22 DIY Summer Wreath Ideas That Instantly Dress Up Your Door

If neutral tones are your jam, then this is the wreath for you!

To make: Attach 3 1/2-inch Shaker pegs to a 12-inch biodegradable floral craft ring with hot-glue. Wrap a piece of floral wire around the craft ring and hang from a nail.

Celebrate America’s 250th with a colorful wreath made from loads of straw. For a sophisticated palette, dot a few light blue straws in the mix.

To make: Attach different lengths of red, white, and blue straws to a craft ring with hot-glue; layering them until the craft ring is fully covered.

How does your summer garden grow? Maybe in a wreath made from mini pots!

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Use pastel color packets for a spring wreath and vegetable packets for a height of summer wreath.

To make: Attach 12 to 14 vintage seed packets to a 12-inch foam wreath form with straight pins. If you'd like, slip a few freshly picked flowers into the packaging. Complete the craft with 1/2-inch-wide jute or hemp ribbon.

With their fun colors and shapes, vintage outdoor metal faucet handles are perfect wreath for a garden lover.

To make: Start by loosely wrapping a wire wreath form in burlap ribbon. Bend 4-inch lengths of green floral wire into U shapes. Thread both ends of a wire piece through a handle, and poke through the ribbon, wrapping the wire pieces firmly around themselves to secure handles.

Tip your hat to the arrival of summer with a decked-out straw brim.

To make: Shape a piece of floral chicken wire into a dome that fits snugly around one-third of the crown. Fill with damp floral foam and place a piece of wax floral tissue paper on the bottom. Wire the dome to the top of the brim and insert flowers into the foam as desired. Finish with a bow attached with hot-glue or a T-pin.

These flowering tree branches first start blossoming in early spring; for summer blooms, fill with hydrangea or sunflowers.

To make: Gather a cluster in a vintage fishing creel (lined with plastic and a wet floral foam base to keep pieces secure), and hang on your front door.

This colorful flower wreath can be used year after year with no withering blooms.

To make: Wrap a small wire wreath form in white ribbon. Attach brooches using pin backings. Add a small bow made from sparkly ribbon, if desired.

Bright, festive, and edible! This chili pepper wreath gets pops of color from tissue paper flowers.

To make: Wire small tissue paper flowers to a chili pepper wreath. Hang from a nail.

Celebrate the season's favorite game with a wreath made from vintage sets.

To make: Cover a 14-inch biodegradable craft ring with a peel-and-stick moss mat. Remove the handles from about 16 croquet mallets. Hot-glue heads to wreath, offsetting every other one slightly (reserve handles for another DIY project). Carefully turn over wreath, and use a nail gun to permanently attach heads.

This sophisticated wreath is perfect for those who love natural elements with subtle hits of color.

To make: Buy or make an olive branch wreath. Embellish with dried white statice and lavender; attach with floral wire. Hang from a nail.

Vintage handkerchiefs create a colorful and soft front door display.

To make: Tie around a wire wreath form. Hang from a nail or screw.

Verdant like a bright warm day, this wreath is the perfect display for the front door from spring through summer.

To make: Wrap a wire wreath form in ribbon and loop an additional piece around the top for hanging. Attach tart tins, moss, and quail eggs with hot glue

Add texture and loads of color to the front door with a woven vessel.

To make: Line the basket with brown craft paper. Place damp floral foam in a zip-top bag; arrange flowers in the zip-top bag then place in the basket. Hang from a nail or hook threaded through the basket’s weave.

How pretty is this pail bursting with blooms?

To make: Place paper towels in a bucket (this will help with any drips). Top with a piece of damp floral foam, then flowers. Hang with a nail or screw.

The simplest door decor around.

To make: Fill a watering can with water and add a beautiful bouquet of flowers. Then just loop wire through the handle and hang it.

A collection of oyster shells makes for a fitting waterfront welcome.

To make: Wrap a loop of jute rope around a 16-inch wire wreath form and hang. Drill a small hole in an oyster shell using a 3/32-inch drill bit and attach it to the form with thin wire. Repeat until the wreath is covered (you’ll need about 60 shells).

Put a vintage grain sifter to good use by making it into fresh home decor.

To make: Take floral tubes, fill with water, insert flowers, and attach to the sifter with wire. Loop the wire to hang on the front door.