Ideas for Making a Western Grapevine Wreath

Western Flora

• Flora associated with the West include bluebonnets, cacti and red chili peppers. All of these can be effective decorations for crafting a wreath. Cover a grapevine wreath with red chili peppers for a colorful look. Design a wreath with a cluster of cacti in small terra-cotta pots, hot gluing them to the bottom inside edge of the wreath. Add a burlap bow to the top to provide more color, and glue moss around the bases to finish the wreath. Hot glue stems of blueblonnets to a wreath and add a florist's bow to hide the stems, creating an attractive and simple decoration featuring flowers native to the West.

American Indian

• The West is rich in American Indian culture. Pottery and baskets are two American Indian crafts that easily adapt to a Western grapevine wreath. Painted pots feature intricate Indian designs; cluster small reproductions of these artistic pots and hot glue them to a wreath. Incorporate reproductions of Indian baskets in the same manner. Add moss around the items and a turquoise, red or gold bow at the top for a distinctive wreath for a home.

Old West

• Kids like to pretend they are cowboys, showing off bandannas, six-shooters, holsters, cowboy boots with spurs and cowboy hats: all images of the Old West that provide a focal point for a wreath. Fold bandannas into origami flowers. Group them together and attach them with wire to a grapevine wreath. Hot glue miniature cowboy boots to the wreath and glue straw around the boots. Wire a child's cowboy hat to the side of a wreath and add bandanna tied into a bow for Western flair. A shiny pair of child's spurs also works well.

Horses

• Horses appear in every Western action movie and represent the free spirit of the American West. Create a wreath around this concept by slightly overlapping a pair of horseshoes and attaching them to the grapevine wreath with hot glue. Adding a little moss around the shoes and wiring a bow to the top of the wreath finishes the project. Other options include substituting a miniature saddle or bridle for the horseshoes, or using a small plastic horse or horses as the focal point in the design. Include a few sprigs of faux flowers that resemble Texas bluebonnets for color and interest.