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DIY Thanksgiving Garland and Banner Ideas

Greet friends and family with festive banners hung across your fireplace mantel, buffet table, entryway or anywhere you want to add a bit of cheer.

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Hang Fall Garlands

It’s easy to love a fall garland at Thanksgiving. They can pull a room together, and even better, many are a cinch to make. Kids can even get involved, both with collecting materials, like fall leaves, acorns and pine cones, and with assembling DIY decorations for Thanksgiving. Here are 16 Thanksgiving garlands to make and love this holiday season.

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Look for Unexpected Places to Hang Garland

Turn up the charm on a white picket fence or front porch with a fall foliage garland that incorporates colorful leaves, faux berry clusters and dried flowers. Add your own personal touches by incorporating mini pumpkins or pine cones to deliver all the feels of fall. Start with a length of floral wire, then hot glue the harvest-inspired decoratives around the wire to create this festive garland for Thanksgiving.

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String Together Acorns

It’s a cinch to create inexpensive table decorations for Thanksgiving, including place settings and napkin rings, using acros. For a DIY Thanksgiving garland to impress your guests, start with threading wire and a big bowl of acorns that you can collect in a forest or your backyard. Before you thread the acorns, glam them up with acrylic craft paints and glitter.

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Cook Up Some Pie Bunting

For many, the pie is the best part of Thanksgiving. Pumpkin pie, pecan pie, apple pie, oh so many pies. Don’t forget the whipped cream. It’s a cinch to incorporate pies into your holiday decorating, too, with this adorably delicious Thanksgiving pie banner made of felt and chipboard that you can hang on the wall or your front porch. Beth Watson of Creatively Beth shares the step-by-step instructions you need to bring this scrumptious-looking banner to life in time for Thanksgiving.

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