WITH December around the corner, many of us will be busy working through our festive to-do-lists – with presents to buy, food to choose and decorations to order.
It’s safe to say that Christmas is an expensive time, but if you want to try and cut costs where possible, we’ve got just the thing for you.
If you are someone that likes to have a Christmas wreath on your front door, you’ve come to the right place.
One savvy mum, Mrs Clare Hoops, took to TikTok to share her simple hack for making a Christmas wreath.
Thanks to her impressive life hacks, the 48-year-old mum has amassed a whopping 60.4k followers and 3.1million likes on the video-sharing platform.
In one of her recent clips, Clare urged people to go and buy a £1.99 hula hoop from The Range and use it to decorate their own festive displays.
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She uploaded her video with the caption ‘If you want to make an outdoor wreath in the winter go buy these hula hoops now!!!’.
She said: “Hula Hoops are really good at making wreaths at Christmas.
“£1.99 each.
“I’ll go foraging for greens to add on it to make it like a living wreath that lives in my garden.
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“With the lights on, it looks so pretty.
“Go grab these now so you’re ready for the winter”.
Clare simply wraps greenery that she has collected herself, around her hula hoop and finishes off with a set of colourful lights.
We think her wreath looks fabulous and for the money she has saved doing it herself, we are very impressed.
And clearly so are many others, as Clare’s video has quickly racked up 93.2k views.
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It has 6,523 likes, 103 comments and 983 shares.
Lots of TikTok users loved Clare’s idea and took to the comments to express this.
One person said: “What a fantastic idea! My hula hoop hasn’t seen the light of day since I bought it in lockdown”.
Another added: “Brilliant idea x junior sized ones as well” to which Clare replied “That’s exactly what I picked up this time – I think some smaller ones would be super cute”.
A third commented: “Omg amazing”.
Someone else added: “Love this idea. It looks great”.
Whilst another posted: “That's ingenious!”
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If you fancy making your own wreath this Christmas, you can do so by picking up a bargain hula hoop from The Range online or instore, for only £1.99.
As Clare does, you can search around your garden or local woodlands and parks to collect greenery to decorate your wreath with.
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