Easter Mesh Wreath DIY

Learn how to make a Dollar Tree Easter wreath for your front door.

This Easter mesh wreath DIY is easy to make and very affordable with Dollar Tree supplies. I bought my wreath wire frame, ribbon and egg decorations at the Dollar Tree store. This post will share how to make a mesh wreath. If you’d prefer to listen to instructions, watch my YouTube instructions below.

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Supplies you’ll need:

I was able to purchase all of my key project supplies at the Dollar Tree

Dollar Tree wire wreath frame (mine is 14″)
Chenille stems/pipe cleaners (you’ll need 70)Dollar Tree mesh ribbon (3 colors, 3 of each)
Dollar Tree ribbon (optional), 4 rolls
Scissors
Wire cutters
Ruler (optional)
Dollar Tree decorations for wreath (optional) – I used egg picks from the Dollar Tree (shown below).

The image below shows my key project supplies.

I can’t believe these cute picks were only $1. They were perfect for my wreath!

Cut pieces of mesh ribbon and regular ribbon

First, cut pieces of ribbon, a lot of them! A 14″ Easter mesh wreath requires approximately 70 pieces of mesh ribbon, along with pieces of regular ribbon. You can either measure the mesh or you can eye ball it. I started by measuring 8″ pieces, but quickly switched to an eyeballing technique.

To eyeball the length needed, you just need to begin to roll the mesh. Once it creates a full circle, cut the piece of mesh. The pieces of cut mesh ribbon were about 7″ most of the time.

When cutting your regular ribbon, cut it a bit longer than the height of your mesh ribbon. I cut mine the same height and it ended up not sticking out enough to be very noticeable in the wreath unless you’re close to it. (It still looks great.)

I’d recommend cutting the pieces of regular ribbon about 1 1/2 – 3″ inches longer than the height of your mesh, depending on how much you want to poke out. This Dollar Tree mesh has a 6″ height, so I should have cut my ribbon about 8-9″ long. Don’t get too specific as it turns out really cute no matter what.

Cut a “V” on each side of the ribbon, if desired.

It gets pretty crazy with all the cut mesh and ribbon so you might want to gather some bowls/baskets to organize the pieces.

Create ribbon bundles/attachments.

You’ll make about 60-70 ribbon bundles/attachments that will fill up the wire wreath frame of your Easter mesh wreath.

To make the Easter mesh wreath attachments, you need 3 pieces of mesh (different colors) and a ribbon (ribbon is optional) and a pipe cleaner. I recommend picking a color that coordinates so that if it shows through, it isn’t noticeable.

Then stack the three mesh “rolls” and the piece of ribbon on top each other. I like to criss cross mine just a little bit.

Scrunch the center together and pinch the center.

Then, wrap and twist a pipe cleaner tightly around the stack of mesh ribbons. I twisted the pipe cleaner around 2 times. You don’t want to twist it too many times or it won’t sit as flat on the wire wreath frame. Make a pile of the attachments. I used a couple different patterns of ribbon so I kept my attachments in two separate piles.

Put the Easter mesh wreath attachments on the wire wreath frame.

You will be putting the attachments on the middle two wires, meaning you’ll pull your pipe cleaners onto the frame as shown below.

The picture below shows the wreath looking up from underneath.

Twist the pipe cleaner 4-5 times, keeping the attachment tight onto the wire wreath frame.

Continue to connect the attachments to the wire frame. I put approximately ten attachments in each section. At first, this may seem impossible. Just keep pushing each attachment close to the other ones. You’ll notice that you can fit a lot in there.

Also, at first, it won’t look very good. Just keep going. The wreath looks great once you get a lot of attachments on and they’re pushed tightly together.

Below you’ll see a picture when I just had 1/2 of the Easter mesh wreath done.

The picture below shows my wreath with all attachments connected.

Trim pipe cleaners using wire cutters.

The back of your wreath will look like a a crazy mess with all of the pipe cleaners. It doesn’t really matter because people won’t see the back. However, those pipe cleaners could scratch your wall or door so you may want to trim them with wire cutters. Just be careful not to cut too low. I cut just above where my wires were twisted.

Using a pipe cleaner, make an Easter mesh wreath hanger.

Loop the pipe cleaner onto the most outer ring or the second most outer ring of the wire wreath frame. The wreath is very light so this will easily hold the wreath.

Add decorations to your Easter mesh wreath.

I used these packages of egg picks from the Dollar Tree. After breaking each of the picks to a short lengths, I simply poked them into the wreath. They stay in well, even without gluing, but you can glue them in if you prefer.

And that’s it. I think this mesh wreath turned out really cute!

Shopping for mesh wreath supplies:

Purchase rolls of mesh, the wire frame, ribbon and egg picks at the Dollar Tree. I spent about $15 for all of my supplies.

Take a second and see how much you are saving by making it yourself. Check out some completed mesh wreaths on Amazon below and notice the prices of these beautiful wreaths. Yours will turn out this awesome! It is super easy.

In case you don’t live near a Dollar Tree or you simply need other colors of mesh ribbon (Dollar Tree has a very limited color selection), I’m providing some links below. Also, keep in mind that rolls of mesh on Amazon may have more ribbon than the Dollar Tree. For example, the mesh rolls from Dollar Tree each was 6 inches wide had 5 yards of mesh. Be sure you’re comparing apples to apples when looking at the online prices.

You can create so many types of themed wreaths. Consider doing colored mesh wreaths in sports colors, college colors, holiday colors, room colors, etc. I’ve linked up various colors of mesh for you below.

Key Supplies

Good luck with your wreath. My biggest piece of advice would be not to judge yourself early in the process of making this wreath. At first, I thought mine looked bad. But once I got my first 10 attachments connected, I knew it was going to look great!

Check out my other Easter Decor posts:

Decorating with Easter Peeps

Miniature Easter Baskets

Flower pot place cards