Cardboard Tube Ornaments and Garland

I saw the cutest cardboard stars made by Living Inspiration on Instagram and I knew I had to give them a try! With a small twist of course!  

Everyone has cardboard tubes, toilet paper tubes, paper towel tubes, even gift wrap tubes. Today I'm giving a couple of those a try and creating a beautiful garland and ornaments with them.

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I saw these ornaments in a video by Art Design PH. Please visit this link to see the original artist in action! 

First, I started with a paper towel tube. I flattened out the tube and cut slits in it that were about 1/2" wide. You'll need three of them for each ornament. 

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I cut a triangle in both sides of the fold on each strip then used glue dots to hold the 3 pieces together.

They came out beautiful and I hung them on the greens in a basket. The Adirondack basket is one I made, take a look at how. The chunky carved Santa was a gift from my brother many years ago. 

I decided to make some larger ornaments using the thick cardboard from the end of my gift wrap. Some wrap comes with a cardboard tube but mine came with heavy cardboard coiled together. 

Again, I flattened the tube and cut 1" slits. I cut triangles in the end just like the smaller ones. These tube slits had several layers so I needed a few more glue dots to hold them in place.

 

Once I made a bunch of them I began stringing them onto jute twine. 

The garland I created was perfect to hang with the rag bell garland and the BOHO stick garland I recently made to hang in my kitchen window. 

The reindeer has been hanging there all year long, I just keep changing the wreath to go with the season. 

The garland is the perfect addition and I'm always making garlands to swap out with the seasons. 

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