DIY A Pool Noodle Candy Corn Wreath To Spruce Up Your Porch For Fall

Candy corn is the simplest symbol of Halloween. Tri-colored triangles are so uncomplicated, but so much fun. In the last few years, decorating for this holiday has ballooned in popularity, and stores are brimming over with covetable products we're itching to trick out our homes with. Luckily, there are loads of cheap and easy Halloween decorations you can DIY. YouTuber Lindsay Griffitts-Phan from Craft with Me spied a swoon-worthy candy corn-themed wreath from Michaels, but balked at forking over half a Benjamin for something they could make even better. Armed with Dollar Tree bounty, they whip up a knock-off that is truly cuter than the original. Create your own candy corn wreath following Griffitts-Phan's inspiration. Even if you can't find the same components for your own wreath, leave it to Dollar Tree to have other equally adorable options for just $1.25 each.

Using a pool noodle as a base, Griffitts-Phan linked its ends with duct tape, creating a roughly 18-inch circle. Our crafter wrapped the form in fall-colored ribbon, covering it entirely. On top of the ribbon, they glued oversized decorative candy corn, alternating them head to tail, until the entire wreath face was covered. To mimic the original wreath's yarn pom poms, Griffitts-Pham snipped up a slew of handmade puffs and attached them on the inner and outer edges of the candy corn face. To top it all off, they found a cheery "Happy Halloween" sign to adorn the center of the wreath. Concoct your own, and your porch will be the centerpiece of your over-the-top decorated home.

To pull off a similar design as Griffitts-Pham's, hit up Dollar Tree — a reliable source for budget-friendly Halloween decor crafts. Into your basket, toss a pool noodle, a spool of wire-edged Halloween ribbon, a holiday sign like these, and at least three skeins of acrylic yarn in fall colors. From At Home, order 10 to 12 stems of these glittered candy corn decorations. You'll also need duct tape, a glue gun, and a bit of craft wire or twist ties.

Connect the ends of the pool noodle with duct tape, wrap your wreath form with ribbon and glue the ends. Glue the individual glitter candy corn pieces onto the wreath alternating tip to tail. Once you've covered the face of the wreath, continue gluing additional candy corns evenly spaced on top of the ones you've already glued. To make the pom poms, wrap yarn 60 times around a 4-inch wide piece of cardboard. Slide the bundle off the cardboard, and tie a piece of yarn around the center of the bundle several times. Trim the loops at each end of the bundle, fluffing the ends as you go to. Glue about 50 pom poms along the edges of the wreath.

Attach the sign to the center of the wreath with heavy craft wire or twist ties. Find a spot on the back of the wreath where you'll attach the sign's hanger. Move aside the ribbon in that spot, bend the wire, and poke it through about a ¼-inch section of the noodle. Twist the wire through the sign's hanging loops, and your wreath is ready!