How Do You Make Christmas Wreaths For The Birds?
Wreaths are used traditionally to decorate your home during the holiday season. Here is a special wreath that, when hung outside, will attract and delight hungry birds! Make the Wreath Step 1 Gather a large shopping bag full of 6-inch garden trimmings. Suggested trimmings include magnolia, oak, redwood, cedar and pine. Remember to include some red berries in your collection. The tips of branches work best. Step 2 Use a wire wreath frame, or make your own frame from a wire coat hanger (simply unbend it into a circle); you can use the hanger hook to hang your finished wreath. Step 3 Attach #24 floral wire (sometimes called paddle wire) to a place on the wire wreath frame. Step 4 Select several stems of the 6-inch foliage pieces and place them together in a bunch, with the stems at one end. Step 5 Place this bundle on top of the frame where the floral wire is connected. Step 6 Hold the bundle in place and wrap the floral wire around the bundle and frame. You will need two hands for this:
