Hey friends! 🙂 Fall is fast approaching! It’s the time of year when my hydrangea flowers start to dry out. Time to harvest them and bring them inside to finish drying! It reminded me that I still had a bunch of dried hydrangea flowers from last year that I hadn’t done anything with yet. I’ve been on a wreath making kick as of late, so I thought why not make a wreath out of them? And since I’m going to do that, why not make a tutorial on how to make a dried hydrangea flower wreath to share with you all? 🙂
How To Make A Dried Hydrangea Flower Wreath
All you need is are some dried hydrangea, a 12′ wire wreath frame (where to buy), a hot glue gun, and glue sticks.
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Before we jump into it, I want to tell you that I am not an expert on drying flowers in any way, shape, or form. The way I dry my hydrangea flowers is to harvest them and set them on the floor of our shower in our guest bathroom for a few weeks until they are completely dry. There are several different ways to dry them, as well as flower preserver spray to make them last longer. I just prefer to keep it simple and just dry them out naturally like they did it back in the day.
Lay out the hydrangea flower “clumps” loosely on the wreath base. You don’t want to smush them too tightly together at this point because they will start losing flowers. This is just give you an idea of how the finished wreath will look before you do any gluing.
Quickly spread enough hot glue over the wreath frame for one flower clump…
… and gently but firmly press a flower clump onto the glue. You want to do this whole process quickly because the hot glue dries fast. If you wait too long, the glue will dry and won’t stick to the flowers. Repeat the process, pressing the flower clumps gently but firmly together as you work around the wreath frame. You will lose some flowers off the clumps no matter how gentle you are. So if you do lose some flowers, don’t worry – this is normal.
If you have any gaps in the wreath, glue in small flower clumps to fill them in.
Turn the wreath over and gently place it wrong side up on the table. Glue any spots where the flowers are not glued to the wreath frame. Leave a small area open on the outermost ring of the wire frame to string burlap or twine for hanging.
That’s all there is to it! 🙂 Hang up your wreath and enjoy!
I really like how mine turned out! It’s the perfect finishing touch above the fireplace in our master bedroom!
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial on how to make a dried hydrangea flower wreath! 🙂 If you have any questions or comments, please leave them in the comment section below!
Beautiful wreath, Michelle–I feel completely inspired to create one myself using my hydrangea 🙂
Thanks so much Diana! I have quite a few hydrangea bushes now and I’m always looking for new projects to use the flowers for! 🙂
I have a ton of dried hydrangeas. I will definitely have to try this …
Thanks so much Jodie! 🙂
Most definitely! 🙂
Oh so beautiful. I made one years ago. And I have planted hydrangeas at my current house, but I don’t have enough blooms yet for a wreath. But I love yours!
🙂 gwingal
Thanks so much Nikki! 🙂
This is so pretty!!
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Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!
Thanks so much Jess! 🙂 And thank you for hosting!
I love hydrangeas! Unfortunately they don’t grow here in Arizona. It’s super pretty and looks great against the wood. Visiting from Grandma’s House party.
Thank you so much Victoria! 🙂
This is such a beautiful wreath! I wish I had some hydrangeas 🙁
Thank you Mary Beth! 🙂 I’m sorry you don’t have any hydrangeas 🙁 If you can grow them in your area, you should consider getting some – they are super easy to take care of!
Thanks so much for sharing this with us at the To Grandma’s house we go link party! I’ll featuring you tomorrow morning when the new party starts!
Thanks so much for choosing this as one of your features this week! 🙂
Your wreath looks beautiful!
Thanks so much Christie! 🙂
Absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for sharing @ Vintage Charm–pinned!
You’re very welcome Cecilia! 🙂
I love the simplistic beauty of this wreath! I don’t have any hydrangea bushes, but surely I can find someone that does and will share their flowers. I would like to make this one! Thank you for sharing it at Party in Your PJs. Pinned and shared!
Thanks so much Teresa! 🙂
I am a huge hydrangea nut and I LOVE your wreath! I think we have over 30 hydrangea bushes at this point (my husband puts up with my craziness and keeps buying me more). We have pinks, whites, greens, blues and somewhere in between! I display them all year round in every room in the house! I also love your rustic fireplace gorgeous and the perfect place for that wreath!
xo Kathleen|Our Hopeful Home
Thanks so much Kathleen! 🙂
Wow! That is just gorgeous! I’m coming over from the Vintage Charm party…congrats on being featured! I’m so excited hydrangeas will grow at our farm- I couldn’t grow them at the city house. I can’t wait to have enough blooms to make a wreath!
Thanks so much Cecilia! 🙂
wow! I love this! I saw your feature from the vintage charm party and this wreath is gorgeous. I can’t believe that they dry so well. I will definitely be pinning. I can’t wait to get my hands on some hydrangeas now!
Thanks Kathleen for stopping by and checking it out! 🙂
One year I let my hydrangeas dry on the bush and went out and spray painted them gold and copper, then picked them. If my sister-in-law looked out the window, I’m sure she would have had the men in the little white coats come and get me with a net. BUT it worked. Made great wreathes! Loved your purple–my favorite color.
What a great idea to spray paint them! I’ll have to try it sometime. Thanks for joining us at Farmhouse Friday! 🙂
Coming over from Vintage Charm … Congratulation on being featured. Well deserved. Love your wreath. Would love the dried ones, but will just have to settle for the silk ones.
Audrey Z. @ Timeless Treasures
Thank you so much Audrey! 🙂
Hi Michelle- I have made quite a few hydrangea wreaths but have given them away when they are still fresh- I made them before they dried- easier. But now I have some dried ones & I find it difficult to work with them as they keep falling apart. I don’t know how to transport them either as I fear there will be no blossoms left when I give it to the person ! Is there anything you spray on them to keep them from falling apart? I find the blue ones are more fragile
Help – Carol
Hi Carol! Yes, these wreaths are quite fragile when they’re dry. I’ve never used any spray on mine since I don’t move it around much so I can’t give you a recommendation on a product I’ve tried personally, but I did find some dried floral preservative sprays on Amazon such as this one: http://amzn.to/2B6ZLuv I hope this helps! 🙂