Can you save popcorn garland

Hold the popcorn between your thumb and pointer finger with your hand down low and the popcorn up high. I have no idea how to describe this effectively, so just look at the picture above and quietly laugh at my sad attempt of verbal explanation… This keeps you from stabbing yourself with the need 99 times. At first, we thought we could just tie the ends in knots and the popcorn would just stay on there.

No matter how many knots we tied, the popcorn just slid right off the ends. In a stroke of genius, my little man came up with the idea of putting clear tape around the ends.

It totally worked! Start with your first strand at the very tip top of the tree and work your way down. We learned very quickly that four hands are better than two, so Noah put the garland around the tree and I positioned it.

By having both of us holding the strand, it minimized the handling of the strands and we had very little breakage. While we made the garland, Noah did video tutorials on my Instagram Stories. We got so many questions and comments on those videos! If you end up with leftover popcorn, you can always give the birds in your yard a nice treat. Making a Popcorn Garland is another very nostalgic activity for me. We only made them a couple of times but it is a memory that has stuck with me.

So this year I wanted to bring that those memories and be a little nostalgic by making a popcorn garland for our tree.

As I am sure you have figured out making a popcorn garland is completely gluten free but also so so so easy to make. You literally need 3 things and you probably already have 2 in your house. You may even have all 3 items. However, even though you requires so little items, the affect that a popcorn garland has on a tree is magical. We also colour theme our tree, so this year we went with red and gold. Plus we always add in those unique or one off ornaments.

Most of ours are Disney or Marvel ornaments, with some sentimental ones mixed in. Matt and I Karlee have a tradition every year of gifting each other a new ornament. Which has resulted in us having a fair share of ornaments. I also sometimes will grab some extra while I am Christmas shopping or gift Matt more than one. Well there you have it. Every year, I always decorate my dining room with all my wonderful vintage Christmas decorations, and every year, I always declare that this will be the year that I will string popcorn for the dining room Christmas tree.

And while it might just seem obvious to most, there's actually more to stringing popcorn than meets the eye. And since this was my first time stringing popcorn, I thought I would share a bit of what I learned with you. It's FUN and it's the perfect time of year to give it a try! Make sure to knot both ends of your popcorn strings so your popcorn doesn't accidentally fall off the end!

I have also thought about stringing cranberries too, but in reading up on this process, it would seem that fresh cranberries have a very short shelf life- like they start rotting within a couple days of stringing them. Popcorn is perfectly acceptable for birds to eat if it has been popped. Many microwave popcorn brands come with other ingredients added to the popcorn, like artificial butter, seasoning salt, or caramel. This is not good for the bird at all. In fact, the best situation is only to give the bird plain popcorn.

Where did popcorn garland come from? Popcorn garland can be used to decorate a Christmas tree, feed animals outside, decorate a window or hang on a banister or fire place. Putting food on Christmas trees goes back many years and came from a tradition in Germany where they used to put sliced apples on trees. What kind of string do you use to string popcorn? Use waxed dental floss for easier stringing, or use a needle and thread coated with beeswax.

How do you dye popcorn popped? Place a few drops of food coloring on top of the popcorn mix. Put the lid on the machine and set to stir.