DIY beaded garland on mantel

Styled garland for a summer vignette.

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Summer Crafts: DIY Beaded Garland Tutorial

I love a DIY beaded garland! I’ve used them in our home for a while now and even shared a spring beaded garland last year here. This includes painting the beads, which can be done with this garland as well if you so choose! I decided to keep this DIY garland simple and natural with a splash of summer you’ll notice there on one end of the garland.  Can you spot it?

Summer wood bead garland with wood star.

DIY beaded garlands are the perfect layer to vintage jugs or draped across a coffee table stack of books. These wood beads painted in spring colors are sure to brighten up your spaces and provide amazing texture. Plus, the tassels are easy to make and the perfect finishing touch.

Summer garland draped across books and bowl

There are endless possibilities of how to use them in your home. I show you throughout this post various stylings and hope one may inspire how to use the one you make in your home.  Are you ready to get started?

DIY beaded garland

Supplies I used to make the DIY beaded garland:

1. Wood Beads (I would recommend not grabbing ones too small, as it may be difficult to string them).
2. Jute twine
3. Scissors
4. Wood star (or other summer accessory)
5. Tape (optional)

Directions for the DIY beaded garland:

Twine tied for tassel

I started with making the tassel that would go on one end of the garland. Tassels are very simple to make and are that cherry on top with garlands. You can use your hand or a piece of cardboard paper and just start wrapping it around and around until you get the thickness you prefer for your tassels (just be sure to count your wraps, so you do the same for the other tassel). Then you will slide it off your hand or cardboard and tie a piece of the twine to hold it in place.

Make a circle with your twine and knot it.

I made a secondary loop to my tassel by squeezing the “circle” together and tying it toward the upper 1/3 of the circle.  Do you see how it created that little circle above the “fringe” of the tassel now?

Twine ready to string the beads

Lastly, for the tassels, take a long (at least the length of your garland) piece of your twine and pull it out.  On the other end, tie it around the top of the tassel to secure it in place.  Now you are ready to start stringing your beads.

String your beads now!

Your DIY beaded garland can be all the same size beads or you can vary it up with a pattern like I did.  I used two different sizes, one larger and one medium.  Simply string them onto your twine and repeat till you’ve almost reached the end of your rope. 

Pattern your beads

Now, you simply make another tassel and repeat the above steps.  For this summer craft, I added a wood star and wrote the word “freedom” on it.  I love how easy it was to add something as simple as a wood cutout to create a seasonal feel. 

Wood star for your summer craft

Now, you can take the garland and find a place for it in your home. Where do you imagine yours going this summer?

DIY beaded garland on mantel

Some of my favorite ways to use DIY beaded garland include:

• Sitting in a bowl

• Wrapped around glass vessels (jugs, jars, vases)

• Draped across a rustic ladder

• Mantel decor if you have several strands you can drape and layer

• Sitting atop a book stack

• Wrapped around terra cotta pots

DIY beaded garland on books

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