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Make your own Autumn Garland

Writer: Maria Langford
Maria Langford
5 hours ago
2 min read

Little Pumpkin loves autumn! He spends his days collecting colourful leaves, acorns, pinecones and little autumn treasures in his basket. One of his favourite things to do is turn his wonderful finds into beautiful Autumn garlands.

Make your own Autumn Garland

… and now you can too … Gather your leaves, thread them together and make your very own autumn garland, just like Little Pumpkin!

Picture from Little Pumpkins Autumn Adventure showing little pumpkin making a garland with the words - when the rain disappeared, Little Pumpkin though t he would help the leave dry so he hung them like a garland between the trees.

With my sweet seasonal download, you can print leaves, pinecones, acorns and foliage ready to cut out and make.

picture of little pumpkin saying make a garland with me

YOU WILL NEED: My Autumn Garland Download Scissors Hole Reinforcement Stickers Length of Twine/String Wool or thread to attach the leaves optional - Craft Knife and Cutting Board INSTRUCTIONS: Print out the sheets and loosely cut around them. There are 50 different elements, from simple leaves to more fiddly foliage and acorns.

Picture of leaves loosely cut out

At the end of each stem is a loop for a hole punch hole. The easiest one to use is a single punch.

Picture of hole punch cutting out hole on loop at the end of the stem of a leaf

Once punched add a ring reinforcer sticker on the back.

Picture of reinforcement sticker attached to the back of the leaf

Then cut out the leaves, taking care around the loop hole.

Picture of finished cut out leaf

The acorns, pinecones and foliage are a bit more fiddly with some bits that need to be cut with a knife.

Picture of cut out acorns with scalpel knife to cut the more intricate areas

When you have all your paper pieces ready cut thread into aprox. 10cm strips. I used 7cm and they were quite fiddly to tie.

Picture of finished cut out elements with pile of short strings to attach them

Get your long twine and string it up either where you want it to be or somewhere easy to make it. Starting at the centre, using the short strings tie each of the cut outs along the string. Depending on how many you have cut and how long you want your garland, space them out in a random selection of leaves, acorns, pinecones and foliage. I have about 2cm gap between them on mine. I worked a few on one side and then the other until I had used them all up.

Picture of some of the leaves, pinecones and foliage tied on to the twine

Remember, if you are using longer tie-on threads, trim them off if you feel they are too long.

Close up picture of finished garland

Remember, keep enough twine at the end to be able to attach it to where you want it to hang if its not already in place.

Picture of finished garland, hung above the dining table

You can get the garland download here -> https://www.mariainthewood.co.uk/product-page/make-your-own-leaf-garland-with-little-pumpkin-download I hope you enjoy making it and would love to see any garlands you make! Maria x

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