How to make a Christmas garland with their hands: 11 cool ideas

1. Christmas garland of paper cups

This option is suitable for those who want to diversify the usual old garland.

What do you need

• white paper cups;
• sheet of plain paper;
• pencil;
• scissors;
• scrapbooking paper;
• glue or double-sided tape;
• stationery knife;
• electric garland.

How to do

First you need to make a "wrapper" for the cup. To do this, cut one in half a glass, cut and bedplate edge. Flatten it, apply on plain paper and make a template.

Place the template on the paper for scrapbooking on the reverse side and cut as "wrappers", as you have cups. Incidentally, the color of the paper, you can choose any. Just try to make it match the color with electric garland.

Then wrap paper cups and paste edges or adhesive double sided tape.

At the bottom of each cup make a cross-cut knife stationery. Insert the bulb into the slits of electric garlands. Unusual Christmas garland is ready!

2. Christmas garland of felt

To make such a beautiful soft garland is very simple. The amount of material depends on the desired length of ornament.

What do you need

• white and red felt strips 2.5 cm wide;
• 2 needles;
• thread.

How to do

Put the white stripes on the red felt and fix their needles on both sides. Then make longitudinal cuts in the middle strips equidistant from each other.

If you want to make a very long garland, cut the felt gradually: do not immediately more than five sections, proceed to weaving, and then repeat the procedure. Thanks to this arrangement, the strip will not move out, and you will be much easier.

To braid a two-tone braid, insert the tip of the strip into the first hole and fasten tightly to the strip is not broken up. Then, in the same way pass the garland of all the other holes.

Trim and sew the strips together at the ends of the finished garland, so they are not stuck. By the way, you can match any color of your choice. For example, such:

3. Christmas garland cellophane

These miniature stars look like glass, but made of a simple cellophane! This material is not as malleable as paper, however, such an unusual garland worth of work done.

What do you need

• cellophane;
• Lined paper sheet;
• scissors;
• thin needle;
• thin thread.

How to do

Cut the cellophane strips. It is more convenient to do it, tucked under the cellophane lined sheet of paper. Please note that the length of the strips should be at least 30 times greater than their width. In other words, if the width of 1 cm, the length must be at least 30 cm.

Then make strips of stars, as shown in this video:

Gently pierce stars needle, which is threaded a long thread. Sprockets should be at a small distance from each other.

By the way, paper garlands of stars look very nice, too. Therefore, choose the material on your own taste.

4. Christmas garland of paper tartlets

Choose tartlets classic Christmas colors: green, red and white. Such bright Christmas trees like the adults and children.

What do you need

• colored paper tartlet (cupcake tins);
• glue;
• Decorative sequins in the shape of stars;
• twine or ribbon;
• Scotch.

How to do

Fold the paper in four mold so that they form a triangle.

Lubricate the corners of two triangles with glue. Apply three triangles on top of each other and glue them together to form a Christmas tree. Similarly, make a number of firs, which is necessary for your garland.

Decorate them with sequins. If you can not find sequins in the form of stars, just cut them out of colored cardboard.

Then herringbone glue tape to twine or ribbon at a small distance from each other. Garland is ready! Decorate it Christmas tree or hang on the wall.

5. Christmas garland of burlap

Another way to transform bored electric garland.

What do you need

• decorative burlap Christmas flowers;
• scissors;
• electric garland.

How to do

Cut the burlap at the same small strips. Tie them one at a node between the light bulbs.

Very simple and beautiful!

6. Christmas garland of twine

This beautiful garland looks very impressive, and make it very simple. If you do not have twine, you can take a thick thread or yarn.

What do you need

• Balloons;
• Vaseline;
• ½ l PVA glue;
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch;
• 2 tablespoons warm water;
• twine;
• needle;
• electric garland.

How to do

Inflate the balloons of the same size. Note: a garland of small beads will look beautiful. Grease them with Vaseline. This is necessary in order to twine does not stick to the balls tightly.

Mix glue, starch and water. If the mixture is too thick, add a little more water. Just do not overdo it, so that it was not very liquid.

Wet twine in the resulting adhesive solution. Then wrap the rope balls. The easiest way to do it, hanging balls for any rail. Just do not forget in this case put under them oilcloth, which will drain the excess glue. How much you twine wound depends on the density of balls garland future.

Drop the balls to dry overnight. Next, pierce each ball with a needle, so that it burst. Preliminary check whether enough hard became twine and whether the finished ball to keep the shape. Carefully remove the balloon.

Then insert the twine balls from electric bulbs garlands. If the balls were very tight, you can do them with scissors or a handle hole.

7. Christmas garland made of thick paper

For such garlands need construction paper, for example kardstok. But is fine and thin cardboard.

What do you need

• Heavy paper (gray and several other colors to choose from);
• scissors;
• hole puncher;
• glue;
• twine.

How to do

Cut gray paper into strips measuring 3 × 10 cm. Parameters of the remaining strips of paper - 2,5 × 20 cm. Number of strips depends upon the desired garland length.

Gray bars turn octagons and do punch holes for the twine as shown in the photo. Then glue the edges of octagons.

Now make the "light bulb". To this end, a long strip fold in half, only slightly drag your finger along the crease. Holding the strip for the tips, press it to the palm of your hand. When you release the paper, it will take the shape of a bulb.

At the tip of the strip, right in the middle, do punch a hole for the twine. Pass the twine first in one aperture on gray octagon, and then through the "light bulb", and at the end of - the second port octagon. Repeat these steps with the rest of the details and smooth "light bulbs" along the length of twine.

8. Christmas garland of plain paper

Such beauty can become not only a New Year's decor, but also children's room decoration.

What do you need

• pack of A4 paper;
• template (download here);
• scissors;
• glue stick;
• Double-sided tape;
• thread.

How to do

Print and cut patterns, circle them on sheets of paper as shown below. To garlands needed for 24 of the first and second parts 126 and lanterns asterisks. And in order to accelerate the process, draw stars on sheets stacked in four times.

Cut out all the details.

Take one piece torch and brush one side with glue. Glue it to the same item. A flashlight should consist of six equal parts. Just do not bond the side of the first and sixth parts, until you make a loop.

To do this, paste in the crook of double-sided tape. Glue thread bottom to top, top to make the small loop, and then glue the threaded top down and cut the superfluous. Now you can glue the sides of the first and last parts.

Repeat the same with the other parts of the lanterns. In total you get 8 Lantern.

Along the same lines make 21 three-dimensional asterisk. The only difference is in the bonding thread. It is necessary to reach three stars, making a loop on the top of them.

Now pull the thread through all the loops to form just such a beautiful garland:

9. Christmas garland made of cardboard

Simply cut Circuits fit the mold and decorate them with glitter.

What do you need

• paperboard;
• template (download here);
• scissors;
• Clerical glue;
• colored sequins;
• twine.

How to do

Print on thin cardboard and cut out the template along the solid lines. The number of parts required depends on the desired garland length. Fold blank along the dotted lines.

After one lubricate the triangles on the glue and sprinkle with glitter patterns. When the glue is dry, shake them. You may have to repeat these steps again to triangles are completely covered with sequins.

Then lubricate the glue semicircular details on templates and glue the figurine. Pull the twine through the figures. If you are afraid that you do not get to do this, skip through each figure twine before bonding, rather than after.

10. Christmas garland of tissue paper

These Christmas trees can be decorated with anything: sequins, sequins or buttons. Connect your imagination!

What do you need

• green tissue paper;
• scissors;
• glue;
• yellow paperboard;
• red cardboard;
• twine.

How to do

Straighten the tissue paper. By the way, this can be done with the help of iron, putting it on the lowest temperature. Fold the long sheet in half crosswise and cut lengthwise into two parts. You get two long strips, folded in the middle. Make them long incisions, leaving untouched part of the fold. You will need as many parts such as firs you want to make a garland.

Unfold the strip and subtly twist it. At the site of the bend a loop and tighten a few times that it does not split. you can fix it with glue if desired.

Tie the twine to the resulting Christmas trees. Then cut out of yellow cardboard stars and red cardboard - circles and glue them. Try to fix the stars, so that was not visible on the nodes of twine.

11. Christmas garland from fir-tree balls

And finally, for those who do not have time something tinkering, but there is a great desire to update the Christmas decor.

What do you need

• beautiful Christmas-tree balls;
• twine.

How to do

All you need to do - pass the twine through the eyelets fir-tree balls, tying her bundles and place the balls at the same distance from each other.

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