Tassel Garland DIY

As much as I loved this tassel garland as a decoration for my daughters 1st birthday party, but I just could not bring myself to spend that much money on it at the time because I had so much else to deal with so of course I set out to try to replicate it somewhat with a few things at home and I think it came out pretty well. I had wanted to make a really long one but this ended up being good enough for the table we had at the party.

All you need to make this is:

1. A few packs of good tissue paper in the colors of your choice.
2. Washi tape ( or clear tape..)
3. a roll of ribbon or string (I used a blush color)
4. x-acto blade with new blade ( had tons in the basement from architecture school!)
5. cutting mat  (had in the basement from architecture school!)
6. pair of scissors
7. metal ruler OR straight edge

And all you really have to do is put on some good music and have an hour or so to spare... and patience of course!

1. Take the sheet of tissue ( 20"x20") and fold in half, the start to cut into strips leaving an approximately 1.5" edge at the top ( at the fold) 

2. Try to keep the strips equal in size and straight.

3. Once you're done cutting, unfold and cut it into two halves

4. Take one of the halves and unfold it flat so you can see the seam in the middle ( approximately 3 inches)

5. Start folding in perpendicular to the cuts until you have a thin spine. ( also at this point you could twist instead to get it to really look like the one I referred to)

6. Foldover in the middle and drape over your ribbon ( I hung it up so I could easily hang the tassels as I made them)

7. At this point, you can use washi tape to close the neck, or clear tape and I've seen people use hot glue which is useful if you decide to twist the neck instead of fold (I try to stay away from hot glue guns unless its really the only option)

The only thing that bothers me about this is that you can see the folds from the prepacked tissues..I almost want to steam them out..OK not really..but you know what I mean.

I guess it didn't really look so bad in the end. Enjoy.