The first step is to string your wood beads together. We used some kitchen twine and darning needle. Tie the first bead at the end to secure it and then keep going until you've used all your beads, or it's at your desired length. We made ours about 3 feet long, but you can make your own garland as long or as short as you like. If your using a different kind of string and it's too thick to use with a darning needle, you can try adding some tape to the end of the string to make it stiff enough to easily thread the beads on, or even use a wooden skewer to help push it through the beads. When you get to the end of the garland, tie a knot around the final bead to secure it.

To make the tassels, I used a small piece of cardboard and wrapped a piece of yarn around about 18 times. The size of your cardboard will determine your tassel's length, and the number of times you wrap it around will determine the fullness of the tassel.

Once it’s snipped use another small piece of yarn, about ½ inch from the top to bundle them all together. Tie the yarn bundle with a tight knot and your first tassel is finished.

To add your tassels to the garland, just tie the top piece of yarn to the wood bead garland string with a knot and cut off the access string. We did about 6-8 tassels on the garland, evenly spaced throughout. You could also make larger tassels and place them just at the ends of the garland.