How to Make Flowered Hair Wreaths

Materials:

About 10 wired flowers
About 10 wired leaves
A roll of florist tape
16" green florist wire
2 yds 5" wide tulle
2 yds ea. of 3 colors of ribbon
2 yds of strung opalescent beads
Needle nose pliers

First things first, you want to gently bend the florist wire into a circle either with fingers or pliers. Measure the circle on the head of the flower girl. Take a strip of florist tape and cover one end of the wire. Bend it into a loop and taking another piece of tape, cover to close the loop.

Take each of your flowers and lay them on top of the wire to get the idea of where you want them to be. Take the first flower, wrap it's stem wire around the hair wreath wire and clip off the excess with your wire cutters or needle nose pliers. Continue with each flower until the are all in place. Repeat the process with the leaves.

Next use the florist tape in large pieces to wrap around the wire. Start at the loop end and continue pulling tight until you reach the other side. Loop that side through the first loop and bend. Don't tape this side's loop closed as you may need to open the hair wreath depending on the hair style when putting it on the child's head. Also, this allows for some size adjusting.

.	Take your strip of tulle and loosely wind around the wreath, in and out of the flowers. I started in the middle and did one side at a time to ensure the sides would be even. Pull each end through the loops in the wire

Repeat the tulle process with your string of beads. You can get these beads pre-strung as shown in the photo for about $2. Or you can string your own beads. Pull the ends through the loops in the wire.

Cut each piece of ribbon in half ending up with six strips of ribbon. Bend in the middle. Pull this up through the loop and pull the dangling ends up through that, creating a knot. The hair wreath is done.

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