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October 18, 2016

DIY Metal Fall Leaf Garland

Decorate your home for fall by making this modern metal leaf fall garland!

Fall is one of my favorite times of the year. Not only do I love the pumpkin spice everything at Trader Joe’s but I love the finally cooler, crisp weather. Yet southern California is seriously lacking fall leaves. So instead of decorating my home with silk fall leaves, I opted to create this simple metal fall leaf garland.

This DIY garland looks fancy but it’s actually really easy to make. Once you make one leaf, the next few will work up so quickly. If you love all things metallic, I definitely recommend investing in some of the metal working tools. There are just so many things you can do with these malleable metallic sheets!

 

Decorate your home for fall by making this modern metal leaf fall garland!

DIY Metal Fall Leaf Garland

Supplies

leaf template
metallic sheets
metal working awl
embossing plates
ruler + embossing mat + embossing roller
scissors
needle
twine

Decorate your home for fall by making this modern metal leaf fall garland!

Directions

  1. Print out the leaf template and cut out the leaves.
  2. Place one of the cut out leaves on top of a metal sheet and use tape to hold it in place. Cut around the leave shape.
  3. Optional (not shown in video): Place the leaf inside an embossing plate and roll the embossing roller all over the plate. Be sure to apply firm pressure so the plate makes a crisp print.
  4. Remove the metal leaf from the embossing plate and place it on the embossing mat. Use a ruler and the plastic end of the metal working awl to create small lines, or veins, on each leaf. You can refer to the lines on each leaf template for the pattern.
  5. Repeat steps 2-4 and create as many leaves and you live, alternating between leaves with embossed patterns and ones without. Use the sharp end of the metal working awl to create a small hole on the stem of each metal leaf. Then use a needle to carefully thread each leaf onto a long length of twine. Now hang your festive garland anywhere you like!

Decorate your home for fall by making this modern metal leaf fall garland!

Head over to my fall page to find tons of DIY ways to get your home ready for Thanksgiving—because it will be here before we know it! And if you want to put fall leaves on everything, check out the free wallpaper download that inspired this project.

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  • Sarah @ a Happy Little Home
    November 17, 2016

    I love this pretty leaf garland! It’s so interesting that it’s made of metal, too!

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  • Louise
    August 7, 2017

    This would be really cool if they were made into a wind chime- to hang outside in a tree. If I were to make it as a garland, I’d probably re-use aluminium cans. They’d need spray painting but, given that I live in Australia and have never seen metal sheets as a reasonable cost, used cans are a decent replacement. Of course, I wouldn’t be able to use them as a wind chime as they don’t make as interesting a sound as most metals. Thanks for sharing this idea xx

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  • Racheal Brown
    November 25, 2021

    WoW Sarah! You have shared some amazing metal fall leaf decoration hacks that can easily be tried at home by yourself. Thanks dear for sharing!

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