Chenille Tree Garland - Lace Tree Garland - Pasta Tree Garland





The following crafts are EASY.
They are achievable by anyone.

Chenille Tree Garland





MATERIALS:
Red and white jumbo chenille stems
gold and silver metallic chenille stems
wire-cutting pliers
ruler



DIRECTIONS:
1. Cut the jumbo stems into 6" pieces. Cut the metallic chenille stems into 4" pieces. Make a circle of 1 red piece and hook 1/2" on each end to fasten. Place a silver piece through the red circle and make a circle of the silver piece to create a chain.

2. Repeat with white, then gold, then red and continue until the chain is the required length.


Lace Tree Garland





MATERIALS:
White lace See Shopping Guide
silver chenile stems, 2 for each yard of lace
ruler
wire-cutting pliers



DIRECTIONS:
1. Cut each silver chenille stem into 3" pieces. Pleat the lace crosswise between two scallops and wrap with 1 piece of chenille.

2. Repeat 7 scallops beyond the first wrapping. Repeat between every 7 scallops



Pasta Tree Garland





MATERIALS:
Small tubular and wagon-wheel-type pasta
wax paper
tacky glue
button thread or crochet cotton
blunt needle
toothpicks



DIRECTIONS:
Start and end with the tubular shape. Using the needle, alternately string round and tubular shapes on 3-yd. lengths of button thread, securing at each end by bringing the thread-ends out of, then back around the last tube.