How to Make a Wood Bead Garland with Tassels

Creating a wood bead garland with tassels is a simple and stylish DIY project that adds charm to any space. Whether you’re decorating for a specific season or looking for a timeless accent to enhance your decor, this versatile craft is perfect for beginners and seasoned crafters.

I see wood bead garlands in every store I go in!

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They’re adorable, and I thought this would be a fun and easy craft!

You can style them in so many different ways!

After I show you how to make this wood bead garland with tassels, I’ll show you four ways to use it in your decor.

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STEPS TO MAKE A DIY WOOD BEAD GARLAND

Gather supplies

Three bowls with different size wooden beads, a roll of jute twine, scotch tape dispenser, scissors and index cards, and a ruler. Items needed to complete how to make a wood bead garland with tassels.

Gather the following supplies to complete this project:

String The garland

You can make your garland any size; I will make mine four feet long, including the tassels.

Here are the steps I used:

Measure jute for the garland you want- I cut a piece measuring four feet long.

Scotch tape one end of the jute.

Insert taped end of jute into a bead to show so you can make a wood bead garland with tassels.

String the beads, leaving six inches of jute at each end for the tassels.

A ruler showing six inches of jute sticking out of the end of the garland. Picturing a step in how to make a wood bead garland with tassels.

I chose to use three beads of different sizes.

Three sizes of wood beads strung on jute twine.

Here is the configuration I decided to use.

Make The tassels

First, cut a piece of jute twelve inches long.

Repeat this step so you have two pieces of twelve-inch jute.

Set them aside; you will use them later to wrap the top of the tassel.

A 12-inch piece of jute twine next to a wood ruler.

Now, it’s time to make the tassel.

You can make it as long or short as you like.

I use a 1/4-inch high stack of index cards as a template; this prevents bending during wrapping.

Wrapping the jute parallel to the longer side produces a longer tassel while wrapping around the short side perpendicularly yields a shorter one.

I wanted a long tassel, so I wrapped the jute parallel to the lines on the card fifteen times and then cut the string from the jute roll.

Attach The tassel

Lay the index card next to the garland.

Twine wrapped around a stack of index cards.

Pick up one end of the garland and pull the string under the wrapped pieces at the top.

Make a knot as close to the bead as you can.

Pull tight to gather the tassel together.

FINISH The TASSEL

Do not remove the index card.

How to cut the bottom of the tassel to complete our project How to make a wood bead garland with tassels.

Take your scissors and cut the jute along the end of the card.

Remember the twelve-inch pieces of jute you cut earlier?

Showing how to tie a knot to hold a jute twine tassel together. Second to last step in how to make a wood bead garland with tassels.

Grab one of them and tie it around the tassel, making a knot to ensure its hold.

Wrap the rest of the jute around the tassel and make a knot at the end, tucking the little bit of excess.

Repeat the steps for tassel number two!

Sometimes, your tassel may not be entirely even on the bottom.

Someone trimming the bottom of a jute tassel.

If that happens, take your scissors and cut the extra length off the bottom.

How to style a wood bead garland

Around a vase

Draped on a tray

Hanging on a tiered tray

A wood bead garland draped on a tiered tray.

Wrapped around a book

A wood bead garland laying on a coffee table.

Conclusion

Well, what do you think??

Making this garland was such a fun and easy DIY!

I think I’ll make another wood bead garland using yarn instead of jute!

Now that you know how to make a wood bead garland with tassels, will you try it?

I hope you will!

Blessings, Donna and Rich

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