Easter Inspired Yarn Ball & Twig Garland
This Easter Inspired Yarn Ball & Twig Garland is a pretty addition to your mantel! Made with pretty pastel yarn balls, twigs and bird houses, this is a festive and fun project!
Easter is in the air (oh, and snow too, but I guess that’s spring in Canada! Arg.)! And it is softly creeping into my home decorating!
A while back I made a Valentines Yarn Ball Garland, that seemed to be a hit with some folks, so I thought I’d give this project another shot, but with an Easter inspiration! I adore twigs, yarn balls, pastel colours, birdhouses and eggs, and what better way is there than to tie them all together into one project!
How to Make an Easter Inspired Yarn Ball & Twig Garland!
Supplies for your Easter Inspired Yarn Ball & Twig Garland
- yarn: I used 2 different colours
- styrofoam balls: I used 3 different sizes (8 large, 6 medium, 5 small)
- twigs: mine are all about 2-3 feet long. Have enough for the base, and a few extra to tuck in at the end.
- embellishments: I used tiny bird houses and easter eggs that I bought at Michaels.
- twine
- scissors
- glue gun
How to Make an Easter Inspired Yarn Ball & Twig Garland!
How to Make a Pom Poms:
Cut the outer edges of the bunch all the way around.
And then you have a cute little pompom!
4. Secure your base of twigs using what ever you wish. I just used twine and knotted it into bows. I tied them around the bunch of twigs, about every foot or so, to keep them all together.
5. Now it’s time for the fun stuff, putting it all together! I find the best way to get started doing this, is to line up all your balls, pompoms and embellishments, along your base, approximately where you want them.
6. Using my glue gun, (and for the first time ever, I did not burn myself!!) I secured the biggest yarn balls on first, then went from there. I put all the balls on, then the eggs, then the birdhouses, and filled in spaces with the pompoms.
7. You are almost done! Once everything is glued on, step back and look for gaps. Fill er’ up with your extra twigs – this makes it look so rustic and spring-y! Especially if you are lucky enough to have pussy willows right now! We however do not, but these twigs are perfect – homegrown and brought specially to me by my mom!
Voila, you are done!
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| A view of the garland on my mantle. |
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| Love how rustic and soft it looks! |
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| A close up! I wrapped the yarn balls 2 different ways – one randomly, and the other a little more precise. |
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| Aren’t the little eggs and bird houses so cute! |
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| Then for extra fun, I tucked in these little cutie-pie chicks! Seriously so cute! |
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| HOPE YOU LIKE IT! |
Your garland turned out beautiful! Love the colors and the little bird houses
Awesome tutorial. Love the garland. So springy it just made me smile!
Oh my gosh, I LOVE this!!!! I desperately need a mantel…*sigh* Lol. This is adorable. Thanks for sharing! I am definitely going to make one of these!
Gretchen @ The Proverbs Thirty-HUH?! Woman
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I love that! It is beautiful and fun! You are an inspiration, for sure! Now *I* want to make a display like this! Thanks so much for the tutorial.
Hi! I’m visiting from Tip Junkie. Your yarn art is beautiful. I remember my mom making puffs but they weren’t as pretty as yours. I love your mantel piece decorations. So original.
Marilyn
Love it!!! It looks so pretty! Perfect for Easter/Spring! Stopping by from Tip Junkie!
Kerri
too cute!
Visiting from Tip Junkie.
Love the colors of your yarn.
This is such a beautiful arrangement. The colours are soft and springy. It is so pleasing to look.
I love it. What a great idea!! Thanks for sharing it.
I just stopped by from TCB’s Get Your Craft On.
Ruth
I love everything about this. Very clever and very pretty. Thanks for sharing!