If you are looking for easy fall crafts to decorate your home, try making this DIY fall leaf garland. It is a simple, beginner-friendly project that adds beautiful autumn colors and soft texture to a staircase, fireplace mantel, table, doorway, or blank wall. You can easily adjust the length and colors to match your existing fall home decor.
This felt fall garland is one of my favorite fall crafts for autumn, and you can finish it in an afternoon without spending much. In this step-by-step tutorial, I will show you how to make a fall leaf garland from felt fabric, jute rope, and hot glue, so you can add a cozy, handmade touch to your autumn home decor. It is a fun, budget-friendly craft project for beginners and anyone who loves quick, inexpensive fall decor ideas.
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I had so much fun making this felt leaf garland, and it is a relaxing fall activity for a quiet weekend at home. You only need a few inexpensive materials, including felt fabric, white pom-poms, jute rope, and hot glue. Since the steps are easy to follow, this handmade fall decoration is also a great project for beginners.
Craft Supplies Needed:
- 5 mm jute rope
- orange, light brown, brown, and white felt fabric
- white small pom pom balls
- glue gun
- glue sticks
- pencil
- scissors
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DIY Fall Garland Tutorial
Learn how to make a fall garland using felt fabric and jute rope. The step-by-step tutorial below walks you through cutting the felt into leaf shapes and gluing them onto the rope in an easy pattern.
Step 1: Cut the Felt Leaves
Stack four pieces of felt in different colors. Place the leaf template on top, trace around it with a fabric pencil, and cut through all the layers using sharp scissors. The number of leaves you need will depend on the length of your rope.
Step 2: Shape the Felt Leaves
Take one leaf and apply a small amount of hot glue to the bottom center. Pinch the edges together to create a 3D shape, then repeat with the remaining leaves.
Step 3: Glue the Leaves Onto the Rope
Glue the leaves onto the rope, alternating sides with each leaf and making sure the rope is covered.
For the first set of four leaves, use this color order: light brown, brown, orange, then white.
For the second set, use this order: brown, light brown, white, then orange.
Repeat both patterns until you reach the other end of the rope.
Step 4: Cover the Rope Ends
Cut a small rectangle from light brown felt and glue it around the end of the rope. Trim off any excess, then cover it with more felt leaves.
Step 5: Add the Pom Poms
Add white pom-poms to the leaves.
Step 6: Hang Your Fall Garland
Use it to decorate your home this fall.
Pro Tip
- All the leaves should point in the same direction!
- Check which side of the garland you will attach each leaf to before applying the hot glue.
- Leave some space between the leaves.
More Fall Garland Ideas and Ways to Use It
This easy fall decor project is completely customizable. Make the garland as long or short as you need, and choose any color or size to match your DIY fall decor. You can also add felt flowers, wooden beads, tiny pumpkins, or fairy lights to create your own unique autumn leaf garland. Whether you prefer traditional orange and brown shades or soft neutral colors, this budget-friendly felt fall craft is an easy way to bring the season into your home. If you have ever wondered why leaves change color each fall, recreating those warm reds, oranges, and browns in felt lets you enjoy that autumn palette long after the real leaves drop.
Display your handmade fall decoration on a wall, fireplace mantel, table, sofa, doorway, or staircase. You can also make a shorter version for a shelf or cabinet, or create several matching garlands for different areas of your home. This is just one of the easy fall crafts that I absolutely enjoyed making. If you love this autumn home decor project, check this DIY fall wreath.
FAQs
The felt might be too thick or rigid to hold the shape properly. Try a softer, more flexible type of felt. Add a small dab of hot glue near the bottom of the leaf, pinch the edges together, and keep holding them until the glue is completely set.
Yes. Use a sharp rotary blade with a self-healing cutting mat when making straight cuts. For small leaves and rounded edges, fabric scissors are often easier to control and produce cleaner shapes.
Hot glue is ideal for this project because it bonds quickly and keeps the leaves folded. A low-temperature glue gun is a safer option, especially if older children are helping, but they should always be closely supervised by an adult.
If you do not have rope, cut long strips of felt and glue the ends together to create one continuous strand. You can also use twine, yarn, ribbon, jute cord, cotton cord, a fabric strip, or clear fishing line. Choose a material that is strong enough to support the felt leaves and complements the colors of your garland.
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