This year I’ve made a gorgeous Felt Halloween Garland to drape over our mantle. Not only does it look amazing but it’s super easy to make and there’s no sewing and very little gluing (only required if you glitter creepy crawlies!).
One of the things I love about Halloween is all the creativity that goes along with it from costumes through to table settings and every year a few more decorative pieces are added to our collection. With that in mind, your may also like the following Halloween posts; Spooky Cave Kransekake, Sparkly Halloween Spiders, and these cute Yarn Monsters.
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Materials Required To Make The Felt Halloween Garland
- Battery operated white fairy lights (preferably green cable) – I used a set of twenty lights that only cost £1 from our local pound store
- Black Felt
- Black feathers
- Scissors
- Optional – small plastic spiders, glitter (I used gunmetal and silver) plus white (pva) glue.
How To Make The Felt Halloween Garland
1. Cut your felt into strips approx 15cm long and 1cm wide. Don’t worry about being accurate. It actually looks better if they’re slightly different widths.
2. Starting at one end tie felt strips one after the other around the cable until the whole cable is covered. Use just a single not and pull gently so the knot is small.
3. Slide feathers into the knot fold at irregular intervals along the length of the fairy lights
4. Now at this point you could just leave it as it looks pretty good with just the felt and feathers but you can add a few silver spiders for a bit of spooky sparkle.
How To Make The Sparkly Spiders
I bought a pack of mixed-sized spiders/ants and covered them with fine polyester glitter. First, paint them with a strong white (PVA) glue and then sprinkle them with glitter and leave them to dry.
Once fully dry, tap any excess glitter off (use a soft paintbrush to dust over the top of them) and then position them on your garland when it’s in situ.
How To Arrange Your Felt And Feather Garland
I positioned my garland in situ before deciding where to put the glittered creepy crawlies. I was going to glue them in place but found that the glitter helps them stay in place and didn’t bother with using glue. This actually makes it easier to modify and re-use each year. It would look fantastic used in a table centerpiece or hang over doorways (you’d need to glue the spiders on if used here).
That’s effective and so easy to do, you clever thing. We have a couple of mantlepieces that always look empty, no matter what I do to decorate – brill idea.
We are going to my friends halloween party may have to make some of these! very cute
The end result is great plus I love that you get to sprinkle it with LOTS of glitter, I had never thought of making my own garlands but you have inspired me! x
Oh wow, that looks so impressive and looks like something that I could actually have a go at too.
I LOVE your glitter spiders, they look so much less scary with glitter on!
This looks really effective and fun to make with the whole family.
I love, love, love this! I make ribbon garlands but I have never made a felt one before and it looks so much better for halloween!
Wow, you’ve done such a great job with this. Loving the outcome 🙂
Wow, you’ve done such a great job with this. Loving the outcome 🙂
So clever to put these around fairy lights, they look so good. I’d definitely make a massive mess with all that glitter though x
Oh this looks awesome! I might have to do this for our Halloween party x
Oh this looks awesome! I might have to do this for our Halloween party x
That looks amazing, really effective and your glitter spiders are so cute x x
That looks amazing, really effective and your glitter spiders are so cute x x
Wow, you’ve done a really great job and glad to see the spiders got a glittering so they aren’t so creepy! Mich x
Wow, you’ve done a really great job and glad to see the spiders got a glittering so they aren’t so creepy! Mich x
This is a cute idea, and I really like the glittery spiders!
This is a cute idea, and I really like the glittery spiders!
The best bit about this garland is all the pretty sparkles. The glittery spiders is a nice touch.
The best bit about this garland is all the pretty sparkles. The glittery spiders is a nice touch.
What a unique idea! I love it! I love the sparkly spiders too, very cool xx
What a unique idea! I love it! I love the sparkly spiders too, very cool xx
This looks so easy and fun to do! Love the spiders 🙂
This looks so easy and fun to do! Love the spiders 🙂
Wow this is amazing and looks so effective! It sounds really easy to make, too! I love the sparkly spiders!! Very unique.
Wow this is amazing and looks so effective! It sounds really easy to make, too! I love the sparkly spiders!! Very unique.
I really like this 🙂 so simple too. I have really got into Halloween this year so may have to make this x
I really like this 🙂 so simple too. I have really got into Halloween this year so may have to make this x
Oh I love this! My kids always want to decorate our place for Halloween so this would be perfect.
Oh I love this! My kids always want to decorate our place for Halloween so this would be perfect.
Looks so easy to make! I love the glittery spiders, I would definitely use them as decorations
Looks so easy to make! I love the glittery spiders, I would definitely use them as decorations
That looks brilliant – so effective 🙂
That looks brilliant – so effective 🙂
Halloween is one of my favourite holidays of the year. The garland I woud say is unique. Thatnks for the idea.
Halloween is one of my favourite holidays of the year. The garland I woud say is unique. Thatnks for the idea.
That is an interesting idea to make the costume really bright. I think that I’ve never seen any shiny costume before.
That is an interesting idea to make the costume really bright. I think that I’ve never seen any shiny costume before.
I like your handiwork. I really liked your great idea to create a garland for Halloween with your own hands. Thank you for your interesting post.
I like your handiwork. I really liked your great idea to create a garland for Halloween with your own hands. Thank you for your interesting post.
I also like the idea with the garland for Halloween. Thanks so much for giving us a hint on how to spent our time with benefit.
I also like the idea with the garland for Halloween. Thanks so much for giving us a hint on how to spent our time with benefit.