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Wooden Garland Beads Ghost Tassel Tutorial

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This easy tutorial shows you how to use wooden garland beads and yarn to make a Halloween ghost garland!

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I love those cute wooden bead garlands I see everywhere- they are both farmhouse and boho. I see them strewn across tables, draping across books, bundled up in bowls or hanging from mantles. DIY yarn pom poms and tassels are all the rage too, and I think they’re great because they are so easy to make! This craft is fun because it merges the two. If you’re pressed for time you can just make the ghosts and add them to a premade wooden bead garland. In our case, my daughter Violet Mae loves to bead and make pom poms with yarn so she made most of this herself. Its a great fine motor skill activity for your kids. And any craft that can double as decor is a win win in my book!

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Violet loves to bead and make things with yarn. She’s actually really good and making pom poms already!

How to make a Halloween wooden bead garland.

Materials used:

Wooden garland beads from your local craft store. I bought mine in two different sizes from Michaels.

Yarn, string or kitchen twine for stringing your garland I used kitchen twine and taped one end to make it easier to string through the beads

Yarn in color of your choice

Black puffy paint we used this for the eyes and mouth

Something to wrap the yarn around when making the ghost tassels

Scissors

Tape

Step by Step Instructions for how to make wooden garland beads.

-Lay out all your materials and group your beads by size in different bowls.

-I used kitchen twine to string my wooden garland beads- no need to cut yet, just make sure to tape the free end so it doesn’t fray.

I used simple kitchen twine. Tape one end to make it easier to loop through the beads- this will also keep it from unraveling on you!

-After you decide on the pattern you want go ahead and weave the taped end through the hole on each bead and start stringing your garland.

-Once you’re done stringing all the beads decide how much length you want left at each end. Roll out a few inches extra and create a loop on the taped end twist it around to make a knot at the bottom of the loop. Do this twice. Pull the side still attached to the spool and hold it up to the tied end to be sure they are the same length before cutting. Now make a loop on this end and double knot.

The wooden garland beads portion of your craft is complete! Now its time to make the ghost tassels!

All you need for this part of your garland is yarn, your hand or object of choice, scissors and tape!

How to make ghost tassels with yarn.

Step by Step Instructions:

Step 1: Some people use the palm of their hand, but we found a small book that would be the right length for our ghost.

Step 2: Grab your spool of yarn and start wrapping around at least 25 times while using your opposite thumb to hold the other end of yarn securely against the book.

Find a book or object to wrap the yarn around. We wrapped it tightly about 25 times. Then cut the loose ends and tie a piece tightly around the middle of one side. (This will give you the two strings you need on top to tie the tassel to your garland).

Step 3: Next, take a piece of yarn at least three inches long and tie a knot firmly around the middle of one side.

Step 4: Carefully slide the yarn off the book or hand.

Step 5: Hold the end with the knot straight overhead and cut the bottom loop of yarn in two.

Once you’re done wrapping the yarn around the book carefully slip it off and place your scissors on the bottom end (opposite of where loose strings are). Hold the other end tight and snip the bottom in half.

Step 6: Take another 2-3 inch piece of yarn and tie it about an inch down from the looped end (this will create the head of the ghost. You want the looped end with the extra string to be on top of the head). Now you can either tie a bow around the neck, leave it hanging or trim it.

take a small piece of yarn and wrap it around the first 1 1/2 to 2 inches of your tassel to make the head for the ghost.

7. Snip the bottom of the ghost to make clean even edges.

After you tie the string to make a head for you ghost snip the bottom of the tassel to create even edges.
Here is what your ghost should look like once you’ve trimmed the bottom and tied the piece for the neck.

Step 8: Use puffy paint to create two eyes and the mouth. You can also hot glue googly eyes or fabric. The paint needs several hours to fully dry.

We used black puffy pain to make the face for the ghost tassels.
With your puffy paint make the mouth a long oval so it looks more “surprised.”

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How to attach the tassels to the wooden garland beads.

This part is actually pretty easy! Most beaded garlands have just enough slack to create a slight gap in between the beads.

-Using the extra string you left on top of your ghost’s head tie a knot in between the beads to secure your tassel.

Use the two loose ends on the top of the ghost to tie it onto the garland right in between the wooden beads.

And VOILA! Congratulations on making your very own Halloween ghost tassel garland! So boho, so simple, so CUTE!!!!

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Here is how the ghosts look tied onto a premade garland with wooden beads.
Here’s an example of the ghost tassels simply tied to some pre-made wooden garland beads I bought from target.
Rustic Ranch Cuteness!

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