DIY Orange and Magnolia Leaf Wreath

How To Make A DIY Orange And Magnolia Leaf Wreath

How I Put Together This Orange And Magnolia Leaf Wreath

This post is fitting today because I just shared our kitchen decorated with some Christmas. And this DIY orange and magnolia leaf wreath would be perfect in the kitchen! I am joining Jen from Tatertots and Jello with our friends who are also giving some great Christmas wreath ideas!

This wreath was pretty easy to pull altogether. I used a great I already had on hand (so you could really do this with any basic wreath). I grabbed all the extra faux magnolia leaves I had around too. I found some Dollar Store fruit that I knew I wanted to make over for this project. That meant I needed acrylic paints (orange, yellow, black and brown), baking soda (this creates the texture) as well as a glossy top coat. I also made sure to have a glue gun with glue sticks available to secure everything together.

To start, I simply inserted my magnolia leaves around the wreath. I did not glue yet as I wanted to get everything in place first.

Then I mixed together my paint colors for the faux oranges. As you can see I just was eyeballing it until I got the color I wanted. Once I had my color I slowly added baking soda until I had the consistency needed. I know this isn’t very exact, but with projects like these, you just do kind of need to try it until you get it where you want it with colors/textures.

I let the baking soda paint dry between layers and kept adding colors.

Once the oranges were dry I made sure to add a glossy top coat to them. I used the simple craft store version of top coats.

Now comes the fun part! I added the oranges throughout the wreath…

I sorta felt like something was missing, so I chose to incorporate baked orange slices. But you wouldn’t have to do this if you wanted to keep things a little less busy.

Honestly, I would have liked to have added some more greenery around this wreath. But I was out, haha! I have really reached my budget for Christmas decorating and projects this year. So I am more than happy with its fullness for now.

I hope you enjoyed and found some inspiration with this DIY orange and magnolia leaf wreath today!

Please make sure to visit my friends below today! There are so many beautiful wreaths!!!

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