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DIY Canning Ring Wreath

Crafts, Frugal Living, Homestead-Life

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This DIY canning ring wreath is my new favorite homestead decor ever! You guys know I have a canning addiction.

Learn how to make this simple DIY Christmas canning ring wreath with supplies already on hand. Plus, you can use it for any holiday. I think this is my most favorite wreath ever! And no pine needles drying up and falling on my floor!

Being able to take something that's just lying around, and then turn into something oh so cute, well, this little homesteading heart just kept pace with a fast fiddle stomping tune. (Did I ever tell you I know how to do the Tarheel stomp and love bluegrass? Too much info….)

Anyone else love free? Because free is about as frugal as you can get. Plus, I happen to think this captures simple and rustic together in a beautiful way…. that doesn't make me conceited because I made it, does it? (Let's just be good friends and say it doesn't, okay?)

This is part of our homemade Christmas series. One of the best ways to save money is to use things you already have on hand. To get my FREE Pioneering Today-A Homemade Christmas e-book, sign up here for our 8 Week Homemade Christmas Series and get the book as a bonus!

This canning ring wreath just keeps getting better and better, because you can swap out the decoration on the side to fit any season. Right now, it's a rustic fall look for Thanksgiving.

Other holiday embellishment ideas

Christmas– red ribbon, pinecone, bell, snippets of evergreen boughs, any tree ornament

Valentines- red and pink ribbon, felt heart ornament

Easter- eggs, bunny ornament

Spring bird nests, hydrangea, spring flowers, moss, twigs with buds

Summer sunflowers, bright flowers

Learn how to make this simple DIY Christmas canning ring wreath with supplies already on hand. Plus, you can use it for any holiday. I think this is my most favorite wreath ever! And no pine needles drying up and falling on my floor!

Fall feathers, dried flowers, seed pods, leaves, cinnamon sticks, star of anise

Resources for Canning Ring Wreath

34 Wide mouth canning rings 

Jute twine (seriously, jute twine might be one of the most used items on our homestead, from the garden, to kitchen, and now decorating!)

Burlap ribbon or this snowflake burlap ribbon

Thread and needle to gather ribbon into embellishment flower

Tip: if you want a really rustic wreath, use rusted canning rings. Typically, you don't can with the rusted rings anymore because they're harder to screw on and don't get as tight. You shouldn't store your home canned goods with the rings on either, so this puts them to good use.

How to Make Canning Ring Christmas Wreath

Learn how to make this simple DIY Christmas canning ring wreath with supplies already on hand. Plus, you can use it for any holiday. I think this is my most favorite wreath ever! And no pine needles drying up and falling on my floor!

Gather your canning rings. I used wide mouth to make a larger wreath, but have used smaller rings to make a table top canning ring pumpkin (check out the video on it here). If you have two colors of rings, I had silver and gold, separate the canning rings out into two piles by color. 

Learn how to make this simple DIY Christmas canning ring wreath with supplies already on hand. Plus, you can use it for any holiday. I think this is my most favorite wreath ever! And no pine needles drying up and falling on my floor!

If you have more of one color than another, decide if you'll make a pattern by doing two of one color to the other or any other combination you wish.

Learn how to make this simple DIY Christmas canning ring wreath with supplies already on hand. Plus, you can use it for any holiday. I think this is my most favorite wreath ever! And no pine needles drying up and falling on my floor!

Take a length of jute twine and begin sliding the canning rings onto it. Make sure they're all turned the same direction.

Learn how to make this simple DIY Christmas canning ring wreath with supplies already on hand. Plus, you can use it for any holiday. I think this is my most favorite wreath ever! And no pine needles drying up and falling on my floor!

When all of the the canning rings are threaded onto the thread, join the two ends of jute twine together and tie tightly into a bow. Use the two loops of the bow to hang your wreath.

Next, lay your burlap ribbon out flat. Using about 1 inch stitches, go up the center of the ribbon with thread. Pull taunt and gather the ribbon, making a burlap ribbon embellishment (aka rustic flower).

Our chickens just got done molting, so I used three of their feathers to give my rustic flower a bit more flare. Hot glue the feathers on the back of your rustic feather and then hot glue it to your wreath.

Frugal tip: Look for things around your home, yard, or barnyard you can add for a bit of charm without buying anything.

Learn how to make this simple DIY Christmas canning ring wreath with supplies already on hand. Plus, you can use it for any holiday. I think this is my most favorite wreath ever! And no pine needles drying up and falling on my floor!

Challenge: Make your wreath and share it in our Homemade Christmas Facebook group. You'll get an invite when you sign up for our free 8 Week Homemade Christmas Series.

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Melissa K. Norris inspires people's faith and pioneer roots with her books, podcast, and blog. Melissa lives with her husband and two children in their own little house in the big woods in the foothills of the North Cascade Mountains. When she's not wrangling chickens and cattle, you can find her stuffing Mason jars with homegrown food and playing with flour and sugar in the kitchen.

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Comments:

  1. Debbie

    November 8, 2015 at 2:36 am

    That is a great idea Melissa for the jar ring wreath. Thanks for sharing. Love your blog. Debbie

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    • Melissa Norris

      November 8, 2015 at 5:45 am

      Thank you, Debbie! I really enjoyed this project.

      Reply
  2. Karla Streng

    November 12, 2015 at 5:59 pm

    Thanks for this wreath idea. I love to can, so I have many rings saved and I have often thought about the waste of product and waste of space just keeping them in plastic bags. Now I have a way to re-purpose them and I am thankful! Might have my young grand kids help, as they love craft projects. Your blog and ideas bless me so much! Thank you,
    Karla

    Reply
    • Melissa Norris

      November 13, 2015 at 3:25 am

      Thank you, Karla! This makes a great project to do with kiddos and I love putting all those rings to good use, too.

      Reply
  3. Tricia

    December 10, 2015 at 1:11 am

    Melissa, I have a rough time needing to throw away Anything. The unusable rusty canning rings I’ve gathered will be put to use with this wreath.I Knew I was saving them for a good reason. Funny though, I keep my good usable rings stored on a long bungee cord and hang it up outta the way, yet at hand if needed. The thought hadn’t occurred to me by looking at the ‘ring’ of lids on the cord to make a wreath. You are ingenious! Thank you.

    Reply
    • Melissa Norris

      December 10, 2015 at 5:24 am

      Tricia,
      I was so excited about this one and so glad you have a use for those rusty rings! I’m sure it will be gorgeous.

      Reply

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