Create Your Own Halloween Garland

By: Ashleigh Lauren

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A Note From The Home Depot

When we think of garland, winter holidays usually come to mind. However, our resident DIY expert, Ashleigh Lauren has the scoop on how you can create your own garland for the spookiest holiday of them all, Halloween!

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Create Your Own Halloween Garland

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Steps

Macrame wrapped around wooden cutout of the letter “m”.

This ghost banner is so quick and easy to make. To get started, all you need to do is create your cute ghost. I'm using macrame cord to make mine, but you can use twine or any color yarn, too. To create the ghost, I made tassels. The first thing you want to do is wrap the macrame around any object according to the size you would like each to be. I wrapped mine about 25 times.

Next, you will then take your scissors and snip the macrame down the center.

Cut macrame with small piece of macrame tied at the top.

After I took another piece of macrame and I tied it around the top. Keep the excess. It's how you will get to hang your ghost.

Piece of macrame tied around base of macrame ghost.

Then, I took another piece and tied it around what I call the base. It will give that rounded look, which will be the head of your ghost. Snip away any access macrame you have.

Person coloring embellishments black to make eyes.

To make this tassel look like a ghost, you will need some eyes! To create them, I used some extra embellishments I had and colored them black using a sharpie.

Person adding eyes to macrame ghost with hot glue gun.

I then attached them to my ghost, adding them to each one using my hot glue gun.

Cricut craft machine cutting out banner.

Next, I used my Cricut to cut out my banner and the word "boo" using cardboard paper.

I then attached everything using a spray adhesive.

Wooden beads and macrame cords on table.

After I related that, I added everything to a long piece of macrame. I also added wood beads.

To attach the ghost, I tied them to the rope and snipped off the excess macrame from the top.

And that's it now you have a neutral Halloween garland to hang over your fireplace or use for party decor. I love how this turned out, and I can't wait to use mine this year!

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