How to Hang Christmas Garland

You always see beautiful evergreen Christmas garland adorning homes, balconies, and stair railing during the holidays, but you almost never see instructions or how to hang evergreen and artificial Christmas garland. Whether you are using the real deal or the plastic stuff, these simple tips and step should help you hang your Christmas garland in almost any place you can think of.

Floral Wire

Floral wire is my personally favorite way to hang Christmas garland. Ii is simple to wrap the wire around the evergreen garland, easy to cut with scissors or wire snips, and super cheap to buy. You can buy it in a green color that makes it completely disappear from view. That is huge when hanging Christmas garland. The whole point is to make the garland look like it is magically draped over whatever surface you have it on.

To hang Christmas garland using floral wire simply cut off a bunch of 2 foot long pieces of floral wire. Use the floral wire to wrap around the garland and the railing of your steps, porch railing, or even posts. I like to wrap the floral wire around the Christmas garland and the point of contact a few times.

Cut off any extra floral wire and move onto the next spot where your Christmas garlands needs to be attached to hang properly.

Staple Gun

Ok, so I have resorted to using a staple gun to hang Christmas garland outside on wood surfaces. A staple gun is a great option for hanging garland on a wooden fence. When using a staple gun just is sure you will not be ruining a good wood surface. Other than that this is a great way to hang Christmas garland in hard top reach areas that offer nothing for the floral wire to wrap around.

In particular I find a staple gun perfect for hanging Christmas garland on awning and eaves that are made of wood.

Place the staple over one strand of the garland. You may find it impossible to staple though the main wire in the garland, but the little branches will be easy and hold the garland in place just fine. I try to aim for one of the small branches that will be the back of the Christmas garland.