Summary

The website content provides a tutorial for creating a Halloween Garland using fabric strips tied to a string of lights, with an emphasis on using pinking shears to prevent fraying.

Abstract

The article titled "Halloween Garland" describes a DIY project for crafting a festive decoration for the Halloween season. It outlines the materials needed, including various patterns of Halloween-themed fabric, pinking shears, and a strand of orange or purple lights. The instructions detail cutting the fabric into strips with pinking shears to minimize fraying, and then tying these strips onto the lights to create the garland. The author suggests purchasing a specific pair of pinking shears and a Jack O Lantern string of lights from Walmart to enhance the garland's effect. The project is described as fun, inexpensive, and easy, taking approximately 2 to 3 hours to complete. The author shares personal satisfaction with the finished product and encourages readers to try making their own garland, offering to share an extension cord for plugging in the finished decoration.

Opinions

The author believes that using pinking shears is crucial for preventing fabric fraying and recommends a specific brand available on Amazon.
They express enthusiasm for the Jack O Lantern string of lights from Walmart, considering it a worthwhile purchase to make the garland more festive.
The author is pleased with the outcome of their project, describing it as thrilling and expressing eagerness to use it for Halloween decor.
They encourage reader interaction by inviting feedback and sharing experiences if readers attempt the craft themselves.

Halloween Garland

Fun and easy!

Photo by Toni Cuenca, https://www.pexels.com/photo/two-jack-o-lanterns-619424/

Happy Almost Halloween! Today, I’ll be sharing a fun, inexpensive, and easy Halloween craft to dress up your cabinets or bookshelf: A Halloween Garland!

Here’s what you need:

Fun Halloween fabric (preferably cotton) in different patterns.

Pinking shears: this is really important!

A strand of lights in orange or purple.

TIME! With the cutting and tying, it will take a couple of hours.

Let’s get started!

First, get all your fabric together and use your pinking shears to cut strips of 1 inch by about 7 inches. Do not use regular scissors! Pinking shears help prevent fraying, so you’re going to want to get a pair if you don’t own any.

I purchased mine on Amazon for just under $10. I used the Mr. Pen pinking shears in the zig-zag pattern.

It doesn’t have to be perfect but get the strips as close to the same size as possible.

Author’s own: Fabric that was gifted to me last year in 2021

Once your strips of fabric are all lined up, it’s time to pull out the strand of lights you’re going to use. Now, you can use a simple strand of orange or purple. However, if you really want to go all out, I suggest going to Walmart and purchasing the Jack O Lantern string of lights they’re selling for only $10!

I couldn’t resist and I have no regrets! Once you have the lights spread out, just start simply tying the strips onto the lights, like this:

Since I had an entire yard of the black cat/neon green fabric, I used that print as filler between the other prints. I’m beyond thrilled with how it came out.

I still have to purchase an extension cord to plug it in, but I’m still so happy with how it came out!

Some things to remember:

This will take you 2 to 3 hours, depending on how fast you can cut and tie. I started this in the late afternoon, only to have to stop to make dinner and then continue it the next morning.

The prints I had were all about 1/4 yard, aside from the black cat/neon green, which I had a whole yard. Depending on the length of your lights, be prepared to use at least 2 entire yards of fabric.

Here’s a small close-up:

I hope you try this out! If you do, please let me know!

Happy Almost Halloween! We’re so close!