• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

prairie glow

  • Shop
  • Join
  • About
  • Host
  • Blog
  • Contact

Christmas Garland Easy DIY

December 22, 2020

Christmas Garland Easy DIY prairie glow

Christmas Garland, we grew up with the traditional sparkly Christmas garland and I love a tree decked out with it, it just takes me back and its really so pretty. I may have to go out and hunt for some to add to our tree next year, or maybe my mom still has . . . I maybe just need to raid her decorations buckets! Anyway, I remember one year my cousins made a popcorn Christmas garland and had it on their tree. Well I was in LOVE with it. So here we are years later, and I have a popcorn garland on my tree!

christmas garland popcorn prairie glow

When we moved into our farmhouse here I had the girls make it! One was 7 and the other one was 4. Gave them some instructions, a bowl of popcorn, a bowl of cranberries and let them at it. There was a lot of pin pokes and ow’s coming out, but when I asked them if they wanted to stop they did not! We still have this on our tree to date!

This is year 7 and still looks amazing. I wrap it up gently in tissue paper and tuck into a small tub and pull it out every year. It’s not perfect anymore – we used fresh cranberries (very sticky for little fingers!) and as they dried you get more room on your strand (when they shrink) and we loose popcorn every year but it’s still pretty good. And that smell when i start taking it out of the tub is so good!!

On my Christmas decoration list though that I’ve always dreamed about making, was another Christmas Garland . . . one made with dried fruits. My husband complained that the oranges in the fridge were old and getting dry so I was oooh, I know what I can do with those!

Easy DIY

So I sliced them up, pretty thin and laid them on a cooling rack on a cookie sheet and popped them into the oven.

christmas garland prairie glow

We did oranges, grapefruits, lemons & limes. Pop them in at 200 degrees and bake for hours. Until they turn slightly brown on the outside and are dry. We took them out and flipped them about half way. Let them cool and then string them up!

christmas garland prairie glow fruit

Honestly, life happens and they sat in a bowl on my counter for about a week before I found string and a needle. I asked my daughter if she wanted to help, she’s 11 and she actually did it all herself – I just came in and helped move them down the sting every so often. So we did the dried fruit with fresh cranberries and I absolutely LOVE how they turned out!

christmas garland fruit prairie glow

We hung them with some 3M hooks on our windows in the kitchen and dinning room. No idea if the dried fruit will keep year to year but we’ll try.

I would love for you to come and hang out with me over on Instagram and Facebook! Let me know what you guys think and if you’ve ever made your own Christmas garland! I would love to see them!!

Share this:

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)

Related

Crafts· Recipes· Style

Previous Post: « Summer with Tiber River
Next Post: Boxing Day with Seint »

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Corinna says

    December 24, 2020 at 3:50 pm

    This is so pretty! I love these ideas.

  2. Katherine says

    December 25, 2020 at 1:54 am

    What an amazing idea! And looks like it was so much fun too! Thanks for sharing!

  3. Britt K says

    December 26, 2020 at 3:37 pm

    This is so simple and yet the result is so beautiful. We love any ‘natural-looking’ decorations when we’re getting ready for Yule in our house, so this would definitely fit in with our decor! I’m going to show this to my husband as an option for next year.

Primary Sidebar

Subscribe via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

I’m on Facebook!

I’m on Facebook!
tealife organic loose tea
sassy suite social media

Instagram? Yes, I’m there, too!

Instagram did not return a 200.

Follow Me!

I’m on Pinterest, too!

Follow Me on Pinterest

Footer

Search

Categories

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Hello!

Welcome to Prairie Glow! So happy to have you here! Please feel free to take a good look around. Read More…

Copyright © 2023 · Delightful Pro Theme · Installed by Sassy Suite, LLC

 

Loading Comments...