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The Best Online Wreath Making Classes of 2021

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The Best Online Wreath Making Classes of 2021

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No matter the season, adding a wreath to your home is sure to bring a festive mood to your indoor or outdoor decor. While options at your local florist or nursery could certainly serve that purpose, trying your hand at your own DIY version is a much more affordable—and creatively satisfying—option. Whether you’re looking to create a wreath out of natural plants (or would like to start utilizing foraged materials) or if you’re interested in making something traditional for the holidays, we’ve got you covered.

We’ve put together a list of the best online wreath making classes that you can take at home. So, if you’d like to learn the basics of building a wreath from scratch with simple items from the craft store, or want to experiment with a wreath that’s a bit more artistic, we have a lineup of online workshops and classes to get your creative juices flowing.

Best Overall: Frolic! Flower School with Chelsea Fuss

Chelsea Fuss, the owner of Frolic! and Frolic Flower School, apprenticed with a variety of floral designers in London and at gardens in the English countryside, as well as florists in the United States, before opening her own flower shop at age 23.

Now based in Lisbon, Portugal, her aesthetic is a mix, according to her website, of “English country style with modern simplicity.” Fuss also hosts a variety of online floral arranging courses. Join her Online Wreath Masterclass where you will learn three types of wreath making methods that you can create with ingredients local to you.

You’ll learn a classic green holiday wreath, a wreath using fruit, and how to make an all-natural foraged wreath from your own surroundings. Fuss will cover technique, conditioning, and modern and classical wreath making methods. Once you purchase the course (the cost is about $45), you’ll receive an email with a link to the online classroom within 24 hours. Then you’ll be all set to get started.

Best for Beginners: Wreath Making 101 From Good Housekeeping

In this almost two-hour free class, Erin Phraner from Good Housekeeping TV demonstrates seven different versions of DIY wreaths on the magazine’s YouTube channel.

Phraner begins by breaking down the variety of types of wreath bases: Wreath types range from budget-friendly classic styrofoam base, extruded light foam base (good for wrapping things around), and wood or cardboard bases to wire bases (especially good for burlap wreaths), wire wreath bases with ties (aka EZ wreaths), and wreath bases constructed out of two pool noodles, for the ultimate jumbo wreath.

After setting up her station with tape and scissors, Phraner starts each individual wreath tutorial. First up is the rustic and cozy Burlap Candy Cane wreath, featuring a technique that can easily be customized with different colors for different holidays throughout the year, such as Valentine’s Day. Next is the Ribbon Ring wreath, where you can play with the color and texture of your chosen ribbons for a professional look. Also spotlighted are wreaths constructed of evergreen (you can use real branches or faux), painted pinecones, and more.

Best for Fall: Fall Wheat Wreath From Garden Answer

Celebrate autumn’s harvest with this wheat wreath demonstration from Laura of Garden Answer, who has been filming garden tutorials since 2014. The supplies you’ll need are simple: a wire wreath form, paddle wire, wire cutters, wreath hanger, and the main event—wheat.

While Laura creates this stunning organic design with wheat, feel free to utilize any other materials you may have in your garden, such as cattails, flower seed heads, grass plumes, or even pine cones. If you use materials in your own yard or garden, or source from your local farmers or nursery, this wreath is an inexpensive and easy project.

Laura recommends using a 12- or 16-inch wreath form for a large wreath (she demonstrates on a 16-inch form), but you can use an 8- or 10-inch form for your base if you prefer a smaller wreath. Laura walks you seamlessly through the process of beginning your wreath, starting with using the paddle wire to attach to one spot on your wreath and wrapping it around the form.

Then, place bundles of your wheat, wrap your wire around, cutting off the excess, and repeat. You’ll have your wreath in no time.

Best Floral: Kippi at Home

If you’re interested in making a wreath for spring or summer or just want to bring a burst of florals into your home year-round, try this easy-to-assemble, minimal floral wreath from Kippi at Home.

The free video is brief at roughly eight minutes and has clear instructions to keep you on track as you follow along. Kippi begins with the foundation of the wreath, a gold hoop form that she customizes with rose gold spray paint. After putting a couple of coats of paint on the hoop form, Kippi hangs it to dry overnight.

Using the place the hoop metal has been soldered together as the bottom base of the wreath, Kippi lays out her floral wires and wire cutters and gets ready to start adding to the hoop base. There’s no right or wrong way to arrange the florals and greenery—it’s totally your preference.

She walks you through arranging them in a mirror image fashion, clipping, trimming, and playing with different sizes and textures of greenery to finalize the design before attaching a few silk peonies to punctuate the wreath.

Best for Christmas: Online Wreath Workshop with Triangle Nursery

Based in the village of Martlesham in Suffolk, England, Triangle Nursery is a family-run business and one of the largest online cut flower wholesalers in the United Kingdom. There are a variety of seasonal educational how-tos for flower arrangements and other projects on the company’s YouTube channel.

If you’re looking for a wreath to create for the Christmas season, get started with Triangle’s 45-minute Online Wreath Workshop, available to stream for free. Debbie will lead you throughout the class. The supplies you’ll need include a wireframe wreath and natural English moss (or moss ring), a spruce bundle, one bunch of conifer, and one bunch of eucalyptus, as well as Gossypium cotton and a bag of pinecones. Snow spray, gold berries, and cinnamon sticks also add to the wreath.

You can even make a group project out of the workshop with friends or family—just add mulled wine and other holiday goodies. For other seasonal-specific projects, check out the company’s Dried Hops Wreath or Christmas Wreath with Eucalyptus videos.

Best Bauble Wreath: Dainty Diaries

While Catherine of Dainty Diaries created this rose gold-, copper-, and burgundy-hued bauble wreath specifically for the Christmas season, you’re free to customize the colors of your baubles to fit whatever theme you’d like for a sparkly and shiny wreath. She repurposes ornaments she already has and sprinkles in some new ones for this tutorial.

Starting with a basic styrofoam wreath base you can purchase at any craft shop, you’ll also need a number of medium- and small-sized baubles, some tinsel garlands, and whatever extras you’d like to incorporate into your wreath. (Catherine utilizes a bird ornament). For this wreath, using a glue gun is ideal, though Catherine employs a simple craft glue.

In the free video, she walks you through the process of creating the wreath, beginning with wrapping some of the tinsel around the base (an alternative would be to spray-paint your base in whatever color you like or use ribbon to wrap around) and securing it with glue. Next is building up the layers of baubles and adding any finishing touches to your taste.

Best Foraged Wreath: Local Kitchen Witch

Kristen of Local Kitchen Witch mostly shares recipes and cooking how-tos on her YouTube channel. In this free video tutorial, however, she demonstrates how to enhance your home for the fall season with a festive foraged wreath. If you’re not familiar, foraging is the practice of searching for materials in nature.

Kristen begins with materials she’s gathered from a hike in her local area, and part of the video tutorial takes you along. You’ll not only get an explainer on how to forage responsibly, but you’ll see what she selects, including rose hips, pine cones, old flowerheads, and orange berries.

Kristen shows you how to start building the wreath, starting with an oversized embroidery hoop as a base, which gives a natural feel to any part of the base peeping through. Her approach is freeform, experimenting with her finds, braiding stems of certain vegetation, and attaching to the base with wire. You’ll be sure to find a ton of inspiration for your own version.

How We Chose the Best Online Wreath Making Classes

We selected the best online wreath making classes with specific criteria in mind. Most important was expertise. We sought out experienced crafters and florists who not only knew their stuff, but would be able to share their expert knowledge in a way that would be clear and digestible to those following along at home.

Wreath making is also a craft tied to personal preference, so a number of tutorials on this list included methods that weren’t so prescriptive, but rather jumping-off points for you to get creative on your own. And lastly, accessibility regarding cost was a major factor in narrowing our picks. Other than one class taught by a professional florist, all others on this list are available to stream for free on YouTube.

Frolic! Flower School with Chelsea Fuss earned our title for best overall for its variety, while Triangle Nursery stood out for its Christmas wreaths. Kippi At Home was a draw for its selection of floral options.

What Is an Online Wreath Making Class?

Online wreath making classes will teach you to master the art of creating your own decorative wreath using a variety of materials.

When Should You Take an Online Wreath Making Class?

There’s no wrong time to take an online wreath making class. While you can make wreaths customized to the season of the year or for the Christmas or Hanukkah holiday season, you can choose a wreath making course as an individual or group activity year-round.

How Much Do Online Wreath Making Classes Cost?

The only online class on this list that you’ll have to pay for is the Online Wreath Masterclass with florist Chelsea Fuss, which costs about $45. All other courses listed here are free and available to stream on YouTube. However, there is also an additional cost for supplies.

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