Green Christmas swags give such a refreshing and beautiful sight for the house’s Christmas decoration. Swags are a shorter and more compact version of garland. Many of us tend to bought ready make Christmas swags. Why wasting your money when you can make your own swags. You can impress anyone by following these simple and easy steps. Here’s some great idea on how you can make your own green Christmas swags.
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Simple Christmas swag
You need:
A bunch of fresh greenery of your choice, rubber band, floral wire, red bow ribbon
How to make:
Cut several branches of greens. Next, using thick rubber band, combine all the stems together. To make the loop for hanging, use the floral wire. Finally, add a red ribbon bow on top of the swags. You can decorate your green swags with berries, pinecones, bells, candy sticks, Christmas ornaments and many more. You can use floral wire or hot glue to put your decoration on your Christmas swags. Tip to make your hallway and room smells fragrant; you can sprit perfume to your Christmas greens.
Floral Christmas swag
You need:
Foam block, cardboard, floral wire, ribbon, hot glue, flowers, greenery picks.
How to make:
Cut the foam block lengthwise into quarters. Attach the three pieces, end to end to a 2’ wide and 27” long of cardboard. You can also use wood or foam core. Next, make a loop by using floral wire. Attach the loop with hot glue at the back of material. Then, make a simple bow ribbon and glue it on top of the swag using hot glue. Next, fill the foam with greenery picks. You can find this in craft store or you can use pieces of foliage from the garlands and sprays. Finally, add your swags with flowers, pods, dried pine cones throughout the leaves.
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Additional Reading:
http://www.save-on-crafts.com/howtomakflor1.html
Image Credit:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jagwired/3091229553/
