How to make a jolly dinosaur Christmas wreath for the festive season

You’ve seen the memes: T-Rex with his Christmas lights in a tangle and the impossible task of putting the star on the tree.

You’re grinning, right?

This prehistoric challenge inspired our dinosaur Christmas wreath.

Simple and fun and put together in just a few minutes (even with an LDA helping), this dinosaur Christmas door wreath is a great Christmas craft for dinosaur lovers.

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Tips for making your dinosaur Christmas wreath

This is one of those crafts that is simple (your little dinosaur lover can do most of the work) and fun (because who has a dinosaur Christmas door wreath?). It is more traditional than some of our crafts (it is still obviously a Christmas door wreath after all).

This is another one of those craft ideas that is difficult to describe. What you do really depends on what you have available and where your inspiration and imagination take you.

But here are a few tips.

Choosing a wreath.

We had one already (it was part of a set with two trees), that was just being neglected. It is fake and comes with little LED lights. You can make your own from fresh or faux greenery, use one made out of willow or grapevine, or just use an embroidery hoop. Upcycle!

Adding some fairy lights will always make the dinosaur Christmas wreath more festive.

Because both our wreath and tree were green, we used a big bright ribbon behind the tree and the dinosaur to make sure they stood out. You might just want to tie a big bow at the top of your wreath. Or have no bow at all!

Choosing a dinosaur

We chose a T-Rex because of the memes. And because we had one that had been bought extra for crafting and could be spray painted.

You do not have to choose a T-Rex. Nor do you have to spray paint your dinosaur.

Take inspiration where you find it!

• The dinosaurs from our Advent wreath would also look at home on a dinosaur Christmas door wreath! I can easily see Stegosaurus with its many presents or a Brachiosaurus with a tree on its back gracing a dinosaur Christmas wreath.
• Paint a Santa suit on a dinosaur and add a hat.
• How about some carolers in ugly Christmas sweaters? You might need to shorten the arm. Add a few musical notes and a “Deck the Halls” or ” Silent night” banner to complete the look.
• A dinosaur (in a Santa hat or beanie) holding a “North Pole” sign, with Santa and his reindeer flying through the middle of your wreath.

Of course, there is nothing to say you cannot have multiple dinosaurs or even cover your wreath in dinosaurs!

How about a banner?

If you are lucky, you might find a mini banner in the gift wrapping or cake decorating department (one of our local stores had strings with “Merry Christmas” written in dice).

If you can’t find a mini banner you like, make one! I drew some little pennants up on my laptop and added the letters to spell “Merry Xmas” in the colours of our ribbon. I cut them out and our LDA glued them onto some string.

Of course, if you have a Cricut or other plotter, you could definitely use it to create a little banner for your wreath.

Or you might not want a banner at all!

Attaching things to your wreath

There are a couple of options when it comes to attaching things to your wreath.

Our wreath is “rough” so we can loop our ribbon around the wreath and it stays where we put it. If yours won’t stay put, use your hot glue gun to stick it in place.

The string of our banner was simply tied to the back of the wreath. Make sure your string is long enough to be able to adjust your banner to hang the way you want.

No dinosaur Christmas wreath would be complete without a dinosaur.

If you are using small dinosaurs, you might be able to hot glue them to the wreath. Our dinosaur was too heavy and our wreath was too “rough” for hot glue. We used invisible fishing wire/jewellery thread, winding it around the dinosaur, tree and wreath to hold them in place. You could also use florist’s wire, which would hold things more securely but would probably show.

What if you don’t celebrate Christmas?

No problem!

You can easily make a few changes to suit your celebration.

Are you celebrating Hanukkah? Paint your dinosaur silver or metallic blue and add a dreidel instead of a tree. I am sure a T-Rex would struggle just as much to spin a Dreidl…

What about Kwanzaa? Spay paint your 7 dinosaurs red, green and black. If you want, challenge them with some mini plastic fruit (use a hot glue gun to attach them to your wreath). You can even use dinosaurs that were found on the African continent, like the Giraffatitan (Brachiosaurus) or Krentrosaurus (both of which can be found in this set).

What about a dinosaur birthday wreath?

You can also use the basic idea to make a birthday wreath – it makes a great party decoration or “way to “signpost” for a the party.

Choose your wreath carefully – a floral hoop wreath or wicker wreath work well for this type of dinosaur wreath.

Choose some bright ribbon in your party colours, add your little dinosaur fan’s favourite type of dinosaur, a big number for their birthday, and a mini happy birthday banner (cake toppers work well!). You can even “dress up” your dinosaur to match your unique cake topper!

Make your own “dinosaur meme” Christmas wreath

Will your Christmas door wreath be a little less traditional and more fun this year? Will it roar at you (in frustration) and make you smile?

Why not make your own dinosaur Christmas wreath together with your little dinosaur fan or just hang it on your door to surprise them? This simple and fun craft will bring instant festive dinosaur cheer to your front door.

What will the dinosaur(s) on your Christmas wreath be doing?

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