Coastal Ocean Christmas Wreath – 12 Days of Christmas

It’s the first day of the 12 Days of Christmas Series and I’m sharing a simple Coastal Ocean Christmas Wreath!

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Welcome to Day 1 of the Fourth Annual 12 Days of Christmas Series – DIY Wreath Ideas!!

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• Day 1 – Wreaths
• Day 2 – DIY Gift Ideas
• Day 3 – Advent Calendar Ideas
• Day 4 – Christmas Kid Crafts
• Day 5 – Holiday Party Food Recipes
• Day 6 – Ornaments 
• Day 7 – Holiday Decor
• Day 8 – Christmas in a Jar
• Day 9 – Gift Wrapping Ideas
• Day 10 – The Tree
• Day 11 – Sweet Treats
• Day 12 – Stocking Ideas

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Coastal Ocean Christmas Wreath

Since I changed up this year’s theme to a tropical ocean theme, I made a super simple coastal ocean Christmas wreath using items in my craft stash, existing ornaments, and a few 99 Cents Only bulbs.

Supplies:

• plain Christmas wreath
• netting
• starfish
• sea horse ornament or other underwater creature
• round ornaments (in your chosen colors)
• random shells
• glue gun/hot glue

How to:

This is the first time I’m doing an entire coastal ocean holiday theme, so I don’t have a lot of decorations that fit this theme. And because holiday decorations can get costly, I chose to make an asymmetrical wreath that would only be decorated on one side, using only a few items.

First, dry fit all of your large items onto the wreath. This will allow you to move things around until you get an arrangement you like.

Next, add the netting by lifting off the large items and weaving it into the wreath between each item.

To finish the wreath, use hot glue to attach the items onto the wreath. If you want to reuse items, use wire to attach the items onto the wreath. If there are gaps between the ornaments/embellishments, fill them in by gluing sea shells between them.

Instead of hanging this wreath, I placed it directly on mantel. In the future, I’ll probably fill this in with more items if I keep going with the ocean theme. But for now, I’m keeping it simple and affordable by using items I already owned and with a few bulbs from the dollar store (BTW – 99 Cents Only has tropical/ocean themed ornaments).

Scroll down for many more DIY Wreath Ideas for your holiday season!

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