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a wreath made of slices of dried citrus fruit

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Dried Citrus Wreath

Recipe by becky

  • Total Time1 hour (plus drying time)
  • Yield12-inch wreath 1x

Step-by-step instructions for making a rustic dried citrus wreath.

Ingredients

Scale

Dried citrus slices, such as oranges, lemon, or grapefruit*
12-inch cardboard wreath ring, or cardboard cut into a 12-inch ring
Hot glue gun and glue sticks
Ribbon, to decorate**
String or twine, for hanging


Instructions

Slice and dry the citrus, using my dried citrus peels recipe.*

A bowl of dried orange, lemon, and grapefruit slices

Cut a 12-inch ring from a piece of cardboard or a sturdy cardboard box, or purchase a pre-made cardboard wreath ring.

A cardboard ring on a marble surface

With a hot glue gun, secure the citrus fruit slices to the cardboard ring. As you build the layers, glue the fruit slices to one another, rather than directly to the ring.

Hot glue gun attaching dried citrus slices to a cardboard ring

Assembling a dried citrus fruit wreath on a marble surface

Make the ribbon bow by using sharp craft scissors to cut one 18-inch strip of ribbon** for large bow piece; two 10-inch strips for the tails, and one 6-inch piece to wrap around the middle of the bow.  Then, cut an angled edge on each of the 10-inch “tail” strips.

Burlap ribbon pieces arranged on a marble surface

Fold the edges of the 18-inch piece inward to make the body of the bow.

Hand holding part of a burlap ribbon bow

Wrap the 6-inch piece around the middle, covering the seam. Secure with hot glue.

A burlap ribbon bow

Finally, flip the body over. Use a hot glue gun to adhere the tails to the back of the bow.

Constructing a burlap ribbon bow

Use hot glue to secure the bow to the dried citrus fruit.

A burlap bow

Punch a hole in the cardboard. Thread with a loop of twine, string, or thin ribbon.

A wreath made of dried citrus fruit slices

Display as desired.

A citrus fruit wreath hanging in a window

 

Notes

*This will take approximately 4-8 hours, so I recommend drying the fruit the day before you plan to assemble your wreath. For the wreath shown here, I used 4 oranges, 4 lemons, and 1/2 grapefruit.

**I used a 2 1/2-inch wide wired burlap ribbon; you can use the same techniques with a wider or thinner wired ribbon, or with a non-wired ribbon.

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