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Decorate your home for the holidays with these festive ideas for Christmas garlands and swags.
We have classic ideas for banisters, mantels, windows, and doorways.
Its easy to assemble a workshop full of them in different shapes.
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Each gift is wrapped beautifully with a coordinating ribbon.
These are sure to perk up those short December days.
Snip the edges with pinking shears and add a pom-pom in the center for a surprise touch of color.
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A double layer of folded felt creates the striped look of the original.
Beadssome painted and others wrapped with yarnlook like gumballs and peppermints.
Use pinking shears, punches, and a classic accordion fold to dress rectangles of metallic cardstock.
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The punched shapes let you see the layer of color beneath.
Cardstock, mini bells, pom-poms, and beads make up this eclectic garland.
Paper Bag Poinsettia Garland
Grocery sacks are the ideal weight to make boughs ofpoinsettia-inspired flowersand holly leaves.
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Painted flower shapes get some seasonal bling with metallic cardstock centers.
Add shimmery highlights on the leaves with a gold paint pen.
Paper Cup Bell Garland
These joyful jingle bells started as plain snack cups.
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Each receives a unique color mix from layers of tissue paper decoupaged onto the cup.
A pom-pom clapper hangs from a wire, while felt bows top each shape.
The swingy look is created by three tassels connected with a dab of glue.
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Use different colors for an ombre effect.
Always buy more garland than you think you’ll need since you’ll want to excess for draping.
We’ve found that one-and-a-half times the length of your space is enough.
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To add visual weight and texture to a simple faux evergreen garland, embellish it with large pinecones.
Simply attach them using florists wire.
Embellished Garland
Elevate an artificial garland by embellishing it with fresh greenery and items from nature.
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Clusters of crepe-paper ball ornaments make a strong finishing statement.
Secure them using hot glue.
Big Bow Christmas Garland
Graceful Christmas bows with long tails dramatically enhance a simple evergreen garland.
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For a pop of traditional Christmas, try red ribbons.
Continuous Garland
Why limit your garland to just one window?
With one long expanse of green, keep Christmas decor moving across an entire wall.
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Flocked Garland
Go lush with a layer of flocked garland along your mantel.
Intertwine this Christmas garland with eucalyptus, dusty miller, or bay leaves.
Geometric Wood Bead Garland
This Christmas garland features wooden beads and geometric brass pieces.
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Crepe and Copper Garland
Create a modern copper-accented Christmas garland with timeless white crepe paper leaves.
For a pop of texture, wind copper wire together to create orbs.
Use a color scheme to match your decor, and vary the metallic wire.
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Hang using an exterior removable hook.
Christmas Centerpiece Greenery Garland
Turn simple greenery into a gorgeous winter tabletop garland with oureasy step-by-step instructions.
Your guests won’t believe you made this luxurious centerpiece yourself.
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Kitchen Nook Garland
Turn a nook in your home into a festively decorated hangout.
Use the built-in ledges provided by windows or walls to hang your garland, and add ornaments.
Tie the display together with a traditional holiday wreath and classic red bow.
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Metallic Christmas Garland
Add a little sparkle to a basic magnolia garland.
Metallic silver and gold spray paints transform a once-green magnolia swag into a sparkling holiday showpiece.
Small votives and vases pick up the pretty metallic tones, which in turn accent this mosaic fireplace front.
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You know what they say: everyone needs silver and gold.
An elegant evergreen garland with berry and pinecone accents adds a rustic theme to this vignette.
Petite Christmas Garland
Who says Christmas garlands need to be lush affairs?
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Drape them across a mirror or window.
Yarn Tassel Garland
Craft a simple Christmas garland with a mix of yarns.
Make handmade tassels from chunky twisted yarns or paper.
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Choose colors that match your decor, and attach them to a length of yarn.
Drape your garland along a wall, a banister, or even your tree.
Mix different ribbons, using one color along the length, then switching to another color to accent.
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For a classic Christmas garland, try using red with silver.
Add reindeer bells so Santa can hear everyone run down the stairs on Christmas morning.
Perfectly Outlined Garland
Accent the curved shape of a mirror with a garland.
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Try boxwood as an alternative to evergreen varieties.
Stairway Stocking Garland
If you’ve got no chimney for hanging stockings with care, no problem.
There’s nothing more exciting than seeing an overflowing stocking as you come down the stairs.
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Christmas Card Garland Idea
Turn your Christmas greeting cards into a cheery garland for your mantel.
For an extra touch, cut out ornament shapes and have your kids decorate them.
Fresh Flower Garland
Bold blooms pop in this fragrant garland centerpiece.
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Perfect for Christmas, this living flower garland is the perfect way to add color to your holiday table.
Make your own by braiding thick strands of bulky yarn.
Finish the look with simple metallic ball ornaments anddried orange slices.
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Silvery Star Christmas Garland
Add some star power to your Christmas decor.
Cut star shapes from old sweater fabric using our free pattern.
Iron heavy fusible interfacing to the backs of stars and trim.
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Hot-glue a large silver sequin to the center of each star.
Glue the stars to yarn and hang.
Christmas Advent Calendar Garland
Deck your holiday mantel with a swag of sweet surprises.
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Fill 24 small envelopes with tiny toys or pieces of candy and seal them with numbered stickers.
Hang the envelopes across the mantel with miniature clothespins.
Kids will love waking up to a new treat each day during thecountdown to Christmas.
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Choose LED lights to avoid heating up your garland.
Garlands aren’t just for yourholiday mantel.
Try displaying your Christmas garland in an unexpected location, like your headboard.
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DIY Holly Christmas Garland
Adorn the backs of chairs with cute and creative holly Christmas garlands.
Cut out leaves from shades of green felt.
For berries, hot-glue wool felt balls to the leaves.
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Pin or tie the garlands to the backs of chairs.
Christmas Ornament Garland
Add a jewel box appearance with a shiny ornament Christmas garland on your fireplace.
To make it, use a heavy-duty sewing needle to threaddried orange slicesand wood beads on jute twine.
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Once done, drape the Christmas craft over a fresh evergreen garland.
Create a colorful backdrop with a green garland and a jewel-tone ornament scheme finished in beautiful ribbon bows.
Simple, Colorful Christmas Garland
Add a splash of color that won’t overpower your mantel decor.
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String colorful felt balls across a holiday mantel or shelf for a subtle touch of fun.
These easy decorations are also simple for the office Christmas party.
The twinkling lights will reflect off the mirror and other metallic accents to create a luminous effect.
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Natural Layers Christmas Garland
Layer wild, unmanicured greenery with garlands made of natural fibers.
This unexpected combination of textures creates an interesting mantel display.
For the second one, use thick cream yarn and make a braid long enough to span your mantel.
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Make pom-poms to hang, equally spaced, from the braid.
Layered Christmas Garland
A layered Christmas garland for the banister offers incredible allure.
Pinecones and Greens Garland
Garlands can be assembled in a variety of ways.
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This daintier version is the latter; tiny groupings of glued-on pinecones add complementary color and texture.
Here, multiple needle types are intertwined along a long, curving banister.
Ribbon-hung pinecones, dusted with a bit of white paint, offer a pretty end-point.
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Now you’re able to go bigger, as this room does.
Take snapshots during the season and print out your favorites.
Mount them onto cardstock using photo corners, then add scrapbooking label holders as IDs.
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Hang the photos from plain or colored twine using clothespins.
The garland might adorn a doorway, window, or mantel.
The following year, tuck those photos into an album, and display new pictures.
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Silver Accents for a Garland
A Christmas garland doesn’t have to drape to be a garland.
Here, a variety of greens come together in mounds and clumps, supplying movement to the mantel.
Antique, vintage, and new mercury-glass balls and Christmas trees add sparkling contrast.
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Oversize Bow Garland
Dress up a simple prelit Christmas garland with oversize red velvet ribbon bows.
Look for ribbon that has a wire-edge to create clean, smooth bows.
Tie a classic bow and use florists wire to attach it to the draped holiday garland.
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To make the flowers, cut six 2-inch and six 1 12-inch felt circles.
Layer a small and a large circle, aligning the bottoms.
Repeat for the remaining five petals.
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Stitch the six petals together at the pinched ends to form a flower.
Modern Snowflake Christmas Garland
Garlands go beyond classic Christmas greenery.
Add modern flair to your stair railing with a snowflake garland handcrafted from wooden crafts sticks.
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Hanging a garland around the doorway is as decorative as it is usefuljust hang Christmas cards with simple clips.
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