Kirkland's Inspired Spring DIYs that are EASY To Make

Hello to all my artsy crafty friends! Do you want to freshen up your front porch for Spring? Well, I want to bring some Spring cheer to my front door, so I’m going to make 2 wreaths and a topiary today. And since I know you guys love my dupes, I will be copying Kirkland’s items for much cheaper than store prices.

If you want to watch, rather than read, click the video thumbnail below to see how much we saved by creating these ourselves.

// lemon topiary

Let’s start with these lemon topiaries. Lemons are perfect for Spring and Summer and yellow always adds cheer to a space. I’m planning on having a wreath on my front door, so I don’t want it looking too crowded since I don’t have the biggest front porch. So, I’m going to make just one of these and it will be the larger size, so let’s say instead of $100, it’s $50 for just the one.

This is a a cardboard tube and it’s a little thinner than a paper towel tube, but a paper towel tube would work if that’s all you have on hand. This actually came from the center of a wrapping paper roll that I found at Dollar Tree. We’re just going to wrap this with Dollar Tree twine until it’s completely covered, other than the top and bottom left empty with a few inches.

I created a hole in the end of a rectangular piece of floral foam and glued this onto one side of our tube.

I also trimmed off any flyaway from the twine. That is one annoying thing with twine because I always like a clean crisp look to my projects and the scraggly pieces just don’t work for that.

I have this really pretty pot that I painted grey and this will make a great base for our topiary.

I had made another topiary awhile back so I’m going to recycle this moss topper I had created. This is basically foam core that I got at Dollar Tree and painted green and then glued some moss on top.

If you’re making this moss topper from scratch, you won’t have to cut down the circle like I am here, but it’s basically trial and error because once you trace the pot opening, you want it to sit just right in the pot so it isn’t so small that it falls in and so it isn’t so big that you see the foam core edge.

Trim a little at a time until you get the foam core just the right size for your pot.

I filled in any spots that didn’t look completely covered with moss.

And now it’s time to work on the florals.

I like symmetry in most of my projects so I first made sure I had the right amount of florals to make this look balanced.

Then I used moss to cover any empty spots and started inserting the stems into the foam.

You’ll want to rotate the foam around as you work to make sure all the sides are covered.

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I had these leftover lemons from my recent lemon kitchen makeover. I attached those with hot glue to the foam.

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The last step is to glue the trunk of our topiary into the pot. I placed a bit of hot glue right at the base of the cardboard “stem” and then slid it into the moss topper and held it there until it was dry.

Here were the materials we needed to pick up.

And here is mine compared to the Kirkland’s one. Remember we said it would be $50 for just one, so we had quite a savings here and it looks just as good.

// round eucalyptus wreath

I know we can make this eucalyptus wreath for way less than Kirkland’s sells it for. It’s a very simple and elegant design and would look great on my red front door.

This was a wooden hoop I had used for another project. What’s nice is that we’re wrapping this hoop with twine, so we don’t have to worry about any leftover glue or patchy paint on this hoop.

If wrapping the twine looks tedious to you, don’t worry, it really isn’t that bad. Once you get into a groove, it goes pretty fast and I got done in under 30 minutes. Plus, we only need to cover it around 75%, because we will be covering the rest with the florals.

I got some eucalyptus sprigs gathered along with a few other types to add some interest. The big white roses are from Dollar Tree and they are so pretty and full looking.

I found these wheat stems at Dollar Tree and they came with these little green sprigs of tiny berry looking things. They do break easily, so make sure to work with them very gently. But they are perfect for adding a little texture to our arrangement.

I used Gorilla Glue glue sticks for a strong hold and also used some floral wire if any pieces were not staying in place.

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These were the supplies we needed to pick up.

And here is ours next to the Kirkland’s one. What is so fun about these dupes is you can use the original as inspiration and then put your own twist on them and make them work with your décor. And then the super satisfying part of course is the cost savings, right?!

// orange floral basket

This orange, coral and green goes so beautifully with that grey basket. I think this will add some Spring cheer to our front door and those colors may go really nice with my red front door.

I’ll be upcycling more Christmas décor I had created last year. I don’t like to use the same decorations over and over again, so I do a lot of upcycling and… well, it’s just fun to make new things!

I had made the pleated bow and am definitely going to save that for another project. And the florals and feathers I’ll set aside too. I never just toss something, unless it has glue all over it or its been used so many times it’s starting to look a little sketchy. I found this basket at a thrift store and had painted it a nice grey color which will match our topiary nicely.

I use floral wire to cut my floral foam. It isn’t a perfectly straight cut, but it does the job and you will never see the foam anyway.

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I used a skewer from Dollar Tree in the foam, so it would hold its place without falling into this long basket.

Then it’s just a matter of matching the florals to the Kirkland’s one as closely as possible. I like to print out a photo of my inspiration piece and keep it next to me as I work. That’s how I get these dupes looking so close to the originals!

Here were the supplies we used.

And here is the comparison of mine to the Kirkland’s version. What do you think?!

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Thank you so much for reading and I hope you have a creative day!

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