Beginner friendly how to – make a gorgeous shamrock wreath

Create a St. Patrick’s Day Shamrock Wreath using a dollar store wired shamrock wreath and a gorgeous layered bow made with the Bowdabra® Bow Maker! This is a fun way to use scrap ribbon, add texture, and build a full bow with two simple styles: an awareness-style “funky” bow and shoelace bows.

Materials:

4100.99/10-634 3 yards – #4100 Wired Lamé Ribbon 4 in Gold

2.5 yards – 7030.60/10-607 #7030 Shimmering Shamrocks Ribbon

2-1/2 in Green/Green 1 yard – 7413.40/10-613 #7413 Brilliance Ribbon 1-1/2 In Black

1.5 yards – 7740.60/10-607 #7740 Sequin Sparkle Ribbon

2-1/2 in Emerald 1.5 yards – 21” wide deco mesh

Bowdabra ribbons

Floral stems

Bowdabra Bow Wire

Bowdabra bow maker

Instructions:

First, wrap the shamrock wreath form with ribbon. Set aside.

Next, cut a piece of Bowdabra bow wire.  Then, fold it in half and insert it into the Bowdabra.  You will have a loop on one side and two loose wires on the other side.  This will serve as your slipknot.

Tuck the ends under to stay out of the way while you are making your bow.

Now, lay in some floral stems. Then add some scrap pieces of the gleam ribbon on which the ends have been dovetailed. To dovetail, fold the ribbon in half and cut at an angle away from the fold.

Fold lengths of ribbon in half with a loop on one side and two tails on the other, like an awareness ribbon. Then, place them in the Bowdabra alternating the sides of loops and tails. Make sure you twist when you place it in the Bowdabra so that the wrong side is on the inside of the bow.

To make a little shoelace bow. Find the center of a piece of sparkle ribbon and scrunch it down into the Bowdabra.  Now bring one side across and scrunch down, then bring the other side across and scrunch down. Repeat this step with the shamrock ribbon.

Finally, using some Scrunchy ribbon, insert it from the top and scrunch it down like an accordion. Make sure you scrunch from the center.

Now scrunch everything down with the Bowdabra wand.  Then, insert the loose wires through the loop and pull tight while the bow is still in the Bowdabra. Then, remove the bow from the Bowdabra, separate the ends, turn to the back, and tie a knot.  Tie a double knot for extra security.

Shape the bow, opening the loops and bringing the stems facing downward. Use the excess bow wire to tie the bow onto this gorgeous shamrock wreath!