Juicy Watermelon Garland

Good evening my fabulous mothers! I'm a whole day late but I'm still here!!! Hectic days behind me, and I'm sure ahead of me as well! Anyway, how is your fall weekend so far? I'm based out of San Diego, California so it always feels like summer here. Due to the constant hot weather here I've stayed in a summer fun mood with my creative brainstorming. So, today we'll be making an awesomely juicy watermelon garland with household goods! YAY!! The kids will love this! You'll need the following:

1. Scissors

2. A black marker

3. A paintbrush

4. Green paint

5. Pink paint

6. Coffee Filters

7. String or twine

8. Glue or tape (Not shown)

First, take a coffee filter and flatten it out on your work table. Then, begin painting the coffee filter with the green paint. I only painted the bottom half since I only planned on displaying one side of my garland, but if you'll be displaying both sides then paint 1 entire side of the filter green. I used 16 filters in total because I made 7 watermelons for my garland. The length of the garland and amount of watermelons you'd like to use for your garland are completely up to you. You can make it as long or short as you like. I repeated this step for 7 filters. Lay them to dry spaced away from each other so they do not stick together. Don't forget to immediately wash and rinse out your paintbrush, squeeze out the excess water and lay it out to dry so it may be ready to be used with our pink paint.

Next, I took my other 7 filters and folded them in half as shown. Then, trim down the edge about 2-3 inches while maintaining its shape.  You can discard the trimming.

You can then begin painting the coffee filters we just trimmed with the pink paint. If you are making a double sided garland, open the filter and flatten it out like we did the first time prior to painting them pink, and paint 1 entire side. If not, you can just paint half of the filter as shown. Lay these out spaced away from each other as well so they may dry properly.

After all the filters are dry, you can position the smaller pink filter on top of the larger green filter as shown. When the pink filter is centered in the middle of the green filter, secure the pink filter in place onto the green filter with glue or tape. Once the glue has dried properly or the tape is secure, you can fold it in half as shown to create a half circle again. You can now begin to see your coffee filter resembling fun, bright, watermelon slices!

Grab your black marker and begin drawing tear drop shaped seeds. I used a basic black Sharpie to create my watermelon seeds since the color always comes out dark and rich versus other black markers, but this is just my personal preference. Your juicy watermelon slices should look similar to the slices shown in the photos.  

Our final step has come! Open up your filters, and turn them over so that the side that is not painted is facing upward toward you. You can begin to lace them across your string spaced out bout 2-3 inches apart, and secure the string in place with a piece of tape or glue in the middle of the filter along the folded line on the interior of the filter that is not painted. Then, simply fold your coffee filter closed again with the string in place. And.......VOILA!


You have a bright, fun, juicy watermelon garland to hang up and brighten any room in your house that needs a kick of summer from the fall doldrums!

And yes those are Lisa Frank puzzle stickers holding up my fabulous watermelon garland! We promote a bright & colorful Lisa Frank life in this house!! Lol....OK, well at least I do. My husband? Ehh, not so much! None the less, I hope you enjoy this watermelon garland DIY with your kids or as a solo project to clear your mind with your glass of coffee or wine. Tag me in your beautiful watermelon garland creations on Instagram because you KNOW I want to see them! Get those hands to working and create, make, and craft!!

HAPPY CRAFTING!!

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