12 Easy DIY Fall Garland ideas

Whether you’re a seasoned crafter or just dipping your toes into the world of DIY, making garlands is a delightful way to add a touch of autumn to your home. Below you’ll find a variety of garland ideas that cater to all skill levels. From strings of pine cones and acorns to pumpkins made of floral wire, we have compiled a list of simple garland ideas using materials you might already have at home. So grab your supplies, unleash your imagination, and get ready to choose your next fall garland project!

Use felt to create loopy leaves

a garland made with homemade felt leaves. the leaves are made with a collection of loops hot glued together. then a needle and thread goes through the base of each leaf to strand them together.

Katie from fern.and.love created this cute tutorial for her mini felt leaf garland using strips of felt and a glue gun.

Paint a strand of acorns

a homemade garland made with acorns strung together on a string. at both ends of the garland, there is a homemade white tassel. The acorn bodies have been painted fall colors such as orange, gold, and white white the acorn hats have been left their natural color.

Collect some acorns and have a painting party! This garland is made by painting the base of the acorn with matte and shiny gold paint colors. Drill a hole in the acorn with a tiny drill bit and then string them together. Don’t have an acorn tree nearby? Acorns come in a variety of sizes. We like these the best. See the full tutorial at Sustain My Craft Habit.

Preserve your favorite fall leaves in beeswax

a garland of fall leaves in vibrant shades. of red, yellow, and orange hung from a window. The leaves have been dipped in beeswax and attached to a jute rope with mini clothespins.

Celebrate the changing seasons and bring a little fall inside by dipping your favorite leaves in beeswax to preserve their color and vibrancy. Attach them to jute rope with these tiny clothes pins. See Homestead and Chill for the full tutorial.

Or just buy some pretty fake leaves

two garlands of fake fall leaves in hues of dark reds, yellows, greens, and oranges strung together with a needle and thread. the garlands are displayed against a white background.

Image: Sincerely, Sara D.

Short on time? No fall leaves where you live? There’s nothing wrong with buying some faux fall leaves and stringing them together with a needle and thread.

Make pom poms

a garland of homemade yarn pom poms in alternating colors of garnet, gold, and white. they're attached to a braided white rope, which was also homemade. the pompom garland is hung over a cabinet with a strand of white beads behind it.

Choose your favorite colors and follow along with The Simple Homeplace as she makes pompoms with nothing but yarn and a toilet paper roll.

Add whimsy with wire pumpkins

a garland of light brown wire pumpkins made from paper wrapped floral wire attached to a string of jute rope. The garland hangs from a white mantle with decor on top of it. The decor includes a white textured vase placed on top of two books and a smaller charcoal grey vase. Both vases have dried flowers in them. There's also a framed picture of a sketch of five sunflowers in a vase.

Follow along with Thistle Key Lane’s tutorial to make these easy pumpkins made from paper wrapped floral wire.

Go rustic with pine cones and acorns

a fall garland on top of a background of a marble countertop. the garland is a jute rope with attached acorns and mini pinecones spaced in an alternating pattern.

Image: The Happy Housie

Add rustic simplicity to your holiday decorations by hot gluing acorns and mini pine cones to a jute rope.

Celebrate your love of pie

a garland of alternating pumpkin and apple pie slices made out of paper. The pumpkin pie slice uses orange card stock, has a crinkly ribbon of paper to represent the crust, and is adorned with a white pom pom to represent whipped cream. The applie pie slice is made with a gold piece of card stock. It has light brown strips on top to represent a lattice crust.

Image: Andrew Ingalls/Martha Stewart

This simple garland is made by cutting pieces of cardstock into triangles to resemble slices of pie, while strips of the paper are crinkled and glued on top for the “crust.” Add a white pompom for a dollop of whipped cream and you’ll have everyone excited for Thanksgiving dessert.

Create your own tassels

a garland of yarn tassels in colors of orange, mustard yellow, light grey, and turquoise. Each tassel is separated by a wooden bead. The garland is hung from a wooden ledge against a white background.

There are many ways to customize your tassel garlands: select your favorite colors, use yarn or tissue paper, make the garlands long or short. Follow along with Laura Radniecki to make the garland shown above.

String together wooden beads and felt leaves

a garland of repetitive groupings of two wooden beads and a cluster of three felt leaves in fall colors such as garnet, mustard yellow, light brown, white, and grey. the garland is hung from rusted lockers being used as a buffet table. The top of the locker is decorated with more rustic farmhouse decor including a weathervane, a metal christmas tree, a vase of white dahlias, and a metal pitcher

In this tutorial, Hootshack cuts felt leaves and hot glues them into bunches before stringing them between wooden beads.

Tie your favorite strips of fabric

a garland of one inch strips of felt tied around a string. it looks like one long pom pom with sections of orange, white, grey, and navy blue.

Although you can technically make a no sew fabric garland with any type of fabric, you might only get a season out of it due to the fabric fraying. One of the easiest ways to get around this is to use felt. Follow along with Joyful Derivatives to make an easy no sew fall fabric garland.

Transform styrofoam into pumpkins

a garland of alternating mini metallic orange pumpkins and twine balls. The garland hangs from a white mantle with intricate carvings

Timeless Creations was inspired by glitter tape to create adorable pumpkins made from styrofoam balls.

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