Beautiful Gold Leaves DIY Thanksgiving Hanging Decoration
Learn how to make a beautiful Fall Leaf DIY with metallic gold leaves adorned with amber beads. This decoration can be made quickly with things you may already have around the house. This DIY Thanksgiving decor idea is very inexpensive to make and adds a touch of elegance to your fall decorations.
I like to use household items, natural elements and inexpensive things from the craft store to make my artificial leaves decoration ideas. It is amazing the beautiful fall accents that can be created from unexpected materials. Decorations made from repurposed and reused items along with things gathered from outside create a more nature Thanksgiving decor that is unique and more interesting.
This elegant DIY Thanksgiving Hanging Decoration would look great as a Thanksgiving centerpiece idea or as a hanging leaf wall decor add a fall decoration to your home. These easy DIY Fall Leaves would also look great as a Thanksgiving table decoration or to accent an entry way side table.
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Materials to Make Beautiful Gold DIY Leaves Wall Decor
- White Paper or Cardstock
- Gold and Bronze Metallic Acrylic Paint
- Bronze Ribbon
- Branches
- Leaves
- Amber Beads
- Wire
- Hot Glue or Craft Glue
How to Make the Gold Leaves DIY Thanksgiving Hanging Decoration
- Use a fresh or faux leaves to use as patterns to draw leaf shapes. Make 9 leaves all different shapes.
- Cut out the leaves and paint with gold and bronze paint.
- Gather 2 dry branches, bind them together by twisting wire around the center and both ends.
- Paint with bronze paint.
- Cut pieces of ribbon and glue them evenly on the branch.
- Glue the painted leaves onto the ribbon in even intervals as shown above.
- Glue beads onto the end of the ribbon.
- Glue a bead onto the top of each leaf.
- String beads onto wires and attach them to the branch.
- Glue fabric leaves to each end of the branch and add beads for the finishing touch.
This gold leaf branch can be placed on a candle holder, on the end of a shelf or a mantle for a festive and elegant Thanksgiving decoration.