How To Make a DIY Halloween Wood Bead Garland

I love to decorate for the seasons and Halloween is no exception! Do you need some ideas for Fall decor? I’m super excited to show you how to make a DIY Halloween wood bead garland to add some fun and festive decor to your home for this season!

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Steps to make a Halloween Wood bead garland

Gather

Gather the following items to complete this project:

wood beads- 10 small beads and 10 medium beads
floral wire
bed risers
white Chalk paint-Waverly White
black chalk paint -Waverly Ink
paintbrush
jute twine
white yarn
scissors
index cards
ruler
scotch tape
black and white ribbon
black sticker letters or a Sharpie marker

Paint beads

Paint half of your beads white and the other black!

Here’s my favorite way to paint beads!

Wood beads strung on a wire and painted black and white. Step one for how to make a Halloween wood bead garland.

I use old bed risers and floral wire.

String the beads on the wire and then attach the ends to the bed risers.

This makes painting the round beads a breeze!

Let them dry!

String beads

Grab your jute twine and the scotch tape.

Jute twine with scotch tape wrapped around one end. Step two for how to make a Halloween wood bead garland.

Wrap a piece of scotch tape around the end of the jute twine.

Black and white alternating wood beads strung on jute twine. Step three for how to make a Halloween wood bead garland.

String the beads on the jute, alternating black and white ones.

make tassels

Now we are going to make two tassels!

I found this chenille yarn at Dollar Tree, it’s so soft!

To make the tassels grab your yarn, a few index cards, scissors, and a ruler.

Chenille yarn measuring twelve inches and cut by scissors. Step four for how to make a Halloween wood bead garland.

Cut two twelve-inch pieces of yarn and set them aside.

White yarn wrapped around an index card twelve times. Step five for how to make a Halloween wood bead garland.

Wrap the yarn around the index cards twelve times.

Take the twelve-inch piece of yarn and slide it under the wrapped pieces.

Tie the piece of yarn in a knot.

Slide your scissors under the wrapped yarn and cut across the bottom.

Take the second piece of twelve-inch yarn and knot it close to the top to secure the tassel.

Use your scissors to cut the excess length off the bottom of the tassel.

A black and white wood bead garland with two white tassels next to it. Showing how to make a Halloween wood bead garland.

Repeat the steps to make your second tassel.

attach tassels

Now it’s time to attach the tassels to the wood bead garland.

Slide your beads close to the taped end of the garland.

Tie the tassel to the jute.

Push the taped end of the jute twine inside the bead, and repeat the steps to secure the other tassel.

Embellish

At this point, we have a cute, black-and-white wood bead garland.

You can stop here if you like, but I will embellish mine and dress it up for Halloween!

I added two polka dot bows to each end.

The tassels reminded me of ghosts, so I added some eyes to give them a bit of personality.

I took an old sheet of black sticker letters and found two “periods” for the eyes!

How to style a Halloween DIY wood bead garland

Now you know how to make a Halloween wood bead garland, but I thought you might like some ideas on how to style it!

I made this garland specifically for my Fall coffee bar.

I love how it looks draped over my tiered tray!

Wood bead garlands look wonderful wrapped around pitchers and vases!

Stack up a few books and drape your garland over them!

Hang your garland from a candelabra!

Don’t procrastinate!

Now that you know how to make and style a DIY wood bead garland for Halloween, you should get started so it will be ready by October 1!

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Blessings, Donna and Rich

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Comments

Niki | Life as a LEO Wife says

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This is such an adorable garland! Love your idea for painting them. It’s so much easier than them just rolling around. Thanks for sharing on Crafty Creatos!

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  Thanks Niki! I thought it was easier to paint them that way! Have a great day!
  
Janet says

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Love the ghost tassels.

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  Thanks, Janet! I thought they were super cute and gave the garland more character! Blessings, Donna
  
Kristin says

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Absolutely adorable ghost tassels and great tips throughout to create bead garlands! Thank you for sharing on Whimsy Home Wednesday Link Party!

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  You’re so kind! Thank you so much! Blessings, Donna
  
Charity says

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This wood bead garland is too cute! I love it!

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  I know, it’s such a fun little decor piece for Halloween! Thanks!
  
Cara says

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This is an adorable idea for Halloween garland Donna. Love this one and I will be keeping it in my stash of project ideas. Thank you for sharing at Whimsy Home Wednesday, Whimsical Halloween Home.

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  Hi Cara, I’m so glad you liked it, I think it’s such a fun decor piece for the season!
  
"A Mema Thing!" says

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Thank you for the better way of painting wooden beads! And the added “ghost” appearance to the tassels is just too cute!

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  Thanks so much! I thought the addition of eyes to make the tassels into ghosts was fun! Let me know if you make one!