Decorate a Halloween Candy Corn Wreath Rail

If you loved painting the Halloween Candy Corn wreath rail, check out how we finish this Halloween decor with this decorating tutorial! This wreath rail tutorial is simple, fun, and easy to follow.

With Halloween just around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about decorating for this spooky holiday! This DIY project is the perfect and easy craft for getting into the fall spirit. Even if you are just adding some extra decoration to your front porch this Halloween season.

This blog post is for all of those wreath makers, Etsy crafters, and all of the Halloween lovers out there! Anyone can join in on the fun and get their crafting on. If I haven’t said it before I will say it again, Halloween is one of my favorite holidays because of all of the crafting and decorating involved. It brings even the most experienced or not experienced crafters together and has so much fun putting things together for Halloween. 

Halloween Candy Corn Wreath Rail Tutorial

So this Halloween season, let’s make your home festive by creating a cute Halloween Candy Corn Wreath Rail! You’ll be able to enjoy the decorations and share them with friends and family during the holidays too. If you like this tutorial on how we decorated this wreath rail today, check out how we painted it, Painting a Halloween Candy Corn Wreath Rail.

Materials Needed for Halloween Wreath Rail

• Halloween Candy Corn Wreath Rail 
• 10” Black & White Halloween Deco Mesh 
• Tubing (Orange)
• 2- 2.5” Ribbon (Purple Polka Dot, Witch Ribbon) 
• 2- 1.5” Ribbon (Candy Corn, Orange Stripe, Black, Black & White Chevron)
• 1- 4″ Ribbon (Halloween Mesh Ribbon)
• Pipe cleaners 
• Ribbon Tail Board

Instructions to decorate the candy corn wreath rail

1. Start attaching your pipe cleaners. You are going to tie five in the middle of the wreath rail and spread all of them evenly apart across the rail in a zigzag pattern.
2. Then cut 5- 20” pieces of the Black & White Halloween 10” deco mesh.
3. Then you’re going to take your 5 strips of deco mesh to make one ruffle for every twist tie. To do this, you are going to roll up the edges a little bit and then scrunch it up the center. Add the center part of the ruffle to the ties. If some of your board is showing, you can pull your mesh to the front and cover the blank space on your wreath rail.
4. To make sure you have more room for your bow, I take the second pipe cleaner and loosen it up a bit to make sure the bow is able to fit. Cut the other pipe cleaners down for a cleaner look.
5. Next is to make some filler. I use my ribbon tail board to cut out 6 pieces of 2.5” green witch ribbon, 2.5” purple polka dot, and the 1.5” candy corn ribbon. I wrap it around my board 4 times and I cut it off from the roll, remove the wrapped around ribbon, and cut the wrap where they all meet at the top. Once I have my 4-pieces of all three ribbons I will trim the ends of the tails on the ribbon in angle or dovetail. 
6. Then you will get one piece of green witch, purple polka dot, and candy corn ribbon tails, fold them in half and pinch the center together. I put the green witch on bottom, polka dot in the middle and the candy corn ribbon on top. Attach the center pinch to the first twist tie on the wreath rail. Repeat with the remaining ribbon tails and twist ties leaving the second pipe cleaner alone for the bow. Spread out your center tails in Xs and then Ks at both ends.
7. Add some texture and bring out all of the colors to your design, start by cutting 4- 20” of orange tubing, take two pieces and make it into a lasso. Pinch the middle to make a bow, lay straight on the twist tie and twist it in. Repeat step to all of the twist ties except for the second pipe cleaner you are going to leave for your bow.
8. Bow Time… get it, like Show Time… but better! Take two pipe cleaners and twist the ends together for your bow. Grab your ribbons and get ready for some magic. For a twist we are going to start with a 4” Halloween mesh ribbon. Measure a 8” tail, pinch and hold onto then twist the ribbon and then measure it. Make a 5” loop by measuring 10” on a measuring board and then twist. 
9. Then with a 1.5” of orange striped ribbon, measure a 8” tail, pinch and hold onto then twist the ribbon and then measure it. Then make a 5” loop by measuring 10” on a measuring board and then twist. Make another loop on the other side then trim after a 8” tail.
10. Next, add the 1.5” black and white chevron ribbon. Measure out an 8” tail, pinch and hold onto then twist the ribbon and then measured it. Then make a 5” loop by measuring 10” on a measuring board and then twist.. Make another loop on the other side then trim after a 8” tail.
11.  Layer your loops on top of each other, and you will spread them out to make your bow.
12. Now use the 1.5” black mesh ribbon, to repeat the same process making a 5” loop  and 8” ribbon tails.
13. Now use the 1.5” green witch ribbon, to repeat the same process making a 5” loop  and 8” ribbon tails.
14. To top it off use the 1.5” candy corn ribbon, and repeat the same process making a 5” loop  and 8” ribbon tails. 
15. Next, grab some of my orange tubing, cut 2 pieces at 20.” Now take the two pieces and make it into a lasso. Pinch the middle to make a bow, lay on your last ribbon to finish your bow. 
16. Take two pipe cleaners and twist the ends together to make one long pipe cleaner. Remove your bow from your fingers and use the long pipe cleaner to secure the center of the bow. Twist off at the back nice and tight. 
17. Use the pipe cleaners on the bow to push through the mesh and attach the bow to the wreath rail.

We hope you’ve found this blog post to be helpful in your quest for the perfect Halloween decoration. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out on our facebook page or in the comments. If you love Halloween wreath rails, check out Decorating a Gnome with a Ghost Wreath Rail. Happy decorating!

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