Easy DIY Winter Hat Holiday Garland

Anyone that knows me knows that I love a good DIY project. Something simple that I can make with dollar tree items or, even better, items that I already have in my home, is an absolute winner for me. When I stumbled across this DIY on pinterest, I HAD to make it.

I am still digital nomadding, so my boyfriend and I decided that spending a bunch on holiday decor just wasn’t on our list of priorities. We wanted to be festive, but didn’t want to throw money down the drain on disposable items that we wouldn’t keep, and definitely did not want more items to haul around. So this project really felt like something that fit the bill.

I already had everything in my home, and I thought this was a great way to do something easy while I’m zoned out in front of the telly. So let’s get into it.

Materials:

String/yarn
Cotton balls
Paper towel roll
Scissors
A board or book that you can wrap the string around

Steps:

Snip off small sections of the paper towel roll
Wrap your string around the board or book about 25 times
Cut the end, then cut the bottom section of your string, so that you have 25 independent sections of string
Loop and tie the string around one of your paper towel roll sections
Continue until the entire roll is covered
Push the yarn through the paper towel roll so that it dangles out the other side
Grab the string with one hand, and put two cotton balls into the space to form the hat
Wrap string around the part of the string that you grabbed and tie in a knot
Cut off excess string and form into a pom on the top of the hat

I used eight hats for my space. I hung a piece of string across my fireplace and then tied the hats to the string. I loved how it came out. It’s just entirely too cute!

Another cute project that I tried was this snowball garland. So cute, so simple, and I was able to use items right in my home. Just be sure to keep each string completely separated from each other until you have them hung. They can get quite tangled.