We collected a bunch of twigs, mosses and lichen, cones, blueberry stalks and other pretty autumn goodies. The mosses and other ornaments went into another use, more of which later, but the twigs were turned into homemade dream catcher type of decorations.
First, I cut the twigs into smae length pieces and tied them together with some wool yarn.
I also added a yarn to one of the tips of the triangle for hanging it later on.
I twined in some yarn for decoration.
Altogether, I made 3 catchers. For a square / harlequin shape I needed 4 twigs.
After securing the corners, I started to add loops of yarn on all sides.
I continued to add loops in the previous loops until I had a kind of a web.
For the grey version, I added pom poms made of the same coloured yarn. (This project is a really good way to get rid of small amounts of yarn, by the way.)
A day later, I added the last one, a white triangle.
And now they all hang in the corner of our living room extension.
This was such a simple and nice project. The feathers, if you choose to use any, cost something, but for example a bag of approximately 50 duck feathers (the small balck ones here) cost around 2 euros on eBay. For the decor, you can use pom poms, cones, crystals or just smaller twigs so this really is a low cost project.
Also, fun to do with the kids. My 2nd grader needed only help for cutting the twigs, everyhting else she did on her own. And it resulted in a very boho, colourful dream catcher.
Lovely autumn to you all!
