Make a Sunflower Swag for Your Door
Sunflowers have a way of making people smile. With their cheerful golden petals and sunny disposition, they bring a touch of late-summer warmth wherever they are displayed. As the seasons begin to shift and thoughts turn toward autumn decorating, I love incorporating sunflowers into my home. Their rich color bridges the gap between summer and fall beautifully, making them one of my favorite flowers for seasonal décor.
This sunflower door swag is a simple project that creates a big impact. Filled with vibrant sunflowers, delicate white blossoms, lush greenery, and cascading ivy, it offers a welcoming burst of color that can be enjoyed from the first hints of fall all the way through Thanksgiving. Whether you’re looking for an alternative to a traditional wreath or simply want to add a little seasonal charm to your front door, this easy floral swag is a wonderful way to greet family, friends, and guests.
Let me show you how I put this cheerful arrangement together and share a few tips for creating a full, lush look that will brighten your entryway all season long.
Use a block of styrofoam roughly the dimensions as the one above.
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I began pushing wire through the piece of styrofoam to make my hook to hang my swag from. If you don’t put something beneath the wire, it will pull all the way through and cut the styrofoam. I chose to use a piece of tape wrapped floral wire and made it into an “M” shape to keep it from cutting through the foam.
On the backside of the styrofoam I used the same technique and twisted the two ends of the wire into a circle to be able to hang my swag on a hook.
With my base hung on the door from a Command hook, I am ready to begin making my swag.
To make an oversized swag like this one, ivy is a good choice for the greenery, as it can drape very long. I cut apart a full faux ivy bush into individual pieces. Using my Steel Pix machine to add steel picks onto the end of the pieces.
Decide how long you want your swag to be and use the lengths of ivy to create the size swag you want. Secure the ivy into the foam block. If you don’t have a Steel Pix machine, you can use wood wired sticks.
Continue to build up your swag with additional ivy.
When you are ready to add your sunflowers, if they are like mine, I needed to use a knife to narrow down the stems so they can be stuck into the styrofoam.
Stick the sunflowers into the styrofoam like shown above. You want to fill the swag from top to bottom.
In addition to the ivy, use all of the foliage from the sunflowers, tucking it around the sunflower blossoms.
The sunflowers look great, but I wanted to add some white for contrast.
The daisies I selected to use had stiff stems that could be stuck directly into the styrofoam.
Fill in the daisies around the sunflowers and around the edges of the swag. Make sure that you fill in the sides of the swag so that no styrofoam is showing.
Whether you’re decorating for summer, or simply looking for a cheerful way to dress up your front door, this sunflower swag is an easy project that delivers plenty of impact. I love how the bright blooms, delicate white flowers, and trailing greenery come together to create a warm and inviting display that greets guests before they even step inside. Best of all, this design can easily be customized with different flowers and colors to suit your own style and home. I hope this project inspires you to create a beautiful seasonal welcome of your own. Happy decorating, and may your front door always be as welcoming as the home behind it!
“I’ve linked many of the flowers and supplies I used below so you can easily recreate this look for your own home.”
Lovely for late summer, Chloe!
Thank you Carole, I am enjoying it on the door!
WOW what a gorgeous idea!
Thank you so much Donna!
Wow super cool! I’ve never seen anything like it. You are so creative with flowers and the photos were really detailed enought that I feel like I could make this.
Of course you can do this, Andrea! I have complete faith in you!!
So Cute. I love sunflowers.
I love sunflowers and this is so very beautiful! Love how it turned out … need to make something like this for my front door.
Thanks so much Chas. You should be a wiz at things like this!
You’re such a wiz at making these, Chloe. That’s a great late summer look!
Thanks so much Rita, it is so relaxing for me! I am anxious to decorate for fall, but trying to hold off until September for the fall colored leaves and pumpkins!
Hi Chloe,
Another beautiful piece for your door. I know I say it every time so it’s getting okd but you give great tutorials.
Amazes me you always figure out tge tricks.
Cindy
Thank you so much Cindy! I don’t want to sell these things, but I love making them. It is a good thing I have my door and my Mom’s door to decorate!
Hi Chloe🌻
I absolutely love the door arrangement. You did a beautiful job.
Could you tell me more about the steelpix. Amazon has them 1,000 for 36.00 which I can’t afford.
Where could I get them as I certainly don’t need a 1000.
Thanks so much.
Kayla Woody
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Kayla, you can often find the steelpix machines on Ebay or similar sites. Thank you for your kind words!
I am so looking forward to making one of these for the fall. However, I would love to make something like this for a girlfriend of mine for her cottage. Here’s my issue the house is a turquoise blue and she has a bright yellow door. What colours would you advise that I use so that it looks gorgeous?
Thank you! I think a swag like this would be absolutely charming on a cottage with a turquoise blue house and a bright yellow door. Since the door is already such a happy focal point, I would lean into a garden-inspired palette rather than trying to match the yellow exactly.
My first choice would be corals, peachy oranges, soft pinks, and creamy whites with plenty of fresh greenery. Those colors would look beautiful against the turquoise and would complement the yellow door without competing with it.
Another lovely option would be shades of lavender, purple, and soft blue flowers with trailing greenery for a cottage-garden feel. Foxgloves, hydrangeas, and lavender-colored blooms would be especially pretty.
If she loves brighter colors, you could even create a cheerful mix of coral, orange, pink, and yellow blooms that would feel like an English cottage garden in full bloom.
For sunflowers similar to the ones I used in this swag, here are a few options:
🌻 Orange sunflowers:
🌻 Burnt orange sunflower stems:
I’d love to see what you create for your friend. With a turquoise house and yellow door, it sounds like the perfect setting for a colorful cottage-style swag!
Personally, for that color combination, I think coral, peach, cream, and greenery would be stunning—softer and more sophisticated than adding even more bright yellow. It would have that cheerful cottage charm while still looking beautifully curated. 🌿🌸🌻