Get ready for summer’s patriotic celebrations with this easy-to-make star garland. It’s perfect for all sorts of decorating indoors and out—as long as it’s not raining 🙂

You’ll need these supplies for the garland:

• Red, white, and blue cardstock
• Twine, narrow ribbon, yarn, string, or embroidery floss
• Quick drying liquid adhesive
• Star garland templates

Let’s make the patriotic star garland:

1. Print the Star templates. Cut out the star sizes of your choice. The template includes 1″ to 5″ stars. Trace the templates onto the cardstock.
2. Select two stars of the same size. Spread a line of liquid adhesive on the back of one star, and position the twine on the line of glue, leaving an 8″ to 10 tail before the star.
3. Add dots of glue to the star points.
4. Glue the second star on top of the first, encasing the twine between them.
5. Continue building the garland. When your garland is the desired length, cut the twine, leaving an 8″ to 10 tail.
6. Optionally, you can take your garland to the next level by layering colors and sizes of stars.
7. Enjoy decorating with your patriotic garland.

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