Make Your Own Christmas Garland in Candy Cane Style

The garland typically represents honor, heralds a celebration and brings praise. The garland can be a very symbolic as well as beautiful decorative item.

This candy cane style garland is easy to make and is loaded with meaning.

The candy cane represents the shepherds crook carried by Shepherds in the Christmas Nativity Story. The shepherd crook was used to hook around the neck of a lost sheep stuck in the briars or on a cliffs edge and pull him to safety. It is symbolic of the amazing life saving event about to take place in history. The birth of Jesus was the beginning of our salvation.

The white flowers are like the Christmas Rose that symbolizes deep devotion in the Christian Faith. The story behind this tells of a young poor girl called Madelon who at the time of Jesus' birth wanted so much to give a gift to Jesus but had nothing to give. She despaired as she saw the lavish gifts others bestowed upon Jesus. An angel came to her , touched the snow and helped her to find a white rose buried in the snow. She joyfully gave her gift to the Christ Child.

The holly represents the crown of thorns the Lord Jesus wore at His death and the red berries symbolize the blood he shed at His Death

The red vine is symbolic of fruitfulness that comes from believing His birth and Death and acting upon all that they mean.

Below are the instructions on how to make this fabulous meaningful garland. Click on the images or product names for more details or to purchase these products.

Make a Christmas Garland in Candy Cane Style	00213 - 2.5" Natural Wire Balls	00350 - White Cap Flowers	49043 - Holly with Ribbons Candle Ring 1"
1. Fill 3 wire balls with white cap flowers. Just pull the wire apart and poke them thru .	00225 - 2.5" Red Vine Ball	00226 - 3" Red Vine Ball	47072 - Holly Berry & Ribbons candle ring 1 inch
2. Thread a wire ball onto a piece of floral wire. Twist the end of the floral wire around the wire ball to secure. If you want to hang the garland from both ends, create a loop with the floral wire before you twist around the wire ball. 3. Thread a holly and ribbon candle ring upside down then another right side up onto the floral wire. 4. Thread a small vine ball onto the florist wire. 5. Repeat with the alternating red and white balls and holly ribbon rings in the same fashion. You can make it as long as you want! Either of the candle rings will work for this garland. 6. Twist the floral wire into a loop at the end so you can hang your garland.