Holiday Planning & Ideas Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Crafts How to Make a Fruitful Thanksgiving Wreath Make a festive first impression on Thanksgiving by hanging this dried-floral-filled piece on your front door. By Kelly Dawson Published on October 21, 2021 Photo: Johnny Miller Transform a plain grapevine wreath into a special-occasion stunner with a few chic additions, including dried bunny tails, sora pods (we painted the insides gold), and autumn "flowers" sewn out of earthy-toned velvet. Best of all, you will have this dried-goods-only piece for years to come. If you're searching for even more autumnal wreath inspiration, peruse all of our fall-friendly wreaths here. Created by Tanya Graff and Silke Stoddard What You'll Need Materials Velvet fabric (Silk-Rayon Velvet in Pumpkin) Ruler and fabric scissors Fusible web interfacing (HeatnBond Fusible Web Interfacing) Flower Project Template Pointy scissors Sewing supplies Gold-leaf paint and paintbrush (Plaid Liquid Leaf One-Step Leafing Paint in Classic Gold) Sora pods (Bloomist Natural Sora Pods) Assorted dried nuts (Nuts.com Assorted Nuts, price dependent on quantity) Gold spray paint Orange dried bunny tails (Orange Dried Bunny Tails) Grapevine wreath (Bloom Room Grapevine Wreath 18" (similar to shown)) Hot-glue gun and glue sticks Instructions Smooth velvet over a flat surface; measure and cut two 7 1/2-by-3 1/2-inch strips. Use fusible web to join strips together, with wrong sides facing. Trace flower template onto fabric. Cut leaves out with scissors, then do a running stitch directly below leaves with doubled sewing thread. Pull thread to gather fabric into a tight bouquet, adding a few backstitches to secure gathering, and do the same after matching beginning and end of strip. Stitch through gathered section to tighten blossom; arrange leaves in place. Paint insides of sora pods; spray-paint nuts gold. Arrange bunny tails, gilded nuts and pods, and velvet blossoms on wreath, attaching with glue gun, until you reach desired appearance.