Today I’m bringing back a super easy and affordable party DIY that I shared with Pretty Providence a few months back. This DIY Ruffled Tissue Garland is seriously simple and costs next to nothing. You won’t even use a pack of tissue paper to make all three strands of garland, I just dug in my wrapping paper collection to find the colours I was looking for and stole a couple pieces of each. If you had nothing in your stash but scissors, this garland would cost you $3, one for the string, one for the needle and one for the tissue. If you wanted to have more than one color- add a dollar for another pack of tissue. Awesome, right?
Here’s what you’ll need to make your own:
- Tissue in colors of your choice
- String
- Large needle (Embroidery needles work great as the eye is large)
- Scissors
- Tape to adhere to wall
The instructions are pretty short: Start by cutting a three or four inch strip off your tissue paper. The wider the strip, the thicker your garland will be. Take one piece of the tissue at a time and fold it onto the needle as shown for a ruffled effect. Keep adding pieces until you are out of tissue. Then, spread out the ruffles and fluff them up.
Ta-da! This is the perfect last minute decoration, all three took me only about half an hour (or one episode of Friends) start to finish. Since they’re made of tissue, you could do them aaaaanny colour you like- for every party on the planet (depending how much Netflix you watch!).
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What a great idea. I am definitely doing this! Pinning to remember!
Thanks so much Carlee!
How clever and it looks so pretty!
Thanks so much Valerie! It definitely makes a statement :)
So beautiful Colleen! I have never seen a garland like this and it’s adorable! I’ll definitely be giving it a try:)
Thank you Lisa! I’d spotted one made of burlap for a christmas tree, and thought… this would work for parties!
I’m making something similar for a speakers event. Wish I had seen this earlier! cheers
So fun! The timing is always the kicker, isn’t it ;)
Simple, cheap, easy – that is just my kind of party decoration idea!
Simple cheap and easy is my jam too!
Beautiful garland.I’m so impressed with how good it looks and how simple it is to make.Love it.Thanks for sharing with Turn It Up Tuesday. Will be featured as my favorite.
Thanks so much! I was thrilled with how it looked for such little effort :)
This is such a cute idea and you ended up with such a classy look compared to the crepe paper standard. Thanks for joining us on Oh My Heartsie Girl Wordless Wednesday!
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Thanks so much Shellie! I’ve vowed to never use the standard streamers again… unless I’m throwing a circus party ;)
Such a cute way to make a garland! I’ve got to try this for the next party I host—thanks for the idea. I wanted to let you know that I’m featuring this post tonight at the Create & Share Link Party (7:00 PM MST)! Congratulations!!! Can’t wait to see what you share with us this week. :)
Thanks so much Mandee! I really appreciate the feature :)
I still have tissue paper from our wedding left over. I just can’t part with it. And, now we are two children into life, and we have tissue paper from our baby showers as well. It’s just in too good of condition to toss. Your garland is a GREAT way to use up all our paper. This is perfect for throwing together for decorations for the kids’ birthday parties. So glad I found this!
It is a great way to use it up! We stock it pretty regularly here too from birthdays and such, it comes in handy!
I’m really curious how long the string is for these garlands. I’m not super great at estimating length.
I can’t remember exactly how long these ones were BUT I can tell you that it depends how much you space out the ruffles or squish them together.