Turn old cardboard packaging into a charming gingerbread house garland, complete with white-painted icing details and tiny twinkling lights. A fun, budget-friendly Christmas craft that makes ordinary recycling look rather magical!

A fun way to use up leftover yarn! These colourful Christmas shapes are made by wrapping wool around cookie-cutter templates. I've displayed mine as a festive wall hanging, but they'd look just as lovely strung together as a cheerful Christmas garland.

One of my favourite ways to use up even the tiniest scraps of old wool jumpers. Thread the felt squares together to make colourful homemade tinsel for the tree or mantelpiece. It's surprisingly addictive too!

Use paint-covered paper plates, or any colorful paper, to can create stunning Handmade Paper Plate Doves ornaments and Christmas garlands.

Inspired by traditional Scandinavian Christmas decorations, these woven hearts are made from old denim and felted wool. I love the combination of blue jeans and colourful fabric.

Learn how to make a pom pom Christmas garland to decorate your holiday home! This is SO easy to make, even for beginning crafters.

Christmas Chain Garland Knitting Pattern, a delightful project that will add a touch of handmade warmth and holiday magic to your decor.

This colourful Scandinavian-inspired wall hanging is made from wood slices decoupaged with gorgeous Marimekko paper napkins. The clever bit is that they're double-sided: festive Christmas trees on one side and bright floral patterns on the other, so you can enjoy them year-round!

This gorgeous garland doubles as an Advent calendar, with 25 gold-covered papier-mâché star boxes filled with little treats and surprises. A lovely way to make the countdown to Christmas extra special!

This colourful Christmas garland looks just like a string of oversized retro fairy lights, but it's made entirely from paper! Strips of bright cardstock are folded into bulb shapes, fitted with little grey paper pieces, and threaded onto twine. A fun, inexpensive Christmas craft that won't add a penny to your electricity bill!

Who says candy canes have to be red and white? This cheerful Christmas garland is made from soft, stuffed felt candy canes with stripes in all sorts of fun colours. They're hand-stitched together and threaded onto a string to make a wonderfully colourful festive decoration. There's even a free template, and you can use fabric glue if sewing isn't your thing!

This "ugly" Christmas sweater garland is the perfect thing to whip up for your home to decorate for the holidays. Free template included!

A free sewing pattern for a mini Christmas Stocking Garland. A cute sewing project for Christmas, DIY Gift card holder. 

Learn how to make these egg carton flowers to create a garland for your Christmas mantel. Great with greenery, but pretty enough on its own.

Go big with this gorgeous paper Christmas decoration. Oversized holly leaves and bright red berries make a real statement over a doorway or mantelpiece.

Looking for an interesting, natural or rustic addition to your Christmas decor? Birch Bark Paper Garland is super easy to make with a huge wow factor!

Full pattern and tutorial for these colorful DIY felt Christams bulb ornaments or garland; easy sew pattern for colorful Christmas decor

These cute little Christmas robins are made from recycled cardboard, proving that even packaging can become something lovely. Hang them individually on the tree or string a whole flock together to make a charming Christmas garland.

Learn how to make this salt dough garland combined with wooden beads to create a bright and rustic Christmas decoration for your holiday home.

Turn simple paper bags into a charming Advent calendar filled with little treats and surprises. Hang them together as a festive garland for a fun, budget-friendly countdown to Christmas.

This charming rustic Christmas garland combines wooden Christmas trees with painted and natural wooden beads. A heat gun gives the wood a lovely weathered, slightly scorched finish, making it perfect for cosy farmhouse or Scandinavian-style Christmas decor.

Make a Pipe Cleaner Loop Garland with just a few supplies. This easy DIY Christmas garland adds a charming, nostalgic touch to trees, mantels, and holiday decor.

Create a cozy winter home with this easy DIY felt ball garland tutorial. Perfect for beginners, this craft adds warmth to your mantel or greenery in minutes.

Using vintage spools, colorful beads, and cord create a garland that’s as unique as your style with this Vintage Bobbin Christmas Garland.

How to make a delicate Christmas garland with upcycled felt and beads

Add an old-fashioned flair to your holiday decor with this vintage bell door/wall hanger.

These adorable little Scottie dogs are made from tartan fabric scraps, with red ribbon collars and tiny bells. String them together for a charming, Scottish-inspired Christmas garland that can stay up through Burns Night!

Creating sassy and quirky decorations for the holidays is always fun and my Elf Clothesline Garland with FREE Printable Patterns is the perfect project to craft up in an afternoon with the kiddos! The perfect addition to your home décor, create a few to gift to teachers, co-workers, and neighbors. Sure to make the

This colourful Christmas garland has a lovely modern Scandinavian feel. The little pine trees are made from cardstock with cut-out centres filled with patterned transparent sheets, creating a fun stained-glass effect. Mix and match colours and patterns, then string them together for a cheerful Christmas wall decoration. Printable templates make it even easier!

This fun Christmas craft is for kids and adults. Make a lovely DIY Christmas garland with lights using shrink plastic and cookie cutters.

These pretty angel wing ornaments started life as scraps of textured wallpaper left over from another Christmas craft. I stitched the paper wings together, added gold leaf to the tips for a little festive sparkle. Hung from gold ribbon and strung together on twine, they make a lovely, elegant Christmas garland.

Old road maps are surprisingly Christmassy, with their red roads, green countryside and white backgrounds! I turned them into pretty folded paper rosettes, finished with vintage buttons and hung in clusters from red velvet ribbons of different lengths. A lovely, inexpensive Christmas wall hanging, and a fun way to give old maps a new lease of life.

This cosy Christmas garland is made from little stuffed sweater balls created from scraps of old wool jumpers. The balls are quick to sew and thread onto twine to make a simple but colourful festive garland. It’s a brilliant low-cost upcycling project, and just the sort of relaxing craft you can make while watching the telly.

Learn how to paint and create a Merry Christmas Watercolor Party Garland to celebrate the holiday season in soft cheerful colors!

How to make a gorgeous Pom Pom Christmas tree to hang on your wall as a decoration.

Remember making paper chains as a child? Well, this is the giant, weatherproof version! Made from colourful craft foam sheets instead of paper, these oversized links can be hung along fences, porches, or even indoors. The clever use of Velcro means you can take the chain apart, store it flat and reuse it year after year.

See how to make this natural DIY Dried Orange Garland. Add wood beads for this garland and hang on tree or anywhere in home!

This DIY wood bead garland will add a personal touch to your Christmas tree this year. Paint and display the garland to add some cheer to your decorations!

Who knew those colourful paint sample cards could make such cute Christmas decorations? Simply cut them into festive shapes like Christmas trees, stockings and baubles, then thread them onto twine. A fun, budget-friendly paper craft that's perfect for using up leftover paint swatches, and you can mix and match colours to suit your Christmas decor.