How To Make A Dried Apple Wreath

What you will need:

3 mts of 0.7mm wire (then cut into five 60 cm lengths)

Wire Cutters

Around 20 smallish apples, (sliced length ways so you get between 6 and 7 slices per apple, and then dried in the oven for a few hours until they are soft and bendy)

50 cm light green ribbon (38mm wide)

35 cm apple green organza ribbon (40mm wide)

70 cm pink organza ribbon for the bow (25mm wide)

Hot glue gun

How To Make A Dried Apple Wreath for National Apple Day

Today in the UK it is National Apple Day and what better way to acknowledge this day than to make something for it out of apples.

Genius, eh!?

You may remember that a couple of weeks ago I suggested that you start drying your sliced apple pieces, and this is why…

Now look, this is not complicated crafting. What it is however is a lovely little wreath to decorate your home with or to give away as a gift and it is one that ages really, really well. I’m not kidding. The apples came out of the oven a little brown and withered looking and have appeared to have garnered a rosy glow since that time.

Plus it’s dead easy to make.

Using wire cutters, start by cutting your 3 meter length of wire into five 60cm pieces and then twist the pieces together so you have one piece of 60cm wire.
The reason I decided to use several pieces of thin(ish) wire is because I have always found it quite difficult to manipulate very thick wire and bend it into shape by hand. Using five thinner pieces of wire it makes it much easier to mould yet the wreath will retain its shape and strength.

Feed the apple pieces onto the wire.
Continue until the whole wreath is nearly full.
Leave around 3cm of free wire which can then be twisted together to secure the wreath at the top.
Bunch the apple pieces together as tightly as you can before you tie the wire together to secure.
You don’t want gaps or wire showing, you see!

Take 50cm of light green ribbon and wrap it around the wire you can see at the top of the wreath.
Ensure you cover all the wire.
Secure the ribbon in place with a hot glue gun and allow to dry for a short time.

Using the green organza ribbon, feed one end through the middle of the wreath

Tie the ends in a secure bow which in turn creates a generous loop which you will then use to hang the wreath.
Secure the tie in place where the bow meets the other piece of green ribbon (on the upper inside of the wreath), with a hot glue gun.
Allow to dry for a short time.

Finally – take the pink organza ribbon and tie into a bow.
Secure the bow in place (onto the green ribbon) to the top of the wreath with a hot glue gun, and allow to dry before hanging.

Although it’s National Apple Day and it’s nice to celebrate and support such a day, it is also always nice to create something inspired by materials that are entirely natural (the apples not the wire) this wreath will actually last you for ages and ages. It will look just as good in the Summer as it will right now. So it’s time well spent if you like that kinda thing.

Have a wonderful day.

Cherry x

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