Adorable DIY Spring Garland with Dollar Tree Supplies

Spring is officially here! Strangely we had a cold snap down here where it dropped to 32-38° for three days after it had been higher than 80° for more than a month! The temperature has climbed back to the high 70s, so I’m sure the flowers will continue to bloom and bunnies will be hopping out to greet us. To celebrate, I made this adorable DIY spring or Easter garland using mostly Dollar Tree supplies to replace my shamrock garland from St. Patrick’s Day. Let’s get into this tutorial!

DIY Spring Garland Supplies:

twine- You will probably need 2 rolls depending on how many bunnies you want on your spring garland. I made 8 bunnies, so I used a little over a roll and a half of Dollar Tree twine. This package of twine will be more than enough.
scrap cardboard
faux carrots from Dollar Tree- I used 2 Dollar Tree spring carrot garlands, but I think they sell them individually as well. If you can’t make it to DT, this pack of foam carrots from Amazon would work and they already have a twine hanger.
wood beads (optional)- I used 20mm from Amazon. Dollar Tree does sell them now.
hot glue gun & glue
orange burlap (optional)- I got mine from Walmart last year.
scissors
leaves from faux flowers- Baby’s breath (like I used in the carrot wreath) or these fake greenery bushes would work , but I couldn’t find mine, so I used dark green leaves from some kind of flower from Michael’s. I don’t know what it was, but the leaves look very real.

Supplies for a spring garland: carrot garland from Dollar Tree, twine, hot glue gun, and orange burlap.

Remove the carrots from the Dollar Tree spring carrot garland.

First, pull on the green raffia leaves and they will come out along with the top piece of twine. Then cut the twine at the bottom right up against the orange twine. If the orange twine starts to come loose, just glue it back down. You can leave the carrots the way they are, but they look much better after the makeover!

Pulling the green raffia "leaves" from the top of a faux carrot, removing it from the Dollar Tree spring carrot garland.

Cutting twine from the bottom of a faux carrot that had held it on the Dollar Tree spring carrot garland.

Zhuzh up the faux carrots.

Next, wrap them in orange burlap. I laid out the burlap, rolled it around the carrot and then cut where I needed to.

Wrapping orange burlap around one half of a Dollar Tree carrot.

Cutting orange burlap to fit around a faux carrot.

Add glue to the end of the carrot. After I made this particular carrot, I moved to placing it where the sewn edge was a little bit higher than the top. You can see that in the video tutorial.

Squeezing hot glue on the tip of a faux carrot.

Next pinch the burlap around the end of the carrot on the hot glue, then cut off the excess.

Cutting excess burlap from the top of a faux carrot.

Pinching burlap around the end of a faux carrot.

Glue down the rest of the burlap. I wrapped it like a gift, pushing the “L” side up and cutting of the excess, then gluing the rest down.

In this first carrot I didn’t leave any burlap sticking above the top, but on the rest I did. That allowed me to tie a twine bow around it, cinching it closed. I was then able to hang the carrots on the Easter garland using it.

Gluing one side of the orange burlap to the faux Dollar Tree carrot.

Squeezing hot glue on the burlap already glued to one side of a faux carrot to attach the other side.

Add a little glue around the outside edges of the top and press the burlap down a little. Leave a small amount above the carrot.

Squeezing hot glue to the top of a faux carrot to attach the burlap to the top.

Create leaves for the tops of the carrots.

I used a velvety finished leaf from a faux floral bush. It looks similar to dandelions, but not exactly.

Cut slim strips in the leaf. Do not cut all the way to the bottom.

Beginning to cut strips into a faux leaf to use as the carrot leaf.

Cutting strips into a faux leaf to use as the carrot leaf.

Roll the base of the leaf into a thin strip and insert it into the top of a carrot with a sharp tool. I used a Cricut hook for weeding. This was the first carrot I made, so it doesn’t have any extra burlap at the top. The rest of my carrots do. It just looks better.

Pushing the faux carrot greenery into the top of the carrot with a hook.

Tie a piece of twine (I used the pieces I cut off of the DT carrot garland, no waste!) around the top of the carrot, cinching it closed. Finish with a bow.

Tying twine around the top of a faux carrot.

Cutting excess twine from the bow around the top of a faux carrot to use to attach to it the spring garland.

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Cut bunny shapes to add to the DIY spring garland.

When I first started this project, I started using Dollar Tree bunnies with pompoms on the butts. They’re small and come in a 12 pack. Then my family and I agreed it would look better with the bunnies that I used in my bunny topiaries. Who the heck am I kidding. When I say, “when I started…” I really mean I made the entire garland then took it apart! It looked odd that the bunnies, created to look like they’re standing on hind legs, were the same height as the carrots.

Assembling a spring garland with 5 wood beads, followed by an orange burlap carrot, 5 more wood beads, then by a wood bunny. — This is the view from the back of the original garland.

So, back at the beginning, I traced my bunny template onto cardboard and cut them out, sniffling as I went… Just kidding. No crying, just getting on to myself about finishing a project before really taking a good look at it when it was half done!

Download my bunny template, then trace them on cardboard and cut them out like I did. You can use whichever bunny you’d like. I used the sitting one. Scrap cardboard from boxes will do perfectly for this project.

bunny-shapes Download

I cut eight bunnies, and they, along with nine carrots, made a 12′ DIY spring garland.

Wrap the bunnies in twine.

First add glue to the cardboard bunny and place the twine on it. I usually add the glue below the head. Begin wrapping twine around the bunny. In some places, like the tips of the ears and feet, you may need to add hot glue to hold the twine down so it doesn’t slip off.

Adding hot glue to a cardboard bunny to place twine on it before adding it to the Easter or spring garland.

Wrapping twine around the head of a cardboard bunny to place on the spring garland.

Continue wrapping until you’re happy with the coverage, then glue the twine down and cut off the excess.

Finishing up wrapping the bunny with twine to add to the spring garland.

Cutting excess twine off of the bunny before adding it to the spring or Easter garland.

Begin assembling the spring & Easter garland.

Yay! Now all of your pieces are ready to add to the spring garland (can you believe everything so far came from Dollar Tree?!)

Roll out about 13-15′ of twine. How much you need will depend on the length of your DIY spring garland. I hung mine across a 12′ window, so I used about 15′ for safety.

String on wood beads. I used five beads at the beginning and end of the garland, then five after each carrot and bunny.

Start of the spring garland with five wood beads strung on twine.

Next add a twine bunny. Pass the twine garland under one of the rounds of twine at the base of the ears and slide the bunny to meet the beads.

Pulling the twine of the spring garland through one strand of twine wrapped around a bunny to attach it to the garland.

To keep the bunnies straight when you hold up the garland, you can add a dot of glue on the right and left side of the twine garland and press it down. After that, hold up the twine to make sure the bunny hangs straight.

Gluing twine bunny to the spring garland.

Holding up the twine wrapped bunny on the spring garland to ensure that it holds straight when hung.

Add five more beads.

The next addition to your super cute DIY spring garland will be your fancied up carrot. Slide the twine under the twine on the carrot and push it down to meet the beads. Sometimes I had a difficult time and I had already glued the twine bow down, I would use the Cricut weeding tool to grab the garland twine and pull it through. On the ones that aren’t glued, I would just tie it around the garland.

Pushing the twine of the spring garland through the twine bow around the top of a faux carrot.

Using a hook to pull the twine spring garland through the twine bow around the top of a faux carrot.

Add five more beads and then continue the pattern until you’ve finished you’ve added all of your carrots and bunnies.

Make & add a bow.

Finally, make a simple two loop bow to add to each end of the Easter wreath. I used a khaki 2.5″ linen ribbon. Secure it with a pipe cleaner or wire and leave enough to secure it to the garland. Cover the wire with a piece of twine. Again going zero waste, I used part of the Dollar Tree carrot garland that I cut off from the carrots.

Making the first loop of a two loop bow with 2.5" khaki linen ribbon.

Making a two loop bow with 2.5" khaki linen ribbon.

Attach the bow to the spring garland, and c’est fini!

Wrapping wire around a bow to the end of the spring garland.

DIY Spring or Easter Video Tutorial

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Hang your spring garland with pride!

I really love the way this garland turned out using Dollar Tree items! I feel like I can leave this garland up past Easter through the end of April. What do you think?

A spring garland with a khaki bow on each end, with twine wrapped bunnies, wood beads, and orange burlap faux carrots strung between them hanging across the top of a curtain rod.

Yes, I know that there are two carrots together in two places in the center of my DIY spring garland. I saw one set of them when I hung it and was like, “Ho-ly crap. No Way! Not again!” Maybe another choice word or two thrown in. I was out of twine and needed that extra length. My solution was to take it halfway apart and add another place with two carrots, so that the four would be in the center of the Easter garland. The best I could do in a pinch. We’ll see if I take it apart when I get more twine. Probably not, but I am a perfectionist so you never know!

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