DIY garlands (38 photos)

Find out about the most popular and interesting ways to make garlands with your own hands.

Paper garlands. Rainbow of ribbons.

You can hang this garland both vertically and horizontally. In the latter case, it is better to attach a weight, such as plasticine, to the end of the thread.

1. Fold colored paper in half and cut the halves.

2. Cut strips from colored paper.

3. Prepare the thread and fold your strips in the desired sequence.

4. Sew all the strips together using a sewing machine or thread and needle.

*You can twist the ribbon to make the garland look “fluffy”.

* Colored paper or cardboard can be replaced with wrapping paper, which is usually used to wrap gifts.

* If you don't want to stitch, you can try gluing a thread to each strip - it will take more time and it would be desirable for the thread to be thicker.
How to make a garland. New Year's rings.

This method of making a garland is one of the most popular. This is not only because it is quite simple, but also because it allows you to make beautiful paper decorations for your home, and in particular for your Christmas tree.

1. Prepare colored paper and measure the same width for the strips you will cut.

2. Start cutting out strips. The length of each will be equal to the width of a sheet of paper (i.e. 21 cm) and the width is approximately 3.5 cm.

* You can make a garland from shorter and narrower strips, then the rings will be smaller.

3. Glue the strips together by threading one through the other (see picture).

*You can close the circuit.
Paper New Year's garlands. Unusual chains.

Prepare colored paper, scissors and glue. Making such a garland is not difficult.

1. To make an unusual chain, you need to fold a sheet of paper in half and draw, for example, one of the shapes shown in the picture.

* In order not to waste a whole sheet of paper on one link, you can cut it into 2 or 4 identical parts, from which you will then cut out the links.

* For convenience, you can make a link template.

2. Cut out the shapes and start gluing them together to form a chain, threading one link through the other.

*The longer you want to make the chain, the more links you will need.

*You can use many different colors to make the garland even more colorful.
How to make a paper garland to decorate your home.

You can use 2 or more colors.

1. First you need to make a blank. Cut several strips of the same size. In the picture, the stripes are 2 cm wide and 17 cm long.

* It is advisable that you observe the following condition: width/length of strips = 1/8 + 1 cm spare.

2. Mark the center of the strip by folding it in half and then spreading it out.

3. Bend the ends of the strip towards its middle and fold the strip in half again.

4. Prepare several of these blanks to start assembling the garland. The picture shows how to stack the blanks together.

*This garland can be hung on the wall. Due to the fact that it does not bend much, it will be difficult to hang it on the Christmas tree, but it still looks impressive.
How to make a garland for any holiday.

This garland is suitable for both the New Year and March 8 and Valentine's Day.

The pictures contain detailed instructions on how to assemble the garland cordially.

This version of the garland can be complicated, and you will get such a beautiful product.

Garlands for the New Year. Colorful home decoration.

You can use colored paper to make this colorful decoration for your home. It is suitable for both the New Year and any children's holiday.

Prepare colored paper, scissors and glue (you can replace it with a stapler or tape).

The picture shows how to make the blanks.

* It is desirable that the strips have the same width.

Use glue, a stapler or tape to hold the pieces together.

Using the same technology you can make a garland like this. And you can find out how to do everything correctly from the video below the picture.

Garland on the window

Here is a fairly simple but very original idea for a garland that can be hung on a window or just somewhere in the house.

The images show step-by-step instructions on how to make a garland.

* In the Christmas tree, the hole through which the thread is threaded is made with a hole punch.

Garland for the Christmas tree. Funny candy wrappers

Very beautiful tinsel can be made from ordinary candy wrappers.

1. Cut the candy wrapper into several identical pieces.

*Parts can be 2x4 or 3x5, and depending on the size of the wrapper, there can be 3, 4 or 6 parts.

* For convenience, you can make a template that will help make all parts of the tinsel the same size.

2. Start twisting each rectangle into a tube, but do not let go so that it does not unfold.

3. Prepare a thick thread with a needle and start stringing the tubes one by one. The edges of the tubes turn around - this is good, because... the tinsel will turn out fluffy.

4. You can make a knot at the end of the thread so that the tubes do not jump off.

* After stringing all the tubes, turn them in different directions.

New Year's garlands made of paper. Origami.

1. We make blanks. For one step of the garland you will need 2 strips of different shades.

* The length of one strip is 21 cm (which is the width of a regular A4 sheet), and the width is 3.5 cm.

2. Start folding the strips sequentially as shown in the picture.

*The final goal is to make two long ribbons that will form a rainbow.

3. Connect the end of one tape to the other at an angle of 90 degrees.

4. Continue folding the strips sequentially - vertical down, horizontal across.

* The circuit can be closed if desired.
Garlands for the New Year. A few examples