DIY Ghost Garland with Real Fall Leaves
Create a fun garland with fall leaves and little ghosts to hang above your mantel for Halloween. Then cut down the ghosts after the holiday for a pretty fall leaf garland for the rest of the season.
Equipment
- Scissors
- pencil
Materials
- Fall Leaves
- Thin Cardboard
- White Craft Paint
- Black Permanent Marker
- Transfer Paper, optional
- Waxed Twine
- Clear Fishing Line
Instructions
- Gather and press your leaves between parchment using a low heat iron.
- Print out the ghost template and cut out each ghost.
- Trace the ghost onto thin cardboard. Use a pencil rubbing or tracing paper to trace the eyes.
- Cut out the traced ghosts and paint them white on each side.
- Color in the eyes with a black permanent marker.
- Punch holes in the top center of each ghost.
- Use waxed twine to tie the leaves in variable lengths on a large branch.
- Add the ghosts in between using more waxed twine.
- Hang the branch from your crown molding with clear fishing line using small nails or clear command hooks.
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