whaddya gonna do with all those gift boxes?

hello! tis the Christmas season again. yay! i confess i did this project before Thanksgiving...while i watched It's a Wonderful Life. but who cares am i right? this is a wreath for my front door made from gift boxes & ribbon. here are the steps:

materials: flat wreath form, hot glue gun/sticks, 15-20 small gift boxes (got mine at Michael's, but you could definitely use your extra ones and wrap them in the same paper, gift wrapping, etc.), assortment of ribbon, staple gun (if using wood wreath), 2 yds coordinating satin ribbon

i started with a flat wood wreath form. for this project, i'd definitely recommend starting with a flat wreath. foam core would work just fine if you don't have access to having a piece of wood cut! that would also make it lighter, which is nice.

i added the ribbon to all my boxes, and arranged them around the wreath, getting an idea of how it should look altogether. definitely do this before you glue!

carefully choose where to place the boxes, and consider where to put the glue so you don't have a bunch of it spilling off the edges. sometimes i glued the box to the wreath first, other times i glued a couple boxes together, then glue them to the wreath. it all depends on your composition!

tied a casual bow with 2 yds of satin ribbon, cut from a ribbon-by-the-roll roll at Michael's, then glue onto a box!

i used the same ribbon to make a hook for the back, and glued it

the wood makes this a little heavy though, so i stapled it with a staple gun. someday i will most likely replace this with a more substantial hook

i hung it up on the door before i cut the satin ribbon to my preferred length so i could see how long i really wanted it to be

i left the long tails and cut diagonally. the wood wreath is almost 12" in diameter, and the ribbon hangs about 18". if i were to re-do this, i would opt for using foam core and making the wreath about 16" in diameter, it looks great up close but it's a little small from the street!

loads of different types of wreaths you can make, out of pretty much any material, are you making one this year??