If you’re looking for a cute but easy Easter garland decoration these yarn chicks are the best! Using just a few items from the store you can do it yourself with your kids or students in the classroom. It’s a cheap way to decorate your mantle for Spring time. If you loved our burlap garland you can decorate it for the holidays this way.
If you love to decorate for Spring you might be looking for an easy Easter garland decoration you can make that isn’t too expensive or complicated. These yarn chicks are adorable but don’t take a lot of skill to make which is great for kids or you if you have a limited amount of time. (affiliate links present)
Easter Garland
With some feathers and felt you too can put this on your mantel during the holidays too. Save it to use year after year like we do with our others we have made throughout the year.
If you’re a Girl Scout leader this is a fun craft to do with them as well as it isn’t expensive at all and simple enough for smaller hands to do. Easter is a fun time to decorate and hopefully this Spring garland is just what you were looking for. 😉
Here is a picture of the general steps you will take. Of course there will be variations in feathers so they may look a bit different, and you can choose what size and style google eyes you want to use too.
Twine was used to string all of these chicks together but you could use ribbon as well if that is what you had or all you could find at the store.
Easter Garland Decoration
How do you make Easter garland?
We will explain the steps and items you will need right here. You can skip the eyes, beaks and feathers and keep it as Easter egg garland instead if you wanted.
Materials Needed
- Cardboard – you can use an empty cereal box, cut open and trace an oval(s) on that
- Oval shaped cookie cutter – if you want to be exact about your tracing
- Scissors
- Yellow yarn
- Hot glue gun – you’ll need to help them with this
- Jute twine – or ribbon
- Orange felt
- Google eyes
- Feathers – Guinea Plumes is what these are
Directions:
Easter Egg Garland
Easter word search pages that is free and printable are here.
Time needed: 20 minutes
Easter Garland
- Trace
Trace an egg shape onto the cardboard and cut out
- Wrap
Wrap yellow yarn around the cardboard, every which way until it is completely covered, tuck the end into the back of the yarn
- Glue
Use a hot glue gun to glue eyes on. Cut out a small piece of orange felt in a diamond shape, folded in half, for beak and glue that on too. Tuck or glue two feathers into the yearn, one on each side. Make as many as you like
- Tie
Measure your twine to go across your mantel + 6″ longer. Add a slip knot to each end. Glue chicks on to the twine with hot glue gun. Hang
If you’re looking for other fun Spring time activities here are a few more
Cheap Easter Decoration
Do you have other Easter garland decoration ideas you’ve made that people rave about?? We’d love to see them!
- Make an Easter bunny candy jar to hold all sorts of goodies and candy
- Or make an Easter charcuterie board
- Here are a few Cute Easter desserts that kids love
Simple crafts during the holidays are the best. Let us know what occasion you made this for and what yours looks like!
