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red mini roses strung on a set of twinkle lights hung on a white mantel.
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DIY Rose Garland with Twinkle Lights

Save your special roses by making this DIY rose garland. Hang this garland on a mantel, shelves or a bed frame for a beautiful display.
Prep Time10 minutes
Active Time20 minutes
Total Time30 minutes

Equipment

  • 1 Floral Design knife or scissors

Materials

  • 3 stems Fresh Spray Roses (each stem has 3-4 blooms)
  • 1 spool White or gray thread
  • 1 piece Sewing needle
  • 1 set Battery operated twinkle lights
  • 3 pieces AA Batteries (for twinkle lights)

Instructions

  • Collect your supplies and with scissors or a floral design knife remove the heads (blooms) of the roses. You will want to keep the bulb or green rounded part that sits below the petals.
    materials used for this project. scissors, roses, thread, needle and lights.
  • Measure the length you want your garland to be. This measurement should coincide with the length of your twinkle light strand. Once you have this measurement cut a piece of thread double that measurement and thread it through the needle and tie a knot at the end. Resulting in the thread being doubled.
    rose heads with thread and needle
  • Pierce the first rose through the bulb and thread the needle through.
    piercing the needle through the rose head.
  • Be sure to leave about 4" to the knot at the end of the thread so you have extra for hanging your garland.
    knot at the end or the thread, then the first rose blossom about 4" from the end.
  • Thread the needle through once again to create a knot on the rose.
    the thread is tied in a knot around the base of the rose bloom.
  • Move to the next rose heads and repeat the process. Be sure to leave 4" between each bloom.
    add another rose in 4".
  • Continue adding roses until your garland is full.
    All the roses are on thread.
  • Lay the garland in a straight line and then lay the strand of twinkle lights next to it. Wrap one rose head at a time around the strand of lights. Continue until the rose garland is fully wrapped around the lights.
    twisting the rose garland around the twinkle lights.
  • The lights are on a thin wire which will support the garland. The gray thread is almost impossible to see against the light strand.
    rose garland all wrapped around the twinkle light string with the lights on.
  • If you havent already, add the batteries to the light strand. Hang the garland where you can enjoy it.
    hanging the garland on a white decorated mantel.
  • Let the roses dry naturally.
    rose garland with roses dried.

Notes

If you are making this garland with roses that have already been dried use a thinker twine or ribbon and add the roses using a hot glue gun. You will not be able to thread through a dry rose as they get very hard and brittle when dried.