No matter the season or space, this copper leaf wreath makes for such a marvelous metallic statement piece. If you’re hanging this around the holidays, you might also like some copper accents for your Christmas tree. Our copper leaf ornaments would complement this wreath nicely.
Some other decorations that would work with this wreath throughout fall and winter are our metallic crepe paper pinecones and acorns. We love using metallic colors as accents in our DIY home décor—what about you?
A Copper Showstopper
Our latest DIY wreath is a copper showstopper. This copper leaf wreath is as simple to create as it is stunning! Just gather the tools and materials listed here, and craft along with our easy-to-follow photo tutorial.
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Tools
Materials
- Embossing Metal Sheets in Copper
- Cardboard
How to Make a Copper Leaf Wreath
- Gather the craft tools and materials listed above. Then download and print the leaf template at the end of this post.
- Cut out a wreath form from a scrap of cardboard. Ours has a 14″ outer diameter and an 8″ inner diameter.
- Using the embossing tool, trace the pattern onto the copper sheet.
- Following the template notes, cut out all your leaves with scissors.
- Using a hot glue gun, begin gluing the leaves to the wreath form. Glue about three leaves across and layer them over each other.
- Continue gluing the leaves to the wreath form until it is fully covered. Adjust the leaves’ shapes by ending the copper to give it more volume.
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8 Comments
Do you know if the Cricut Maker could emboss and cut the copper foil?
We haven’t tried that yet, Jennifer. Would be so great if it did…! You should reach out to Cricut’s customer service for that one. Thanks!
The Cricut help section on the Cricut website says the Maker will cut ‘Metal – 40 gauge thin copper’. Is this the type of material used in this project? If so, could you add an SVG file so I could try it? Thank you
Hi Jennifer,
We have updated the post to include an SVG file for cutting! We did use 40 gauge thin copper for this project, let us know how it turns out for you. 🙂
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How many sheets do you need for one wreath?
We used 1 roll of 12×30 to cover the wreath form– I just updated the link to what we used (https://www.amazon.com/Metal-Roll-12X30-Thin-Copper/dp/B0006N6PYG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1516993215&sr=8-1&keywords=copper+metal+sheets+craft+40+gauge)
Thanks for sharing!