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Updated on February 8, 2024

Valentine Heart Ornament Wreath. Create a beautiful heart-shaped wreath for Valentine’s Day using inexpensive ornaments.

I have a little secret – I don’t usually decorate for Valentine’s Day. I have actually had a little box of decorations out in my shed, but I almost never take them out.

Now that my son is in school, it is really fun he gets to pass out Valentine’s cards to all his classmates. I thought I would like to have a few decorations up around the house and start some special traditions with the kids.

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How to Make a Valentine Heart Wreath

Since I am starting at square one for decorations, I created a heart-shaped valentine wreath. Wreaths are easy to add a touch of the season or holiday to any home.

RELATED: DIY Wreath Ideas

After finding a heart wreath form at JoAnn’s, I have had this wreath idea for months. So, I scoured the clearance racks after Christmas and got these ornaments super cheap at 70 – 90% off! I purchased all of them from Target, Walmart, and Big Lots.

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Supplies

Ornaments*
Heart Wire Wreath Frame
Floral Wire
Wire Cutter or Scissors
Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
Ribbon

* Clearance ornaments can sometimes be hard to find off-season. I found some links for inexpensive ornaments I thought I would share:

Attach the Ornaments to the Wreath

Start by dumping the ornaments from the smaller containers into a larger bowl or tray.

Cut a length of wire about 3 1/2″ – 4″. It doesn’t have to be exact. I used 26 gauge floral wire.

Don’t have floral wire? Pipe cleaners also work well for this project. I would recommend pink glitter pipe cleaners.

Note: The smaller the gauge of wire, the heavier, thicker, and less flexible the wire will be. If you want to be able to twist the wire with your hands and not pliers, I would suggest a 26 or 28-gauge wire.

Fold the wire in half and string an ornament onto it.

use floral wire to attach ornament to wreath form

Wrap the two ends of the wire around the metal wreath form. Pliers can be helpful to loop the wire tightly but are not necessary.

Hot glue everything to the wreath form if you want to skip the wire.

However, using the wire will help your wreath hold up over time, especially if you store it where the temperature fluctuates, like in a garage or shed.

Snip off excess wire with the wire cutter. You can also use scissors here if you have thin enough wire.

Repeat this process until most of the ornaments are placed on the wreath. Start with the largest ornaments first.

Next, add medium-sized ornaments.

Lastly, fill in with the smallest ornaments. When I got down to the smaller ornaments, I used two ornaments per wire to speed up the process of attaching them.

Save some smaller ornaments to fill in the wreath in the next steps.

Secure the Ornaments Using Hot Glue

Use hot glue to secure the ornaments to each other. This prevents the ornaments from sliding around the wreath form and provides stability.

Place a dab of hot glue between the ornaments and press them together.

use glue gun to secure ornaments together

You don’t have to glue every single ornament together. Just work in clusters and glue one cluster to the one next to it.

Use the smaller ornaments you saved from step four to fill in the gaps. No need to wire these ornaments, simply hot glue them to the other ornaments already on the wreath.

(Optional) Add Embellishments

Add any additional embellishments with your hot glue gun.

I found some pretty, sparkly butterflies I wanted to add. I could no longer use the clips on the back because the ornaments were in the way of the wire wreath frame.

So, I snipped the clips off with my wire cutter and attached the butterflies with hot glue.

Attach a ribbon to the back of your wreath form and hang it!

I love the way this Valentine’s heart wreath turned out. It is so festive and fun!

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