20 Creative Alternatives to a Front Door Wreath for Fall & Winter

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Hey everyone! I know it’s still early but once the cold weather hits, I’m just ready to decorate for the Holidays! I started thinking about decorating the front porch and I’d like to do something different this year. You know, think out side the wreath 🙂 So today I am sharing 20 alternatives to a wreath for your front door for Fall and Winter. Let’s get creative, shall we??

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1. Frames

Make something unique with an inexpensive or even a thrift store frame. I love the chicken wire.

 

20 Alternatives to a Wreath for Fall & Winter - Frames - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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20 Alternatives to Wreaths for Fall and Winter - Frames and Chicken wire - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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Add some burlap and greens along with some jingle bells.

 

20 Alternatives to a Wreath for Fall and Winter - with jingle bells - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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Spray paint an old frame and simply hang some ribbon and ornaments.

20 Alternatives to Wreaths for Fall and Winter - Red frame with ornaments - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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2. Make one with Twigs

Use what you have out in your yard, break out your hot glue gun and make something unique for your home.  I love these!

 

20 Alternatives to a Wreath for Fall and Winter - Stick window with berries and pine cones - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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20 Alternatives to Wreaths - birch twig wreath with berries - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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3. Wooden Tags

How cute are these?  You can pick these raw wooden tags up at Micheal’s and decorate them how you wish. You can hang them with rope or twine or ribbon.

 

20 Alternatives to Wreaths - wood tags for thanksgiving - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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20 Alternatives to Wreaths - wooden tags - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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4. Wooden plaques

This started out as a simple unfinished wooden disk.

 

20 Alternatives to Wreaths - painted wooden slice wreath - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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I like how they attached these together with the ribbon.

20 Alternatives to Wreaths -Square letters hanging - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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20 Alternatives to Wreaths for Fall and Winter - welcome wood slice - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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5. Wooden Signs

The sky is the limit with these. You just need some stencils and embellishments.

 

20 Alternatives to Wreaths - Wooden sign wreath - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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20 Alternatives to Wreaths for Fall and Winter - Hello Fall wooden sign - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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6. Wooden Slice

I made one of these a couple of years ago. You can see it HERE. Really easy and you don’t even need to cut one yourself. You can find them at Michael’s or on Amazon is different sizes.

 

20 Alternatives to Wreaths for Fall and Winter - wood slice - Life on Kaydeross Creek

 

 

7. Silver Trays

Thrift stores are great for finding old trays to use for these projects. Use with or without chalkboard paint and combine faux flowers to make something for each season.

 

20 Alternatives to Wreaths for Fall and Winter - Silver tray chalkboard - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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Here they have part of the tea set with greens and ribbon. How original!

Tip: place small pads that go on the bottom of chair legs on the back to prevent it from banging against the door.

20 Alternatives to Wreaths - silver tray and garland with silver creamer - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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Combine the tray with grapevine, burlap and faux flowers for a pretty farmhouse look.

 

20 Alternatives to Wreaths for Fall and Winter - Round silver tray welcome sign - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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8. Burlap Bags

So cute. You can do these smaller ones or how about one big one?

 

20 Alternatives to Wreaths for Fall and Winter - burlap bags forming a wreath - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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How about a big one for Christmas with greens?

20 Alternatives to Wreaths for Fall and Winter - large burlap bag - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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9. Shutters

So pretty and festive!

 

 

20 Alternatives to Wreaths for Fall or Winter - rustic swag on shutter - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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10. Pine Branch Swag

 

20 Alternatives to Wreaths for Fall and Winter - Pine branch spray - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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I love these bells! You may just see these at my house if I can find them. 🙂

20 Alternatives to Wreaths for Fall and Winter - greenery swag with bells - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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20 Alternatives to Wreaths for Fall and Winter - green swag - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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11. Ice Skates

 

20 Alternatives to Wreaths for Fall and Winter - ice skate wreath - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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20 Alternatives to Wreaths for Fall and Winter - skate wreath alternative - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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20 Alternatives to Wreaths for Fall and Winter - Ice skates wreath - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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12. Mittens

 

20 Alternatives to Wreaths for Fall and Winter - Mittens with greens - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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How about a combination of wood and mittens…

20 Alternatives to Wreaths for Fall and Winter - Wooden plank and mittens - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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13.  Rakes

 

20 Alternatives to Wreaths for Fall and Winter - rake wreath - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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20 Alternatives to Wreaths for Fall and Winter - Fall rake wreath - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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14. Baskets

I tried one of these in the spring and loved it and then used it again in the fall by changing up the colors. You can see those HERE and HERE.

So pretty…

20 Alternatives to Wreaths for Fall and Winter - Basket with rope hanger - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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20 Alternatives to Wreaths for Fall and Winter - Basket with red ribbon - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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I love the mini skates. 🙂

 

 

20 Alternatives to Wreaths for Fall and Winter - Basket with mini skates - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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15. Mirrors

This is one of my favorites.

 

 

20 Alternatives to Wreaths for Fall and Wnter - mirror wreath - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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20 Alternatives to Wreaths - ornate mirror - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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16. Pine Cone Swags

These look super easy. You can use ribbon, burlap or twine to hang them. Hang them by themselves or with greens or ornaments.

 

20 Alternatives to Wreaths for Fall and Winter - pine cone swag with burlap - Life on Kaydeross Creek

 

20 Alternatives to Wreaths for Fall and Winter - pinecone swag with checkered ribbon - Life on Kaydeross Creek

 

20 Alternatives to Wreaths for Fall and Winter - pinecone wreath with greens and icicles - Life on Kaydeross Creek

 

17. Grapevine

So pretty!

 

20 Alternatives to Wreaths for Fall and Winter - grapevine and pine swag - Life on Kaydeross Creek

 

 

20 Alternatives to Wreaths - grapevine and greens - Life on Kaydeross Creek

 

18. Letters

 

 

20 Alternatives to Wreaths for Fall and Winter - initial wreath - Life on Kaydeross Creek

 

 

20 Alternatives to Wreath for Fall and Winter - White wooden letter wreath - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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20 Alternatives for a Wreath for Fall and Winter - Letters for Wreaths - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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19. Tins

 

20 Alternatives to a wreath for Fall and Winter - Metal container - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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20 Alternatives to wreaths for fall and winter - rusty tin with cotton branches - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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20. Wooden Boxes

 

20 Alternatives to a wreath for fall or winter - for light wooden box - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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20 Alternatives to a wreath for fall and winter - dark Wooden box - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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20 Alternatives to a wreath for fall and winter - light box Christmas - Life on Kaydeross Creek

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20 Alternatives to a wreath for Fall and Winter - Life on Kaydeross Creek

I love all of these ideas! I’m definitely inspired to do something different this year. I hope you are too. If you have decorated with something other than a wreath in the past or plan on using something unique for your front door this year, I would love to see it!

Make it your own!

Col

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17 Comments

  1. Dear Theresa – I LOVE your beautiful designs! I have a problem with wreaths quickly becoming destroyed by high sun exposure on my front door. What can I do? Summer is coming and I’ve already lost 2 wreaths last year (we built this house and have only had 1 summer here).
    Thank you so much for your help –
    xo
    Rhonda

  2. Love your projects – I have to ask though – how do you hang them on a glass door? I have been searching high and low for something that will hold burlap wreaths on the glass of my front doors. Can you advise?

    1. Hi Susan! You should be able to hang it on a command strip right on the glass or I’ve seen a few people use a command strip (upside down so the hook is facing the floor) on the other side of the door on the wooden part and then hang a ribbon, twine etc over the top of the door and hook it under the command strip hook. 🙂

      1. Hi,
        Also, you can buy a set of strong magnetic hooks. I put one on outside on glass and the second one on inside right opposite the outside one. They support each other and can hold a very heavy wreath very well.
        PS have to have hubby help since my arms aren’t long enough to reach both sides at once.

  3. Collen there are so many great ideas here, and so much to choose from. Now you’ve inspired me to make another wreath, as if I don’t have enough! 😉

  4. What a wonderful collection of beautiful wreaths to welcome us to the season! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday. Come to next weeks Thanksgiving party on Tuesday at 8:00 am, CST, see you then!
    Miz Helen

  5. Hello Coleen, it is such a creative and wonderful post. Its gonna make me not to throw away any old frames 🙂 I found you on #MizHelenThursday plate party. I am a new blogger and just started blogging last week. I wrote my second blog post on cupcakes, please do visit my blog and give me feedback. I will be coming here often now. have a great Thanksgiving!! thanks Manisha
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  6. I have been meaning to make one with my childhood ice skates for years and keep forgetting! Thank you for the reminder! I’ll finally get it done this year!

    1. The rustic ones are my favorite as well and the one with the skates. I love decorating with pieces that are a bit out of the ordinary. 🙂

  7. Oh my gosh Colleen, I love them all!! What great ideas and inspiration! Thanks so much for sharing them at the What to do Weekends Party with us. Pinned and I will be Featuring your awesome roundup this Thursday night on Shoestring Elegance! Congratulations and thanks again, beautifully done!
    Theresa