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An easy Halloween Tulle Wreath tutorial made with inexpensive materials – most of which can be purchased at the Dollar Tree!

How to Make a Halloween Wreath

Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays. Maybe it’s because I love sweet treats, or I think dressing is a blast, or maybe just because I love fall…but it’s definitely one of my favorite times of the year.

My mom always called me her Halloween baby, because she went into labor with me on Halloween (though I wasn’t born until November 2nd). Maybe she’s right!

I would always bug my dad to get down the Halloween decorations in September, but he never would! So, now that I’m in charge of decorations for my house, I start bringing them out a little earlier.

Forrest isn’t a huge fan of doing that, but I figure if I just put them up slowly, one at a time, he won’t notice too much!

One of the first decorations I wanted to put up was a wreath. I think having a wreath on your door just makes your home seem so much more inviting and fun.

Wreaths can be expensive though, so I think it’s fun to make them. I loved making this burlap Fourth of July wreath this past summer, so I was excited to try my hand at making a Halloween one.

I headed over to Joann’s, without much inspiration for the wreath in my mind, and just walked around until I found some things I thought would make a fun wreath.

I bought two rolls of tulle, a metal wreath, and then I went next door to buy some fun spiders from The Dollar Tree.

Jack LOVED the spiders, and he was so excited to put them on the wreath with me.

Originally published in 2014; updated in 2019

Spooky Spider Wreath

Printable version of the tutorial available at the end of this post

MATERIALS:

1 roll of purple tulle (6″ x 25 yards)

1 roll of orange tulle (6″ x 25 yards)

1 12″ Wire wreath (The Dollar Tree is a great place to get these!)

Package of spiders (you can really use whatever you want — just anything spooky!) The ones I used in this tutorial are from The Dollar Tree.

Hot Glue Gun and Glue

How to Make a Wreath with Tulle

DIRECTIONS:

Step One:

Cut about 12″ long strips of each color of the tulle. I didn’t use all of the tulle from each tube but probably about 3/4 of it. Cutting the tulle ahead of time makes the process go a lot faster.

Step Two:

Place the first piece of tulle at the bottom of the wreath, making sure both tails are even with each other. Tie a double knot and then push the knot toward the outer edge of the wreath.

Step Three:

Repeat the entire way around the wreath, alternating colors.

Step Five:

As you can see, the tulle looks a little bit long. I waited until the end to do any trimming, simply because I wanted everything to be even. Just take a minute or so to trim it to the length you like best.

Step Six:

Using a hot glue gun, firmly place your spiders randomly on the wreath. Make sure to use a lot of glue and let it dry completely.

Step Seven:

Hang it up! We finally bought a wreath hook so we could actually use the wreaths I make.

Oh, and a big shout out to my little man, Jack, for helping with this project! He pushed the spiders on, and held the door open while I took pictures.

Tulle Halloween Wreath

Yield: 1 Wreath

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Active Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Materials

1 roll of purple tulle (6″ x 25 yards)
1 roll of orange tulle (6″ x 25 yards)
1 12″ Wire wreath
Package of spiders (you can really use whatever you want — just anything spooky!)
Hot Glue Gun and Glue

Instructions

Cut 12″ long strips of each color of the tulle. I didn’t use all of the tulle from each tube but probably about 3/4 of it. Cutting the tulle ahead of time makes the process go a lot faster.
Place the first piece of tulle at the bottom of the wreath, making sure both tails are even with each other. Tie a double knot and then push the knot toward the outer edge of the wreath.
Repeat the entire way around the wreath, alternating colors.
As you can see, the tulle looks a little bit long. I waited until the end to do any trimming, simply because I wanted everything to be even. Just take a minute or so to trim it to the length you like best.
Using a hot glue gun, firmly place your spiders randomly on the wreath. Make sure to use a lot of glue and let it dry completely.
Hang it up! We finally bought a wreath hook so we could actually use the wreaths I make.

Easy Halloween Tulle Wreath Tutorial