Add sparkly holiday decoration to your home with a Christmas garland made of plastic Christmas ornaments. I call these swags, but they are also known as garland or festoon.
From the dictionary: “swag – a decorative garland or chain of flowers, foliage, or fruit fastened so as to hang in a drooping curve.”
Supplies
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To make this Christmas garland you will need
- Rattail cord or 1/8 inch satin ribbon or tinsel cord
- Plastic Christmas ball ornaments, 2 inches or larger
- Command hooks
- Tape
Instructions Christmas garland
Measure the area you plan to hang your Christmas garland, making sure to allow for the curve. Add 12 inches. Cut cord at this length.
To make it easier to string the balls, wrap a piece of tape around one end of the cord, making it like the end of a shoestring. Tie the other end of the cord to an object to keep the balls from falling off, such as mixing spoon. (My hack: I don’t cut the cord, I just use the spool as my stop. This way, if I decide I need it longer or shorter, I haven’t cut the cord.)
Start inserting the cord through the hanger on each ball. The balls will end up making kind of a spiral, so if you have multicolors, you may want to put the balls on in a pattern of threes. After stringing a few balls, move them around so they are nesting together.
Once you have strung all the balls, you will need to tie a nonslip loop knot at each end of the cord for hanging.
Attach hooks where you want to hang your Christmas garland. If you have a large mirror and can reach the back for the hooks, the garland would look very pretty draped across the front.
Resource links
- https://www.whychristmas.com/customs/trees.shtml
- History of Christmas trees from Why Christmas
- http://xmasdays.com/store/owhistory.html
- History of glass ornaments from Christmas Days
I love this. And I have always loved the wreaths that are made of ornaments too. Gorgeous!
Hey Nikki, plastic ornaments make this so easy! You should be able to tie this in a circle for a wreath.