Begin by making your favorite beaded Halloween creatures using the free pony bead patterns below. You can make one of each character, repeat your favorites, or make an entire garland of pumpkins, ghosts, bats, or any other Halloween characters you like. Since these are going to be used on your garland a clip on style lanyard is probably the most convenient. You'll be able to clip them on in any position, move them down, remove them or whatever much easier.
Decide how long you want your Halloween garland to be and approximately how many beaded characters you'll need. You will want about 1 keychain per 10 to 14 inches of your string or garland. Space them closer together for a fuller look or farther apart if you prefer. The spacing is just a suggestion.
Once you've made your beaded Halloween characters, just string them on if you're using a ready-made garland.
If you're making your own garland using cord, add some of your chosen decorative accents, then attach a beaded Halloween character. Continue alternating until your garland reaches the desired length.
For an easy way to hang your finished garland, tie a keyring to each end of your cord. If you have extra keyrings left over from making your Halloween characters, this is a great way to use them! You could also tie a loop in each end of the cord for hanging your garland across a mantel, doorway, window, or wall.
Make It Your Own
Make smaller pieces to hang around the candy or punch bowl, drape onto a wreath, add a string of fairy lights onto the cord and display outside as part of your halloween decor. Hang it on your porch and un-clip them one at a time to share with your favorite trick-or-treaters. So many ideas, so little time.
Free Halloween Pony Bead Patterns
Below are the beaded Halloween characters you can make for your garland. Choose your favorites and make as many as you like!
Halloween Garland
Strong Cord
Large Wood Beads that you can paint in the color that works for your decor.
