Wine Cork Wreaths

Wine cork wreaths are an interesting and new idea to some of us. Bottle corks are commonly thrown away, or occasionally used in crafts. A wreath however, is a more creative use of wine and other corks than most.

If you enjoy wine with dinner, you may be one of those with a drawer full of corks you kept thinking you might someday find a use for. Some people collect corks of all kinds from a variety of bottles. No-one really likes to throw the nifty little things away.The nice thing is that even If you are not a wine drinker or a cork collector you can ask your friends or a local restaurant to save corks for you. You can also buy them in bags from most stores that sell crafts if you want to make your own wine cork wreath.

Perhaps one of the more popular uses of wine cork wreaths, is to decorate one with Christmas trimmings. But they are also nice decor for other holidays and special occasions. I imagine they would be wonderful accents at a vineyard/winery, camps, cabins and family retreats, as well as Thanksgiving and such.

Purchasing a wine cork wreath is not difficult and there is a fairly wide selection of different ones available online. There are heart shaped ones (that would make nice Valentines Day gifts with a bottle of wine), one on fern and straw backgrounds and ones with ribbons and grapes, and on and on it goes.

If you would like to create a wine cork wreath from scratch, you might like our Holly Wine Cork Wreath. Some materials you will need are:

- any size grape vine wreath frame
- 75 - 150 wine corks
- glue sticks and a glue gun
- several small pieces of holly with berries
- one larger strand of holly with berries
- several small strands of ivy
- wide red ribbon
- white or red craft paint (optional)

Begin by weaving the ribbon in wide arcs around the grape vine by going in and out between the looser vines. Be sure to start the ribbon with glue on the back of the wreath and also glue down the end of the ribbon on the wreaths back. Now glue bits of ivy around the vine, letting some of it trail down and dangle slightly from the wreath. The next step is to put hot glue on the corks and place them on the wreath holding in place for five to 10 seconds. Do not put any corks at the very top of the wreath and leave a few small empty spaces as you place the corks around the wreath. The wreath will look more interesting if everything is not symmetrical. So it is a good idea to place the corks so they are not all facing the same direction.

When the corks are all secure, take the small pieces of holly and glue them into the spaces left around the wreath. Then fashion a large red bow from the ribbon and glue it in the space you left at the top of the wreath. Glue the largest strand of holly over the center of the ribbon. For variety you can paint the corks in any color you desire.

You now have an original wine cork wreath that you may have to make again and again as admiring friends want you to make them one for Christmas.