Make your own DIY boho garland for some beautiful, cheap, and easy decor! It’s perfect for hanging on walls or on a Christmas tree.

DIY Boho Garland

I needed a white Christmas garland for our tree this year, and when I was shopping at the dollar store, I was so inspired by these adorable rattan balls. They have a “just rustic enough” look. I think they look natural and beautiful, but still chic, which is basically the boho look I’m going for here.

Even though I knew I could buy a beautiful boho garland on Etsy, I had a feeling that I could make one super easily and cheaply. This project was seriously SO easy, took practically no time, and I’m so happy with how it turned out.

Where to Hang This Garland

Depending on how you style it, it could used in so many situations.

Christmas tree. This is what I made the garland for. I love the natural look and the pops of white against our tree this year.
Walls. Since this is a really neutral colored garland, it could be hung on the walls as Christmas decoration, or even as year round decor.
Wedding. I can see tons of these garland grouped together to make the top of an arch, or overlapped to make a beautiful backdrop.
Party. If you want an easy party decoration, this boho themed garland adds lots of visual interest with minimal effort.
Nursery. This would be beautiful draped along the wall of a nursery and has that soft cozy feeling.

Optional Changes

Try using large wood beads instead of rattan balls. The light wood beads have the same neutral color palette and the same kind of feel. You’d need to either tie or glue the beads into place because the hole will probably be a little too big for the yarn.

You could make pom poms instead of tassels if you want to have a less rustic and boho vibe, and more of a modern, pop, chic, or French look.

Depending on your style, I think this garland would be amazing in rainbow colors! I can see it being so pretty with bold colors like navy, bright pink, and yellow. This colorful look would be especially gorgeous with pom poms instead of tassels.

How to Make a Boho Garland

Since we’re using rattan balls and a complementary colored yarn, there’s very little to do to make this pretty garland. There are thorough instructions in the printable card at the bottom of this post, but here’s a condensed version of the directions.

All you have to do is make the tassels, then thread everything onto the yarn in this order: 2 small rattan balls, 1 tassel, 2 small rattan balls, 1 medium rattan ball. Continue that pattern until the garland is finished.

How to Make Yarn Tassels

To make a tassel, start by wrapping the yarn around something that’s relatively flat and about 5″ long. I wrapped the yarn 15 times, but you can do more or less depending on how full you want the tassels.

Carefully remove the yarn from the flat object and use a roughly 6″ piece of yarn to tie a knot around one end of the loop. Use scissors to cut through the opposite end of the loop.

Take another roughly 6″ piece of yarn and tie another knot about 1 1/2″ below the first knot to make the bulb shape. Trim the bottom of the tassel to make the fringe even.

What You’ll Need

To make this garland you’ll need a few supplies (affiliate links):

Scissors. These are the scissors I use for crafting and I absolutely love them.
Something that’s flat and about 5″ long. This is what I used to wrap my tassels.
Tape. I used this tape to tape off the end of my yarn.
Small rattan balls. I bought mine at the dollar store, but you could also use these ones.
Medium rattan balls. I found mine at a different dollar store than the small rattan balls (Dollar Tree), but these ones will also work.
Thick yarn. I used some from my stash that I bought at the thrift store, but any yarn from the dollar store that isn’t too thin will work. This yarn also looks like it would work well.

DIY Christmas Crafts

If you’re looking for more easy dollar store Christmas crafts, be sure to check these out!

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Yield: 1 garland

Boho Garland

Make your own DIY boho garland for some beautiful, cheap, and easy decor! It's perfect for hanging on walls or a Christmas tree.

Active Time 10 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Difficulty Easy

Estimated Cost $5

Materials

16 Small Rattan Balls
3 Medium Rattan Balls
Yarn

Tools

Tape
Scissors

Instructions

Start by making the 4 tassels. To make a tassel, wrap the yarn around something that's relatively flat and about 5" long. I wrapped the yarn 15 times, but you can do more or less depending on how full you want the tassels. Carefully remove the yarn from the flat object and use a roughly 6" piece of yarn to tie a knot around one end of the loop. Use scissors to cut through the opposite end of the loop. Take another roughly 6" piece of yarn and tie another knot about 1 1/2" below the first knot to make the bulb shape. Trim the bottom of the tassel to make the fringe even.
Cut a piece of yarn to act as your garland. Tape one end so that it will be easier to thread through the rattan balls. To thread the yarn through the balls, I found it was easiest to look for a piece of the ball that had an opening big enough that I could get the yarn through it, but was close enough to other pieces of rattan that I could wedge the yarn into place so that the rattan balls didn't slide around on the garland too much.
Thread two small rattan balls onto the yarn, then tie a tassel on, then thread two small rattan balls, then thread on one medium rattan ball. Repeat this order until the garland is finished.
Knot the ends of the yarn so that the yarn doesn't unravel.

Notes

Tie the tassels onto the garland tightly enough that they'll stay in the place you put them, but not so tightly that you can't move them around based off of how the garland looks once it's hanging.

Try making this easy DIY boho garland! It’s perfect as a Christmas decoration, and can even be hung year round.

DIY Boho Garland with Tassels – Easy Cheap 10 Minute Craft!