Spooky Skull Halloween Wreath

This Spooky Skull Wreath screeches it’s Halloween time! Decorations are going up, and pumpkin spice candles are being lit.  We have a mirror with a small shelf underneath in our living room, screaming for a spooky wreath.  I envisioned a beautifully dead wreath with small pops of color.

I will take you step-by-step on how to create this DIY Spooky Skull Halloween wreath.

Lets Start!

Starting with a black glitter grapevine wreath, I was on the hunt for the prettiest dead flowers.  In the Halloween section of the craft store, I found a small bouquet of black flowers.  They do not look like much, but it was the perfect background layer to start with after a couple of tweaks.  Feathers add an interesting texture and help balance the wreath.  Adding some color is essential to create depth, so black-trimmed purple peonies seemed perfect.  And finally, the bronze skull as the focal point.

Materials For Your Spooky Skull Wreath

• 18″ Grapevine wreath- Black and glittery (Michael’s Craft Store) Natural grapevine wreath– (Amazon)
• Black feathers– $8.99 for a pack of 100 feathers….yes please.
• White and brown feathers– These feathers are from Amazon and I found them after I did my wreath and liked them a lot more then the feathers I used from Michael’s Craft Store. They were also cheaper.
• Black and brown ribbon– I found my stripped ribbon at Michael’s craft store, however this chevron print ribbon is a great alternative.
• Dead Flowers- Michael’s craft store, however less expensive alternative would be these beautifully dead flowers from Amazon.
• Peonies– I originally found my peonies at Michael’s, but also saw this alternative on Amazon. The price difference was huge. I paid $3.99 per peony at Michael’s. Amazon works out to be about $1 each stem.
• Bronze skull- Michael’s craft store.

Helpful Tools For Your Spooky Skull Wreath

• Floral Wire– Any craft wire between 20-26 gauge thickness will work great.
• Sharpe scissors– Needed for almost all crafting projects.
• Glue gun with extra glue sticks– Always have extra glue sticks on hand, nothing is worse then running out of glue midway through a project!  

Starting with your black bouquet, separate the steams, and spread out the leaves and flowers.  Doing this helps to fill in the wreath more evenly. 

I like to tuck the ends inside the grapevine to help with placement to move them around easily. 

Midway down the wreath’s side, I switch directions, so the flowers are now upside down.  By doing this, you are hiding all the ends of the steams and creating a more symmetrical shape.

The feathers are next and alternating between black and white, insert them among the black flowers.

Now that you have the background filled take your glue gun and place a dollop where the stem and the wreath meet.  The wreath stays indoors, so don’t go crazy, just a little to anchor in place.  

Moving on to the peonies.  I stripped off the green leaves planning on tossing them; they were much too alive for this wreath.  After I positioned the flowers, they seemed to get lost among the black background, so I added the green leaves to create dimension.  Once I was happy with the placement, I secured them with hot glue. 

Beautiful Spooky Skull Wreath

The last thing was the spooky skull.  Using the floral wire, I threaded it through the skull’s jaw and wrapped the wire to the back of the wreath, and twisted it tightly.

Holding up the wreath, I took a step back to see if there were any holes or sparse spots that needed to be filled.

Hang the Spooky Skull Halloween wreath with a ribbon of your choice and enjoy! Happy Halloween! 

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