Let Mickey Mouse help you display your holiday Cards! Looking for a fun way to display your Christmas cards? This DIY Mickey Mouse Christmas card garland adds a little Disney magic to your holiday decor. It uses simple craft supplies, wooden clothespins, and jute cord. You can hang it across a mantel, doorway, window, or mirror. Best of all, the garland can also display family photos and favorite holiday memories.
Mickey Mouse Christmas Card Garland at a Glance
- Craft time: About 25 minutes
- Difficulty: Easy
- Best for: Adults and older children with supervision
- Adult help needed: Hot glue and cutting
- Uses: Christmas cards, family photos, artwork, or holiday notes
Whether you are looking to display Christmas Cards or Holiday Family Pictures this Mickey Mouse Christmas Card Garland will become a treasured part of your Christmas decor! This craft is especially great if you just want a small touch of Disney without Disney being the main theme of your decor. Of course, at my house, my Christmas decor is about 90% Disney themed.
Do you love to Christmas craft? I do! I put on some Christmas music and just let myself enjoy the crafting and holiday spirit!
How to Make Mickey Mouse Card Display Garland
The best part of this craft is the cost, all the materials and tools can be found at the Dollar Tree!
Mickey Mouse Garland Materials & Tools
- Red and Gold Foam Vase Filler, in various sizes
- Wired Jute Cord
- Craft Wood Clothespins
- Hot Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
- Wired Pine Garland Ties
- Small Glitter Pine Cones (available attached to garland at the Dollar Tree)
- Scissors
If you cannot find the find the materials at the Dollar Tree, most of the materials can be found cheaply at Walmart or craft stores. Don’t forget those craft store coupons!
Safety note: Hot glue can cause burns. An adult should handle the glue gun and supervise children during this project. Keep small foam pieces and decorations away from young children and pets.
How to Assemble Garland
This Christmas card display idea is not hard and shouldn’t take too much time depending on how long you make it.
Make the Mickey Heads. Hot glue two of the smallest red foam ball vase fillers to the top of a large red foam ball vase filler in the shape of Mickey Mouse ears. Repeat this process, making 5 or 6 red Mickey Mouse shaped foam balls.
Repeat step 1, but instead, use gold foam ball vase fillers.
Attach the Mickeys to the Craft Clothespins. Hot glue each of the red and gold Mickey Mouse-shaped foam balls to a craft wood clothespin, leaving enough room at the top to still pinch open the clothespin.
Assemble Pinecone Bunches. Cut 5-6 pieces of the wired pine garland into approximately 2” pieces. Bend the pieces into a slight curve. Hot glue a small glitter pine cone onto the middle of the wired pine pieces.
Assemble the Garland. Begin hot gluing the red Mickey Mouse-shaped foam balls, glitter pine cone pieces, and gold Mickey Mouse-shaped foam balls along the wired jute cord in a continuous pattern. Leave approximately 2-3” between each piece, so that you will have enough room to hang cards or pictures.
Let dry completely, and then your garland is ready to enjoy!
Places to Hang Your Christmas Card Garland
Be sure to use Command hooks to hang the garland. Choose hooks rated for the finished weight.
- Across a mantel.
- Above doorways. I usually hang mine above the entrance to my kitchen.
- Underneath the TV.
- Mirrors. If you have a bigger mirror, hanging the garland around the mirror would be super cute.
- Windows.
If you want to make this garland stand out more you could add lights to the garland too!
I hope you liked this fun card display idea that gives you a small touch of added Disney magic.
Love this Christmas Craft? Check out my other popular Christmas Crafts!
Mickey Mouse Twine Garland Card Display
Materials
- Red and gold foam vase filler, in various sizes
- Wired Jute Cord
- Craft Wood Clothespins
- Glue Sticks
- Wired Pine Garland Ties
- Small Glitter Pine Cones
Tools
- Hot Glue Gun
- Scissors
Instructions
- Hot glue two of the smallest red foam ball vase fillers to the top of a large red foam ball vase filler in the shape of Mickey Mouse ears. Repeat this process, making 5 or 6 red Mickey Mouse shaped foam balls.
- Repeat step 1, but instead, use gold foam ball vase fillers.
- Hot glue each of the red and gold Mickey Mouse shaped foam balls to a craft wood clothespin, leaving enough room at the top to still pinch open the clothespin.
- Cut 5-6 pieces of the wired pine garland into approximately 2” pieces. Bend the pieces into a slight curve. Hot glue a small glitter pine cone onto the middle of the wired pine pieces.
- Begin hot gluing the red Mickey Mouse shaped foam balls, glitter pine cone pieces, and gold Mickey Mouse shaped foam balls along the wired jute cord in a continuous pattern.Leave approximately 2-3” between each piece, so that you will have enough room to hang cards or pictures.
- Let dry completely, and then your garland is ready to enjoy!
Can this garland hold photographs?
Yes. The clothespins can hold holiday cards, family photographs, children’s artwork, or printed Disney vacation memories.
Where can I hang a Christmas card garland?
Hang it across a mantel, doorway, mirror, window, staircase, or empty wall. Use hooks rated for its finished weight.
What can I use instead of foam vase filler?
You can use lightweight pom-poms, foam balls, wooden beads, or small shatterproof ornaments.
Kellie Jurgonski
Thursday 12th of November 2020
These are adorable.
Ashley L.D.
Tuesday 10th of November 2020
This is super cute and festive for the holidays! Great craft to do with my littles! Thank you for sharing :)
Sarah Bailey
Monday 9th of November 2020
Eeek....I'm not sure if my fingers could take doing that to all of those tiny beads, but I love it!!!!!
Danielle Behn
Monday 9th of November 2020
Very cute idea! One of these years I am going to do a full Disney themed Christmas, and this looks like a good start! Thanks!
Ashlyn
Monday 9th of November 2020
I love this so much!!