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deco mesh valentine heart wreath
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Deco Mesh Heart Wreath

Learn how to make a deco mesh valentine wreath using a heart shaped wreath form.
Course Valentine’s Day Crafts
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours
Total Time 6 hours 5 minutes
Servings 1 wreath
Cost $12

Equipment

  • 1 Heavy duty scissors or wire cutters
  • 1 Rotary cutter or scissors

Ingredients

  • 1 Wire heart wreath form – 12″
  • 5 rolls 6” X 30 ft rolls of decorative mesh pink (1), red (2), white (2)
  • 1 package Pipe cleaner(s) 12″

Instructions

  • Cut several 10" lengths of the mesh - all three colors - using the rotary cutter. You'll be working with a bunch of 10" x 6" pieces you're going to roll into tubes. You will cut additional pieces as needed.
    Cutting pink deco mesh with a rotary cutter
  • Take approximately ten pipe cleaners and cut them into four pieces each. You will cut additional pieces as needed.
    Scissors next to a pink pipe cleaner cut into four pieces
  • Take one of the lengths of mesh and roll into a tube (not too tight). Pinch in the middle.
    Fingers pinching down a pink deco mesh piece
  • Bend around a wire on the wreath form and secure by twisting a pipe cleaner toward the wire.
    Wrapping a pipe cleaner around the folded mesh
  • Repeat this process with the rest of your mesh pieces, alternating colors to make it random.
    Heart shaped wreath form partially covered in deco mesh
  • Continue until you have covered the entire wreath form. You might opt to have less toward where the heart connects at the top so that it's easier to see the heart form. Hang with a ribbon or nail.
    completed heart shaped deco mesh wreath

Video

Notes

Step 1: Cut several pieces of all three colors at once. I found it easiest to use a rotary cutter (with a ruler if you want to make sure the line is super straight). However, you can definitely use scissors. The rotary just sped up the process.
I usually start with about 15 tubes of each color because I know I'm going to need at least that many. Then I add as needed.
Step 2: Honestly, you can use any color pipe cleaners - you won't see them. I usually try to coordinate white one of the colors in my wreath or use white.
Step 4: I recommend starting towards the bottom, but you can start anywhere.
Step 5: Reference photo for the back of the wreath:
Back of a heart shaped mesh wreah