DIY Wood Egg Bead Easter Wreath

Do you love the wood bead wreath trend that is so popular right now? Make this stylish wood egg Easter wreath as an adorable adaptation for spring!

If you are like me, then you have been ogling over the wood bead wreaths on Pinterest lately. I love the look of them and so I was inspired to make an Easter version. This wood egg bead Easter wreath is my variation! I realize this is a tough time for everyone and Easter celebrations may be a little more quaint this year. However, there is no reason why we can not still celebrate at all!

I have been trying to find positive things to focus on lately since we get enough doom and gloom from social media and the news. For me, an escape is crafting. So I am still going to make and share projects not only for my own sanity, but to hopefully give you a break as well and inspire you to make your own creations! 🙂

DIY Wood Egg Bead Easter Wreath

This was a fairly simple wreath to make and it only took about an hour to throw it together. There are several different ways to make these kinds of wreaths but the most cost effective I had seen was to buy split wood beads and glue them onto a wood wreath rather than stringing a whole bead onto a wire wreath. Larger diameter wood beads can get pretty spendy otherwise!

Since this was an Easter version, I wanted to use wood eggs instead of wood beads. I was not able to find any split wood eggs so we had to split them ourselves. That was probably the toughest part of the whole wreath. We did not photograph this part but basically Mr. Wonderful used clamps to hold an egg and sawed it in half with a hand saw. He said you could also use a coping saw for this.

Supplies to make a Wood Egg Bead Easter Wreath

I ordered the wood eggs off of Amazon but the remaining supplies I found at Hobby Lobby and Walmart. I know that right now some stores are closed but the nice thing is that you are still able to order online. Even if you don’t get the supplies in time for this Easter, you will have a cute wreath to put out next year! 😉

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• 16″ Wood Ring Wreath
• Wood Eggs  – It looks like the ones I bought are unavailable now but here is another option.
• Faux Flowers and stems – I used a combination of Eucalyptus, Lamb’s ear and some flowers I found at Walmart and Hobby Lobby.
• Wood Bunny Decoration
• Hot Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
• Floral Wire
• Wire Cutters
• Carrots – These are optional, I did not end up using them as initially intended but I did end up using them on my mantel which I will share soon!

I used 6 eggs for my wreath, so I had 12 half eggs to cover the wreath. Since the flowers would cover a third of it, I knew I did not need the eggs to go all the way around the wreath.

I could not find a wood ring wreath at our local store and did not want to wait to order one online so Mr. W made one for me! 🙂 We had some leftover pieces of bead board around so he cut out two rings and glued them together for sturdiness. Talk about using your resources, huh? 

How to Make a Wood Bead Easter Wreath

After cutting your eggs in half, the first step is to glue your eggs onto the wreath.

I started at the top and worked my way down each side.

Next, do a little dry run and arrange your bunny and flowers onto your wreath so you know where you want them all to go. I decided to turn the eggs so the flowers would climb up the side of the wreath in order for the bunny to show better. If he and the flowers were at the bottom of the wreath, he would be covered up!

The next step is to glue on the wood bunny. This particular bunny is pretty thick and heavy so it would not have worked to glue it directly onto the wreath how it was. Mr. Wonderful cut out a groove (or a dado to be specific) into the bottom of the bunny so it would fit onto the wreath.

Add plenty of hot glue into the groove and glue down your bunny onto the center of the wreath.

Now cut down your leafy stems and flowers. I just hot glued my flowers on so I cut the stems pretty short but if you are using floral wire, you could leave them longer.

Start placing your leafy stems on both sides and attach with floral wire to the wreath. I originally just hot glued them but that did not hold so I suggest using floral wire for the stems.

Start attaching the flowers using the largest flower in the center and spreading out from there. The flowers stayed attached with hot glue alone just fine.

I love how the flowers look like they continue onto the bunny. When I was picking out the flowers, I matched the colors of the flowers on the bunny so everything would look cohesive. I think it turned out fantastic!

How to Hang Your Wreath

I hung my wreath using a command hook nestled between two eggs. It would also be pretty to hang with ribbon. Or if you are hanging it on a door, you could use a wreath hanger. The command hooks are so handy because you can use them anywhere without nail holes!

Check out more fun Easter posts!

You may be interested in some of these other Easter posts!

• Finger Knitted Bunny
• Simple Easter Craft Ideas
• DIY Painted Speckled Eggs
• Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt

I hope your family is healthy and safe! Even though all of this quite literally sucks, we are grateful for and enjoying having all our boys at home all at once and spending time together! I will be back soon with some other projects to share to help keep you busy in this time of isolation. 😉