Use A Pool Noodle To DIY A Unique Halloween Wreath For A Vibrant Front Door

If you're looking for an easy and cheap way to decorate your front door for Halloween, grab a pool noodle. There are plenty of ingenious ways to use pool noodles throughout your house, and those brightly-colored foam tubes you see outside of Dollar Tree all year long also make perfect wreath bases. They can be used to decorate for any holiday at an inexpensive price. To get started on your brightly-colored Halloween wreath, you'll need a few basic supplies, including one pool noodle in any color, some black garland (purple or orange could also work), and grapevine balls (such as the Patelai Wicker Rattan Balls on Amazon) or other embellishments. To create this vibrant wreath, you'll attach the garland to the round pool noodle and add the decorative items.

For tools, you'll need some duct tape (to secure the noodle into a circle), zip ties, scissors, and floral pins. Get things ready by pre-cutting a few pieces of duct tape that are long enough to wrap around your Halloween pool noodle wreath a couple of times. Make the base of your wreath by grabbing your pool noodle and bringing both ends together to create a circle. Use a couple of pieces of duct tape to secure the ends together. Don't be stingy with the duct tape, as the last thing you want is for your wreath to come apart with all your decorations on it. You can also insert a small dowel into the pool noodle where you're joining it for extra stability. 

Once you have the base shape completed, it's time to decorate your wreath. Start by laying your garland flat on top of the pool noodle wreath. Use the zip ties to hold the garland in place at the front of the wreath, hiding the tails behind the garland. If the tails are long, you could also trim them. Once all the garland is completely attached to the pool noodle, fluff it out by separating the branches to create a fuller look.

To add vibrant color to your wreath, take the grapevine balls and secure them to the pool noodle wreath using the floral pins, starting from the center of the circle. Use the balls to cover any zip ties that may be showing through the branches. You can also attach these to the branches of the garland. If you want to make your wreath look fuller and ready for Halloween, you could also poke some Crafter's Square Halloween Decorative Picks from Dollar Tree into the piece. Once the wreath is finished, hang it on your front door to prepare your porch for Halloween night. 

However, this wreath doesn't only have to be used for Halloween. Once the holiday is over, turn it into a Christmas wreath made out of pool noodles. To do this, trade the black garland for green and add grapevine balls in red and green. You could also glue on ornaments or pinecones. For a spring arrangement, try adding colorful flower picks to the piece. Continue reusing the pool noodle base to keep your porch decorated all year round.