Pottery Barn Inspired DIY Ornament Wreath and Garland (For a FRACTION of the Cost!)

The Easy Way to Make a Christmas Wreath & Garland

You don’t have to spend a lot to have gorgeous Christmas décor! Make this Pottery Barn Inspired DIY ornament wreath and garland without breaking the bank!

So I have been eyeing the same Pottery Barn Christmas wreath and garland for YEARS but the price tag has always stopped me in my tracks.  Fortunately, I found an easy way to make them both for a fraction of the price of the real thing!

The beauty of both the diy garland and wreath tutorial is that they work for any color combination of ornaments so you can truly customize this look to your tastes!  I truly love how both look on my front door and am so glad I didn’t waste my money buy making them easily myself.  To get the rest of my porch ideas, click here:  Easy DIY Christmas Front Porch Decor.

This is a great post for you if you:

• Want to make a pottery barn wreath/garland for a fraction of the cost
• Would like to coordinate your existing front door décor with a wreath or garland
• Want to know the best way to make ornament décor that is weatherproof

DIY Christmas Wreath and Ornament Garland

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Here’s the Pottery Barn wreath and garland that inspired these tutorials:

The 24″ Pottery Barn wreath retails for $89 and I made mine for less than $20.  The 10′ Pottery Barn Garland retails for $149 and I made a 9′ garland for around $35!

Here’s a video showing you my fronch porch decor:

 DIY Ornament Wreath Supplies: 

How to Make An Ornament Wreath

Here’s a video of my Christmas front porch decor including my diy ornament wreath and garland:

Step 1: Add Ornaments to Your Knock Off Pottery Barn Christmas Wreath

What is the best glue for an ornament wreath?

The cheapest, easiest glue for an ornament wreath is hot glue.  Because of the nature of the artificial pine wreath, it’s easy for the hot glue to adhere to the branches so they stay in place on the wreath.

With that said, the only negative with hot glue is that hot glued items don’t always hold up well in the attic if you live in a warmer climate.  I stored a similar wreath in the attic one year and a couple ornaments came off.  For that reason, I store my wreath in the top of one of our closets. 

Also, get more hot glue than you think you might need because you want to use plenty to ensure that the ornaments adhere tightly to the wreath’s branches.

Should I use shatter-proof or glass ornaments?  

For the wreath, I used a combination of shatter-proof and glass ornaments.  I knew I was using hot glue and that there wasn’t a huge chance of ornaments falling off.

I bought most of the ornaments for my wreath at Hobby Lobby because they had the larger red ornaments on hand.  You can also find round ball ornaments on Amazon (click here for assortment packs), Target, Michaels and dollar stores.

Start by pulling the wire branches away from the center of the wreath so that there is some space between them and they aren’t smushed together

Now, you can start adding on ornaments one at a time.  Be sure to use plenty of hot glue so they adhere well to the wreath.  Just start filling in ornaments in the gaps one at a time.

Step 2:  Fill in Any Gaps Your Pottery Barn Inspired Ornament Wreath

Once you have most of your ornaments on, take a look at your wreath and decide where gaps need to be filled with more ornaments.  You can also move the branches around to fill smaller gaps.

Once you have filled in all of the gaps, you are done and can hang your wreath on your front door, mantel or over a wall mirror!

Easy Pottery Barn Inspired Ornament Garland

Now that you have made your wreath, it’s time to make your ornament garland.  I almost didn’t make the garland but it makes SUCH a huge difference to my sometimes dark and dreary front porch.  It also made the wreath really pop!

DIY Ornament Garland Supplies

How to Make Ornament Garland

Step 1: Get the Right Number of Ornaments for Your Knock-Off Pottery Barn Christmas Garland

First, you want to measure the length of space you want your garland to cover.  The $5 garland from Target (click here) is 9 feet long and I needed 18 feet so I got 2.  I just wired them together with my craft wire to make one long garland for my door frame.

I used 3 boxes of 50 ornaments each for 18 feet.  I put my ornaments on pretty thick so I would say to get about 75 ornaments per 9 feet.  Here are the ornaments I got at Target below.  I got three boxes for 18 feet and this was plenty!

Step 2:  Start to Assemble Your DIY Ornament Garland

First, lay your garland on a flat surface like the floor or your kitchen counters.

Now you will fluff and straighten out the branches so they are all facing towards one direction away from the floor.  

You also want to straighten any branches that are smushed and basically fluff them out so they are all facing away from the floor like below.  By doing this, you are creating a front side and back side to your garland.

Step 3:  Wire your Ornaments to Your DIY Christmas Ornament Garland

Now, cut your wire into 3 inch pieces and wire your ornaments to the garland.  They don’t have to be tight on the garland.  They can hang freely.  Just add one every couple inches and try to stagger colors so there aren’t many of the same color side by side.

Step 4: How to Attach Hooks to Brick (Optional)

I didn’t have an easy way to hang my garland on the brick so I got 3 large command hooks and tried to attach them using the sticky adhesive that comes with it.  They didn’t stick to the brick at all!

So, I attached the three command hooks to the brick with hot glue.  To do this, I squirted an ample amound of hot glue onto the back of the hook and stuck each on the horizontal ledge below the transom of my porch.  I let it cool for a good 5 minutes before putting any weight on them.

The nice thing about hot glue is that it’s not totally permanent in that I can take them off if I need to but it adhere’s really well to brick.

After I attached my hooks to the horizontal ledge below the transom window, I cut three 2-foot pieces of fishing line and tied loops in the ends.  (If you don’t have a horizontal surface, you can also hang them vertically on the brick.)  I looped one end on the hook and looped the fishing line under the garland and then hooked the other loop end on the hook again.

Once I got the garland up on the wall, I readjusted the fishing line lengths to where I wanted the garland above my door.  I also went through the garland and kind of straightened the ornaments so they fell in a pretty way.  It will look like a hot mess when you first get it up there but once you straighten the garland so the back is flush against the wall, it will look great!

I also used some green painter’s tape to help adhere the garland to the wall every couple feet.  This doesn’t provide much support for the weight of the garland but just holds it nicely against the wall.

Once you add the painter’s tape every couple feet, you can stand back and admire your gorgeous front door!

DON’T FORGET TO TAKE A PICTURE OF YOUR DIY ORNAMENT AND GARLAND!

Now that you are done, I’d love to see how it turned out! ❤️  Post your before and after photos here!

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To see the rest of my front porch click here:  Christmas Front Porch Ideas on a Budget

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Final Thoughts on this Pottery Barn Inspired Wreath and Garland

I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised with how my DIY ornament wreath and garland turned out!  I like them even more than the real thing at Pottery Barn.  These tutorials show you easy ways to make front door decor on a budget while customizing it to your own style and colors.  Be sure to send me a pic of yours as I’d LOVE to see how your version turns out!

I love to hear your thoughts and questions!  Scroll down to leave a comment and I WILL reply! ❤️

Blessings,

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DIY Christmas Ornament Wreath Tutorial

Karin Peters

Karin Peters is a DIY expert and the creator of Renovated Faith. She is a furniture painter, a home design consultant, and a tenacious problem solver determined to help you transform your house into a home. With 17 years of experience with DIY home improvement, she researches and analyses professional processes to adapt them to be easy and cost-effective for DIYers.  She then tests every project and product before it appears on the site in a detailed, step-by-step format.  After attending Texas A&M University, she received her Master of Divinity with Biblical Languages at Southwestern Baptist Theology Seminary.  Her passions unite in Renovated Faith, which shows readers how to create a home that serves them so they can pursue their God-given purposes.     About Renovated Faith  |   Editorial Policy  |  Facebook  |  Twitter  | LinkedIn