Customize your holiday colour scheme by making a unique painted DIY beaded garland with upcycled fabric tassels!

Materials

• Wood beads (various sizes)
• Bamboo wood skewers
• Rust-Oleum Chalked in “Blush Pink” and “Charcoal”
• Rust-Oleum Bright Coat Metallic Finish in Copper
• Rust-Oleum Mirror Effects in Gold
• Jute twine
• Scrap fabric strips to make tassels
• Latex gloves
• Cardboard box
• Scissors

How To

• Place the wood bead onto a bamboo skewer
• Find a cardboard box that is a few inches less wide than the skewers, and from the inside, poke each end through the side of the box so the skewer with beads is suspended width-wise
• Add as many skewers in a row inside the box that you want painted the same colour
• Take box outside or to a well ventilated area, and wearing gloves, spray the wood beads
• You can rotate the skewers from the outside of the box to allow you to spin the beads and paint all sides at once
• Repeat spray painting as needed, but one coat is likely sufficient
• Once dry, pull the skewers from the outside of the box so the beads all fall off inside the box for easy removal
• String them onto jute twine, hang, and enjoy!
• For an added touch, cut scrap fabric into strips and make upcycled tassels to hang from the garland.  For this project, we found vintage pillowcases at a thrift store to use for only a few dollars each.

*The painted wood beads also make great DIY ornaments, gift embellishments, and wall hangings!