I experimented with tissue paper, "soft" cardboard and construction paper. The easiest kind of paper to handle/twist/glue together was the tissue paper, but it didn't give as much of a a "rugged" wreath look as say the construction paper. The soft cardboard was actually too stiff to twist and ended up ripping when you tried to shape it. I thought the construction paper was the best kind of material to use because it's not as flimsy as the tissue paper, but firm enough to shape. It's also easy to glue together.
Decorating the wreaths was rather easy. For the red bows, I used wire and bent them into shape. I added some beads and voila, the wreath was decorated. The "Merry Christmas"s were also done by hand. I used the new embossing kit that I had recently bought. You can see the tools that I used from the embossing kit in the picture at the top.
(This paper was just right...)
(This paper was too hard...)
(This paper was too soft...)