Create a lovely cranberry garland this Christmas season for a classic and beautiful piece of decor! Enjoy it wrapped around your Christmas tree, across the mantle, in the window from your curtain rod, or on a tree outside while looking out your window with a warm beverage in hand.
Stringing cranberries is inexpensive, easy, and even little ones can help make their own! Making this natural and handmade Christmas project is sure to become a tradition in your home. The timeless beauty they bring to the home is one of those simple pleasures that will warm your heart on even the coldest of winter days.
Adding a cranberry garland alongside beeswax ornaments, a popcorn string, a dried orange slice garland, salt dough ornaments, orange slice ornaments, a festive bunting, and salt dough ornaments is sure to make for a homey cozy feel all season long.
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What you need
- Fresh cranberries - Fresh cranberries, not dried, are needed for this DIY.
- String - Sewing thread works great for stringing cranberries.
- Sewing needle - A nice sharp and thin needle does best for piercing through the berries.
- Scissors - You'll need scissors to cut your string to your desired length!
Why you'll love this project!
- Easy - Stringing cranberries is very easy to do! They are not hard to feed a needle through at all. This is a quick and enjoyable project.
- Inexpensive - If you have thread at home all that's needed are cranberries on your next grocery run.
- Natural - This project only requires cranberries and string! There are artificial cranberry garlands out there but I can assure you this project is so simple and quick there is no need to go buy one!
- Timeless - Classic Christmas decor, such as a cranberry garland, is able to withstand the test of time. No matter what the current trend is, this won't be out of style!
How to style it
- Across the mantle - Secure the ends of your cranberry garland to each side of your mantle.
- On the tree - Wrap your garland around the tree from top to bottom!
- In the window - Hang it across your window from the ends of the curtain rod.
- Outside - Wrap your garland around a tree outside to enjoy from the window while sipping a warm beverage.
Supplies
- Fresh cranberries
- String
- Sewing needle
- Scissors
How to make a cranberry garland
- Cut your desired length of string and thread the needle.
2. Carefully feed your needle from one end of a cranberry to the other.
3. Secure the end of the string by tying it around the berry.
4. Continue to string cranberries until you are almost to the end of the thread.
5. End your cranberry garland by once again securing the string around the last cranberry.
Tips
- Enjoy your garland wrapped around the tree, across the mantle, in the window across your curtain rod, or outside on a tree!
- Your garland will dry over time. It's beauty will remain but it will look quite different! Compost accordingly to dispose of at the end of the season.
Handmade Cranberry Garland
Equipment
- Sewing needle
- Scissors
Ingredients
- Fresh cranberries
- String
Instructions
- Cut your desired length of string and thread the needle.
- Carefully feed your needle from one end of a cranberry to the other.
- Secure the end of the string by tying it around the berry.
- Continue to string cranberries until you are almost to the end of the thread.
- End your cranberry garland by once again securing the string around the last cranberry.
Mariana
Chelsea,
When you string up fresh cranberries, they slowly start to naturally dry (they almost shrivel up, like raisins!) The timeline of this event can vary depending on the location you hang it, temperature, proximity to a window, proximity to a heating unit, etc! I string mine up fresh & leave them up a bit even after they are dried! I string more garlands throughout the season and compost once I feel they are no longer looking their best!
-Mariana
chelsea Flournoy
How long will the cranberry garland last?