Last week, Sara, from Tell Love and Chocolate, and I hosted a Halloween party. We’ll share a full recap of the party later this week, but today we’ve teamed up with Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft store to bring you a super cool Halloween tutorial of a project we did for the party — a Tassel Chandelier!
Sara came up with this super cool idea and it looked amazing hanging above our long table under the twinkle lights.
My favorite thing about this project is that it’s so customizable — try different sizes of branches, or different sizes, colors, and numbers of tassels to make your chandelier completely unique. Also, they’re a gorgeous fixture for above your table, like we did for our party, but you could also mount it above your fireplace, on your door in place of a wreath, on your wall, or above a door…the possibilities are practically endless!
Click through to find the super easy tutorial!
Materials:
- Large dead branch
- Spray paint
- Yarn in different colors and sizes
- Cardboard
- Scissors
Step 1. Find a large dead branch. Dead branches will be much lighter weight than live branches, so try to find a branch on the ground, rather than still on the tree. Spray paint it black and let it completely dry.
Step 2. Time to make the tassels. Cut a rectangle piece of cardboard about 6″x9″.
Step 3. Take your yarn and begin wrapping it around your cardboard, as shown.
Continue wrapping around until you reach your desired tassel thickness.
[tip: if you want uniform tassels, count how many wraps you do and repeat that many wraps for each tassel]. Thin yarn like this requires a lot of wraps for a nice full tassel, but thick yarn (like
this one) requires
many less wraps.
Once you reach your desired tassel thickness, cut the yarn at the end of the cardboard.
Step 4. Take a new piece of yarn and tuck it through the wrapped yarn, pulling it to the very top, and then tie it in a knot, as shown. You’ll use this long string as the hanger.
Step 5. Now cut through all the layers of yarn at the bottom of the tassel. [tip: it’s easier to tie the top super tight after you’ve cut through the bottom]
Your tassel should now look like this:
Step 6. Now take one more piece of yarn and tie the top of the tassel into a ball. Tuck the strings of the tie in to blend with the rest of the tassel.
Step 7. Trim the tassel so the bottom is even. Repeat steps 2-7 and make as many tassels as you’d like. Use the 9″ side of the cardboard for longer tassels, or cut another size of cardboard for a variety of sizes.
Step 8. Use fish wire or string to hang your branch up, and then carefully string your tassels on until you reach your desired chandelier fullness, and you’re done!
This looks like such a fun party set up! Such a cool color scheme too!
This is such a cool idea! I love how it turned out!
The Style Storm
<3, Christina
I love this idea! You could use the branch idea for any season and change the tassels. So cute! Xo, Sarah
They kind of look like little ghosts hanging up! Love it!
What a beautiful tablescape, everything came together so nicely 🙂
Emmett – Hippie Lace
Oh my goodness – saw this on Instagram last week, and was hoping it would make it’s way over to the blog! So amazing, and cute, yet still spooky! They almost look like little ghosts. Bookmarking. 🙂 Xo, Alison
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I love how fun and festive your tablescape turned out! Your natural chandelier idea is so versatile too, well done!
The decoration of the table is awesome. Very chic. Even for Halloween. Seriously, congrats. I love it !