank you…can’t wait to see what is next!!! : ) hugs…

  31. Carol says

    Oh too funny. We were waiting for our son’s plane at the airport yesterday and I saw this at the newsstand and was showing it to my husband ( not nearly as excited as I was about it). Yours turned out great!

  33. Paula says

    I saw this exact wreath in Woman’s Day yesterday at the Y and loved it. Your version looks great. I’d make one myself if I had some of those cute striped straws.

    Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

  35. Kelli says

    Jen that wreath is adorable and it looks perfect with your sign! I have a few of those straws somewhere but I think mine are blue and green:)

  36. jennie says

    Hey cutie- congrats to all the winners to to fun. I love your cute whimsical straw wreath, great job. I hope you are all settled in at your families from your travels. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Xo Jen

    • Jen says

      Thanks Jenn!! I hope you have a great Thanksgiving too!! I got your FB message and I will email you as soon as I get home from Thanksgiving 🙂

      xoxoxo
      Jen

    • Jen says

      Wow – that is so nice that you thought it was my style. I did too LOL!! Thanks for the sweet comment. And Happy Thanksgiving!!

      xoxoxo
      Jen

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