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Fall is one of my absolute favorite times of the year. I love everything about fall, especially the beautiful colors of the golden leaves and the beautiful fall decorations that get put up for the season. Today I thought I would share a super easy, fun DIY glitter leaf garland you can make to decorate your home and bring the colors of fall inside. Let’s get started, here’s what you need:
Artificial leaves (and pine cones if you want more variety), these can be found at the Dollar store, Walmart, Hobby Lobby or any craft store.
Paint brush, bigger and flat works best.
Elmer’s glue or Mod Podge
Glitter! You will want to get a couple of colors of glitter like gold, brown, copper, orange. Any colors that speak to you and make you think of fall foliage glittering in the sun.
Shoe box or disposable containers to contain the glitter mess, or newspapers laid down on your work surface.
Twine or ribbon for stringing your garland and a hole punch for your leaves.
Alright we got our supplies, now we can begin! Separate your leaves and pine cones into piles for each glitter color you have. Next apply your glue using your paintbrush. Then holding your leaf or pine cone over your container or work area shake on your glitter. Lay out your leaves to dry. Once your leaves are dry you can use the hole punch at the bottom where the stem would have been. Then string up your leaves using your ribbon or twine. If you also used pine cones you can tie the ribbon or twine around the stem or purchase mini hooks and screw them in the top like in the picture below. Now hang up your masterpiece to enjoy through the rest of the fall season!
Another variation is to use a long stick and tie your leaves so they hang from the stick. You can use ribbon, twine, or invisible wire. Whatever you do have fun and be creative, remember their is no right or wrong way to make a DIY craft project. Make it your own and see what you come up with, you just might surprise yourself.
