Tissue Paper Tassel Garland

Tassel garlands have been a thing for several years now - but I've never made one before and I will admit, I never realized they were made out of tissue paper. It's such an affordable way to make a party decoration! (Especially considering Dollar Tree has a pack of several colors for, well, a dollar.) I read a bunch of tutorials and for some reason I had trouble visualizing how to make these, so hopefully I captured each step to help you visualize.

Buy all the colors you want - I got a pack of pastels from Dollar Tree and several other colors from Hobby Lobby.  The one color I couldn't get locally was pastel orange - I bought a normal orange from HL but I decided not to use it because it's too harsh of a color next to the others.  I wish I had planned ahead a little and gotten a pack like this:

Inspiration Pic:

STEP 1:  Pull out one sheet of tissue paper and spread it out in front of you (Mine was 15x20, so that is the numbers I'll reference, but any size will work, the tassels may be fuller or longer with larger sizes) the 15 inch side directly in front of you.

STEP 2: Fold in half, bringing the two 15" edges together.  If your fold is on the bottom (like in my pic below), flip it so that it's at the top now.

STEP 3: Now fold in half the other way, bringing the two 10" sides together.

STEP 4:  Cut off the edge pictured below.  So the top should remain a fold, but the bottom and two edges should be loose sheet edges.

 STEP 5: Measure about 1.5 inches at the top and do not cut through this fold.  I left my ruler in place so I wouldn't cut further than I should.

STEP 6: Cut approximately 1/4 inch strips, starting at the bottom and going up to your ruler (1.5 inches from the top).  I tried using scissors and my rotary cutter and the cutter probably went faster.

 STEP 7: Unfold and spread out tissue paper like below.

 STEP 8: Roll up the center.

 STEP 9: Twist the center tightly.

STEP 10: Bend the twisted part to make a loop.  Some people say you should glue together, some people say wrap a piece of tape or cord around to hold the loop together, but for me, neither was necessary.  I kind of twisted the base of the loop together and it held.

Here is one evening of work!  I think they're so adorable!

Check back in the next few weeks to see the garland in use at my niece's Unicorn Birthday Party!