Have you seen these Farmhouse Bead Garlands in pictures of beautiful homes? These garlands are a very popular item for home decor. I am going to show you how easy it is to make a DIY Farmhouse Bead Garland.
I have always admired them, it adds a real decorative touch to any room. Something so simple can be used in many ways to style your home. They are draped on vases, on books, on coffee tables, on entryway tables, dressers, bedside tables, even in bathrooms!
I wanted to buy one and looked it up online, when I saw the price tag, it was anywhere from 7$ To 25$ and more!
So I decided to make this at home for a fraction of the cost. It is relatively easy and needs very few supplies.
I am sharing this DIY with all of you which is fun to make and takes less than 15 to 20 minutes!
Supplies needed for this DIY Farmhouse Bead Garland:
Wooden beads – I got mine from Micheals, a box of wooden beads is 9.99$. They come in 3 different sizes. By using a 40% coupon you could get them for less! You could make at least 5 garlands with the quantity that you get.
The wooden beads are also available in any craft store or on Amazon. I hear that you could buy them in bulk and it is much cheaper.
Jute string – The jute string i found at Ross for 1.99$, you can get it at the dollar tree or Amazon. It has to be thin enough to fit through the hole on the wooden beads
Scissors
Masking tape or cello tape – this is just used to make it easier to string the beads. Add a little bit of masking take or cello tape to the end of your string to make it kind of like a needle.
Or you could use a large yarn needle also to make things easier.
That’s it!
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Gather your supplies and let’s get started making our Farmhouse Bead Garland!
Super simple and easy. To summarize all you got to do is make 2 tassels, add one tassel at one end, string the beads onto the jute string, add the other tassel at the other end, and you are done!
Let’s see how to make this in detail:
- To make the tassels: Wrap the string around your fingers about 20 times. Cut a piece of string to tie the tassel on top. Tie the string about half an inch from the top. Cut off the excess string once it is secure. I would even go the extra mile and add a drop of glue to seal it.
- Snip the bottom loops and your tassel is ready.
- Make 2 of them.
- Measure a piece of string, depending on how long you want your garland. I cut mine about 18 inches.
- Add the tassel to one end by simply tying it on through the loop on top. Make sure it is secure. Here also you could add a drop of glue to secure it.
- Cut a small piece of tape and wrap it around the other end of the string, we are using this as a needle so the string does not get frayed. I recommend using a yarn needle if you have one that’s large enough to go through your beads, it does make it easier.
- String the beads onto the string. I used around 40. It could depend on the size of your beads. You can use a combination of beads, make it your own.
- Once all the beads are on the string, tie the other tassel on that end. Trim off the excess string. Use glue to secure.
- Your farmhouse tassel garland is ready!
NOTES:
You could color your beads if you have a specific color scheme in mind. A mix of colored and regular wooden beads can be used as I did in the above picture.
I experimented with coloring the beads with food color. It worked well, you do not get a vibrant color but a rather nice dull color which I thought looked good with the regular wooden beads.
Fo coloring the beads, all I did was put the beads in a bowl, added food color and just a little water, shook them up, kept them for about an hour. Drain the excess water and kept the beads out in the sun to dry on a paper napkin. Once dry you can make your garland! It is that easy.
I am sure you can paint the beads too, I did try once and it was too much work, so I gave up!
You can also buy the colored beads/patterned beads of your choice. You get some great options on Amazon.
The garland can be tied halfway to create a loop to hang it onto a vase as shown in the picture below.
Use different shaped beads.
There are a lot of possibilities so use your imagination and go wild! 😄
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Her blog has the most pleasing pictures and her content is really amazing.
Thank you for visiting and hope you will try this out soon. Please let me know if you liked it by leaving a comment down below.
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Have a wonderful day!
