Pinecone and Cranberry Garland – Clean and Scentsible

This DIY bleached pinecone and cranberry garland provides a ravishing rustic contact to any of your Christmas decor.

Hi there, it’s Susan from Love of House. I’ve a reasonably DIY Christmas undertaking to share with you as we speak. It’s a bleached pinecone and cranberry garland! We now have a number of pinecones in my neck of the woods so I’m able to exit and choose a bag or two nearly any time of the yr. In the event you don’t have pinecones available you should buy them on the craft retailer.

Pinecone and Cranberry Rustic Garland

This lovely pinecone and cranberry garland is simple to place collectively and makes the proper rustic addition to any of your Christmas or winter decor. I feel it could be a enjoyable little undertaking to do whilst you’re watching a Christmas film! NOTE: This put up does include some affiliate hyperlinks. This merely implies that I’ll obtain a small fee {at no cost to you} in the event you store straight by means of any of the hyperlinks supplied.

Supplies

• Bleach
• Pinecones
• Jute or thick string
• A bag of cranberries {I used actual ones however you would additionally use fake cranberries in the event you wished to re-use this for years to return}
• Giant eye needle. You’ll find them by knitting provides in the event you don’t have one.
• Felt minimize into tiny circles to suit on the underside of your pinecones.
• Scorching glue

Bleach Pinecones

To bleach the pinecones, put them right into a bucket or container and add two components bleach to 1 half water and submerge the pinecones. Depart for about 1 1/2 – 2 days. Take away from combination and let dry. They’ll open once more as they dry. Mine regarded fairly dangerous after the bleaching and I wasn’t positive it labored, however they turned out lovely.

Make a Pinecone and Cranberry Garland

• Determine about how lengthy you need the garland and minimize the jute with roughly an additional 18″.
• Begin by stringing the cranberries one after the other.  Thread onto the string together with your needle. On the ends, I used 10 cranberries, then a pinecone, then 5 cranberries, repeat to the top, finish with 10 cranberries.
• The pinecones have been saved on the string by gluing the string down with the felt circles {see picture under}. The design is totally as much as you! The top of the jute nearest the needle took on the purple of the cranberry so I left myself sufficient room to chop that off once I was completed.

The place can I grasp a garland?

This garland was held on our mantle, however you would use the garland nearly wherever in your Christmas decor. Place it  round a door body, on a tree or make tiny ones for presents. It additionally seems to be nice draped over a Christmas vignette or sizzling chocolate bar.

Do I’ve to bleach the pinecones?

I really like the look of the bleached pinecones. It provides them a extra rustic, lighter look than the pure shade ones. In the event you’d like to avoid wasting time or simply want the look of darker pinecones, common pinecones work simply as effectively!

How lengthy will a recent pinecone and cranberry garland final?

Because the cranberries are recent, this garland will final about 7-10 days relying on the place you need to grasp it. If you need it to last more or want to use it for future years, you possibly can at all times use fake cranberries. You’ll find these on Amazon or different craft shops. I feel this is able to work for common winter decor or a candy Valentine’s Day ornament too!

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