Making a Halloween garland is a lot of fun for children and adults and brings the family together. Do you want to have the spookiest decorations in the neighborhood this year or throw a Halloween party for friends and family? Then there are creative and easy DIY ideas that will delight your guests. How about a handmade garland? Not only is this decoration adorably spooky, but it can also be put together using materials and supplies you already have at home.
Pumpkins and ghosts and spiders! What a Halloween garland!
You will love this garland! It's just made out of yarn, string, and pipe cleaners, and it's incredibly cheap, too. This craft is simple enough that even small children can help out. Follow the instructions to make this cute Halloween garland.
You will need the following craft materials:
- orange Yarn
- black yarn
- white yarn
- cord
- Fishing line (for hanging)
- Chair
- green pipe cleaners (1 per pumpkin)
- black pipe cleaners (2 per spider)
- Scissors
For each of the three shapes (spider, pumpkin, and ghost), wrap yarn around a chair, pull down, tie, and cut to desired length.
How do you make the spider for your Halloween garland?
To make three spiders, you should wrap the black yarn around the chair 75 times. Keep it loose enough so that you can take it off comfortably, but not so loose that it slips down.
The more you wrap, the thicker and denser the pom-pom will become. Remove the yarn from the chair and keep the loops separate.
Next, cut the black yarn into 3 equal pieces and tie the pieces together. Double knot each piece. Cut the loop of yarn to the right and left of the middle (knotted) thread, as well as the loop ends.
When doing this, make sure to keep the thread long (the part you tied to the loop to create sections). Follow this and cut the yarn to create the spider shape.
Now make the spider legs using pipe cleaners. Cut two black pipe cleaners in half, making 4 pieces. Place the spider upside down on a flat surface and the pipe cleaners over the thread, using the string to secure the pipe cleaners tightly to the body. Double knot the string. Using your fingers, bend the pipe cleaners to resemble legs. You can shorten the thread or use it for hanging.
How do you make the pumpkin?
Follow the first 3 steps you did for the spider, but use the orange yarn and wrap it around the chair 150 times. This is also enough for 3 pumpkins. After trimming your pumpkin using the same method as the spider, you'll need to add a stem.
To make the pumpkin stem, place the center of a green pipe cleaner over the loose thread and tie it in a double knot to secure the stem. Then fold the pipe cleaner down to form a stem and some tendrils. You can do whatever you want here. Keep the thread long to hang or cut it.
In this articleYou can find more information on how you could make the pompoms smaller using pieces of cardboard instead of using a chair.
You can make the ghosts for the Halloween garland just as quickly
Do the same as with the spiders and pumpkins and wrap the white yarn around the chair 150 times. Take the yarn from the chair and cut one end off, leaving you with a long bundle of yarn. Cut this piece of yarn into thirds.
Now cut six equal pieces of white yarn and set 3 of them aside. Tie each of the three pieces tightly around the middle, keeping the thread separate if you want to use it for hanging.
Fold the bundle of yarn in half and straighten the yarn. Tie the remaining yarn near the folded end to make a head. Trim the ghost body as desired.
Finish the garland
Use fishing line to hang the garland pieces: for the spiders, tie to one of the strands on the head, the pumpkins through the stem, and for the ghosts through the top of the head.
The Halloween garland is a classic piece that brings a festive atmosphere to any room.
Hang your garland on your mantel or use it to decorate the festive dining table on yourHalloween-Partyto decorate.
Keep the trio loose. A simple slip knot around the garland will work well.
You can also make a Halloween garland from just one of the 3 figures, i.e. only from pumpkins, which fit both Halloween and autumn decorations, only from spiders or ghosts.
Ghost garland in other popular colors
A garland made entirely of ghosts would look very remarkable, especially if you use different colors of thread.
Here you can use not only the traditional Halloween colors, but also those like pink, lavender and mint color or any color you like and the garland toofor other festive occasionsuse.
