Fall Wreaths: How to Make an Acorn Wreath (Video)

Have you made your fall wreaths yet? Acorns, as all nuts, are fabulous for rustic and autumn decorations, and acorn wreaths are a perfect way to use them. These wreaths are great for welcoming your guest at the front door, since they are quite sturdy and resistant, but they look beautiful over a rustic mantel or to compliment a woodland decorated corner inside the house, too. If you haven’t started your fall wreath yet take a look through our archives for more inspiration.

Fall Wreaths: How to Make an Acorn Wreath (Video)

This season use rustic acorns for your home or wedding.

Image via: Etsy – Creations by Shelly… – Acorn Nut Wreath

Want to get the look of this wreath with real acorns? Creations by Shelly sells acorns here!

Although acorns look stunning as they are, a fun way to add an artificial touch to the acorns is to paint them with acrylic paint one by one or a whole bunch of them with spray paint (you could even spray paint the finished acorn wreath altogether, as long as you didn’t add any embellishments you don’t want to paint). I’d recommend using metallic, earthly tones for painting the acorns, or white color to make them wintery; and a little glitter can also add a nice, sparkly touch to your finished wreath.

Fall wreaths – watch a video on how to paint acorns:

You can find the acorn wreath link to the video here.

Add a burlap bow to your acorn wreath

Image via: BHG

Wreath Materials Supplies:

100 or more artificial small acorns or real acorns

One grapevine wreath or a foam wreath form, about 12 inches

A glue gun and glue sticks

Ribbon or twine

Seasonal embellishments & decorations (seasonal items, other nuts, burlap bows or other) (optional)

Learn how to make fall wreaths with this acorn wreath video:

You can find the link to the fall wreath video here.

Acorn Wreath Directions:

1.  Secure a piece of twine or ribbon at the top of the wreath for hanging it later on. If you want to use a foam wreath form, make sure to cover the form with something, like wrapping it with twine or burlap fabric, or just spray painting it with a wood-like color, so the white won’t peek out.

2.  Glue bulkier embellishments like seasonal items to the wreath (mini pumpkins for example) before gluing the acorns, if you choose to add them to your wreath.

3.  Add a little glue to an acorn and secure it to the wreath. Continue doing the same with the other acorns, until you have the coverage you are satisfied with.  You can use some moss or other material to fill the blank spots if you like, but if using a grapevine wreath underneath it will be a nice background on its own.

4.  Add bows or ribbons for finishing the look of your wreath if you like. Done!

The acorns may take a little time to glue on to the wreath, but it is well worth it! Make sure to buy a lot of acorns, since the final amount may vary because the sizes of the acorns can be different and you don’t want to not be able to finish the wreath just because you are a few acorns short.

This wreath looks wonderful on a front door, but it can also shine indoors and add a rustic touch to any corner, perfect for fall or even winter.

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