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Day of the Dead Swag

Instructions

  • Prep your base
  • Fluff your base and separate stems from left to right
  • Flip swag over and make a hanger for the swag by twisting two pine needles together
  • Cut mesh strips
  • Cruffle mesh, mix match them up clustering into 3 cruffles. and twist into swag base
  • Build up the top of the swag with three cruffles, alternating the colors as mentioned in step 4 and twist into the swag base.
  • Add two more cruffles on each side cruffling only two strips of mesh
  • On the second row only using two strips of mesh twist into the swag base
  • On the third row repeat the same process as step 7
  • On the fourth-row twist in single strip cruffles
  • Cut ball garland into clusters
  • Insert clusters into the swag base
  • Prep sign Attachment
  • Attach mounts to the back of the signs
  • Insert the pipe cleaners into the mounts and twist
  • Attach signs to swag base
  • Bow
  • Layer one: make tail, pinch, twist and make loops on each side, place the tails one going up and one going down
  • Layer two: make tail, pinch twist and make loops the same size as the previous loops, cut ribbon tail
  • Layer three: make tail, pinch, twist and make loops on each side an 1” shorter than previous loops, cut ribbon tail long
  • Layer four: make tail, pinch twist and make loops, cut ribbon tail
  • Zip tie the bow
  • Attach the bow to the swag base and twist into the swag base with the pine needles
  • Fluff bow
  • Dove the tails of the bow
  • Insert ribbon tails behind the bow
  • Layering all of the ribbons, make a half bow and twist into one side of the swag base, slightly lower than the previous bow dove tail ribbon ends
  • Repeat the process to the other side of the swag base
  • Insert the ribbon tails to the bottom of the swag base
  • Prep picks
  • Trim picks
  • Pull them slightly apart balancing a triangle, twist into the wreath base