Dollar Store Garland Makover

I would love to buy a full and fluffy garland for $120, but that's not going to happen. I got to work today on making a real one today.

While at the playground with Tanner, we collected a veriety of pines and cypress clippings.

YES, I went with my tree trimmers in hand, so if you saw a crazy lady cutting branches out side of your window it might have been me....lol

This cost me $1 for the dollar store garland. 

This is my pile of four different clippings.

Tanner and I gathered bags of pinecones too.

  I hung the plain garland over the door and wraped it around two thumb tacks at each corner.

 And just start adding your clippings to the garland with floral wire.

 I started with the cypress pine clippings and layered on the rest from there.

Added the red berries to each corner.

A little tip...using the pine cones with the knob still on them was supper easy to attach the wire to.

 Not bad for a BUCK right!!

 

 The kids finished off some animal crackers yesterday and I used the bucket to fill with pine cones and I had a handfull of left over trimmings, so I just placed them in it. I like that you can see in the bucket and it's plastic for outside.

What do you think??

This took me about an hour not including the fun time at the playground :-)  And I'm hoping that it will last for a couple of weeks. I may have to add a few pieces as time goes on.

I have only spent a $1 so far this year for the outdoor decorations. I try to buy a little each year AFTER Christmas when everything is 75% off. I would like to buy one large item this year, like a light up angel or reindeer.

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Dollar Store Garland Makover