DIY Cedar Garland

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4 Materials
1 Hour
Easy

A DIY cedar garland is such a classic and elegant choice for your Christmas decor, indoors or out. If you happen to have some cedar trees growing in your backyard, it’s a project that’s surprisingly quick to put together and super inexpensive!

This project is the easiest thing ever. It’s the absolute picture of simplicity and elegance when it’s done and while you’re creating it. I didn’t even want to pull my hair out. It was fun! Relaxing, even!

What I’m saying is this: Make yourself a garland! You’ll be so glad you did.

Here I am standing next to the cedar hedge so you can see just how plentiful this stuff is around these parts.


[Before harvesting, you may want to check out: Harvesting Greenery From Your Backyard to Use as Christmas Decor!]


Start out with two medium-ish pieces of cedar clippings. Cutting your cedar clippings into about 8-10″ pieces seems to work well. Lay them one on top of the other so they’re overlapping by about a third.

Take a length of wire that’s about 6 inches long and wrap it over the entire length where the two clippings overlap.


It’s a good idea to try to leave a few little pieces of cedar out when you’re wrapping your two clippings together so you still have a full look and your garland isn’t completely squished wherever you wrapped it.

For the porch, I just made smaller individual garlands for each section of railing and then tied them on using some white yarn.


[For more quick and easy DIY's, check out Farmhouse Style Christmas Decor Ideas: Our Christmas Home Tour!]


Suggested materials:
  • Cedar Clippings
  • Garden Clippers
  • 20 Gauge Wire
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