Create this beautiful garland to grace your home with orange and blue.
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Prep Time 12 hourshours
Cook Time 2 hourshours
Total Time 14 hourshours
Servings 19 Foot Garland
Author Joannie Hambel
Cost $20
Equipment
1 Pair of scissors or wire cutters
1 Hot Glue Gun
1 Extension cord for glue gun optional
1 Oven or dehydrator
1 Knife and cutting board to cut oranges into slices
1 Tapestry needle
3-5 Perforated baking or cookie sheets
2 Bowls one for the wood beads and one for the orange slices
Ingredients
3lbsOrangesNavel or Valencia
3-12feet#20 Hemp Cord
1stickHot Glue Stick
2-4branchesEucalyptus You need 3 leaves every third orange
2bagsCraft/Wood Beads 12 mm 2.8 ounce bags
1rollPaper towels
1rollParchment Paperonly if using regular cookie sheets and not perforated sheets
Instructions
Cut your oranges into slices. I kept mine 1/8 - 1/4" thick. As you cut them place them on paper towels to dry off the excess moisture. Arrange them on your baking sheets. The orange slices can touch but not overlap. If you are using regular cookie sheets make sure to line them with parchment paper first.
Place baking sheets into oven.Check on them every few hours. If you are using a dehydrateor you can be less aggressive with checking on them since I slept most of the time my orange slices were drying. My slices took 12 hours on the dehydrate setting. Measure out your hemp cord to the length you'd like your garland to be and then add an extra foot. Cut your cord.
Place all of your dried orange slices and wood beads into separate bowls.
Measure out your hemp cord to the length you'd like the garland to be and then add an extra foot. Cut your cord.
Thread your hemp cords through your tapestry needle with 3" of extra hanging from the needle. This cord is waxed and holds in the needle really well, however those 3" will make sure if you drop it the needles doesn't separate from your cord.
Thread three wood beads onto your cord and then follow with an orange slice. After you get the orange slice on, repeat the three wood beads. Continue the pattern 3 wood beads, 1 orange slice, until you reach the length of garland you'd like. Make sure to end with 3 wood beads.
Tie the garland off on either side by double stringing the last bead and tying a knot. You could also end with a tassel to avoid the garland from coming undone.
Separate your eucalyptus leaves into groupings of three or four.
Turn the first orange slice over on your garland and glue a leaf grouping to the back. Skip two orange slices and repeat across the entire garland.
Hang it where ever you'd like. I layered mine over a eucalyptus garland I wrapped around my front door.