PUMPKIN AND APPLE GARLAND

Pumpkin and Apple Garland

This was so easy to do and fun also and if you like recycyling like me you save alot of household items.  These craft only took a few items but the end result was so too cute.

Ruler
Scissors
Paint  (orange for pumpkins, red for apples)
Twine 
Glue gun
Empty toilet paper and paper towel rolls
Paint brush

1.  First, flatten the rolls and mark 1/2 inch increments from one end to the other.  

2.  Cut the strips.  You will have more strips from the paper towel roll than the toilet  roll.  The pumpkin will need 6 strips...one will be cut in half for the top and bottom adjoining the three middle loops.

4.  For the apple, you will have 5 strips...the fiftth will be cut in half to be the top and bottom adjoining the middle loops.   Naturally, you have  scraps leftover, make little 1" x 1/2 cm loops for the stems for all the pumpkins, apples and paint them brown.

5.  Start painting the strips, use orange  for the pumpkins, and red for the apples.  Make sure you sort all the strips beforehand so that dont get painted the wrong color.

6. When they are dry, start hot gluing them, at the middle of the loops till they are together.

7.  Then put a dot of glue at the bottom of each loop at the bottom and attach the strip that will adjoin them in the bottom.   Do the likewise for the top strip.

8.  With twine (or any kind of string)  weave the pumpkin or apple, whatever is going to be first.  Go through front to back and then go to the next one and give enough string  in between each one so you can adjust it accordingling.  Hang it wherever you desire in your home.  I have mine next to my computer hanging from my candle sconce.