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How to make a DIY felt lightbulb garland for Christmas.
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DIY Felt Lightbulb Garland for Christmas

Learn how to make a fun, easy DIY felt lightbulb garland for Christmas using felt, burlap, twine, and hot glue!
Author: Laura Radniecki

Materials

Instructions

  • Print out the lightbulb template from our free resource library, and cut it out.
    Cut a strip of felt that is slightly taller than the bulb template.
  • Fold the felt strip in equal thirds.
  • Place the bulb template in the center of the folded felt stack.
    You can trace the template and then cut around your outline, or you can hold the template in place as you cut around it.
  • I decided to hold the template on the felt stack and cut carefully around the perimeter of it.
  • Cut small burlap pieces to fit the neck of the lightbulbs.
    The burlap pieces should be the same height as the neck of the bulb. 
    Hot glue the burlap to the neck of the felt lightbulb.
  • Turn the lightbulbs over and trim the burlap from the backside of the neck to remove any excess. 
    This lets you easily see the edges of the felt, and remove any extra burlap.
    A note about burlap: it wants to fray when it is handled. Make sure you use a decent amount of hot glue when you are securing the burlap to the neck of the lightbulbs.
  • Continue gluing on burlap and trimming off any excess, for all of your garland's lightbulbs.
  • Thread thin twine through the eye of a large embroidery needle.
  • Start on the back of one lightbulb, and push the needle and twine through to the front on one side of the neck of the lightbulb.
    Then, push the needle through to the back again, on the other side of the top of the bulb.
  • Pull gently, and slide the lightbulb onto the twine.
    Repeat for all the felt lightbulbs, in the color order you want.
  • Once all of the felt bulbs have been strung onto the twine, tie knots in both ends and hang your garland up!
  • You can adjust the spacing of the bulbs by carefully sliding them along the twine once it's hanging up.

Notes

  • You can buy felt in small sheets or from big rolls of felt fabric at your local craft store or online.
  • Make sure you use enough glue when attaching the burlap to the neck of the felt lightbulbs so the burlap will stay in place even if it tries to fray. 
  • Play around with the spacing of the light bulbs depending on what you like best - you can try moving the lightbulbs closer together or further apart, along the twine hanging string to achieve your preferred look.