INSIDE: How to make an easy DIY outdoor holiday garland using foam and spray paint. Easy dollar store Christmas decorating craft.
The day after we’ve successfully stuffed ourselves with lots of turkey and fixins’ seems to be the day we haul out all the holiday decor boxes. You know, those boxes that weigh a ton as you wobble on a ladder in the garage.
However, much to my husband’s delight, I do have one box that weighs practically nothing. It’s full of foam shapes.
Foam shapes?! Let me show you how to make a large-scale diy outdoor holiday garland…
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How to Make Easy DIY Outdoor Holiday Garland
This is an easy yet slightly messy project! If the weather is agreeable, you may need to work outside.
Supplies:
– Flat foam disks
– Bag of multi-shaped foam spheres
– Clear fishing line wire
– Bamboo barbeque skewers
– Red, Green, White, Silver spray paint (this Fusion spray paint is designed for plastic and outdoor)
– Metal barbeque skewer
– Clear tape
how to make cheap outdoor christmas garland
Have you ever tried to spray paint foam balls? Tried it here. You give them a spray and they blow away!
Skewer them like a shish-ka-bob with the bamboo barbeque skewers and they stay put.
Once all the foam disks and spheres are dried – you may need to give them 2-3 coats – it’s time to begin the garland assembly process.
After some failed attempts involving a wooden skewer and a small screwdriver, I pulled out a metal BBQ skewer which had much more ‘umph’ to get through the foam.
I tapped the end of my fishing wire to the metal BBQ skewer and plunged it through the foam. This became a much easier way to feed the wire through versus drilling the hole then inserting the wire.
Continue stringing your foam along until you like what you see and it’s long enough to fit the desired location.
I did a combo of two foam balls to three foam disks, varying the colors as I went along. Once I hit my 6′ length, I called it success!
This DIY outdoor holiday garland definitely adds a colorful seasonal pop of color to the front of my house!
Other Christmas Ideas You May Like:
- DIY felt cactus tree ornaments
- Ugly Christmas sweater turned (cozy and comfy) skirt
- 5-minute Dollar Store Christmas cookie plate
- Thrift store puzzle pieces turned holiday door wreath
- Snowman hair pin for girls
- $2 Christmas poinsettia wreath from plastic tablecloths
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Victoria that is such a cute idea. And I really like how you did it with the skewers and the fisherman’s wire. My husband fishes and I’m always stealing his wire for my projects. It is strong and yet so lightweight and barely there.
Thanks Mary! I’m always looking for tools and goodies on my husband’s workbench.
Great project! It turned out nicer than I thought it would. Love how the pieces are sparkly, too! Thanks for sharing with us at Creatively Crafty!
This is so fun and very creative, Victoria! Using fishing line is a great idea. Thanks for sharing at Snickerdoodle! Pinning to my Christmas Board.
Thanks Beverly for sharing.
Victoria – I love this!! What a fun idea!! Thanks for sharing on the Pleasures of the NW’s DIY Party!
Those are SO cute! What a great idea! Pinned.
It’s a wonderful idea, and it’s great that you can use it outdoors. Thank you for sharing at The Really Crafty Link Party this week. If you want, you cal also add your links to the Holidays Celebration Link Party here: http://keepingitrreal.blogspot.com.es/2016/12/welcome-to-2016-holidays-celebration-link-party-2.html
I love this! I don’t have to worry my garland getting wet ha ha.
Thanks Camille!
This is too cute!! Love it!
I would love for you to share this with my Facebook Group for recipes, crafts, tips, and tricks: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pluckyrecipescraftstips/
Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!
This is so fun and unique!
This is super cute! Thanks so much for joining the To Grandma’s House We Go link party!
I love this idea!!! So clever! Sharing! Thank you for sharing on Merry Monday! We hope you will join us again next week!
Kim
Those look great, what a great idea for outdoor decorations!
I’ve never seen a garland like this, I love it! So festive, inexpensive and easy to assemble. Thanks for sharing at Vintage Charm. xo Kathleen
I love this!! What a cute idea for a garland!