Dollar Tree Halloween Door Decor Garland

Turn trash bags into a spooky door garland with this easy, budget-friendly DIY project.

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This Dollar Tree Halloween door decor uses cheap black trash bags and 20-gauge wire to create a creepy garland. You'll cut strips in the bags, crinkle them, and thread them onto wire pieces, then attach the wires to C hooks around your door frame. It's a simple, customizable way to add a spooky touch to your entryway.

Directions

Decide how you'll hang the garland around your door. For example, you might install C hooks every 2 feet along the outside door frame.

Measure your door's height to figure out the needed wire length for each side, remembering that the bags will hang down.

Make separate wire pieces for each side of the door and one more for the top section.

Attach each wire piece by twisting the wire ends around the C hooks to secure them.

Take one black trash bag from the roll and unwind it, but keep it folded—do not open it flat.

Using scissors, cut along the folded outer edges of the bag.

Cut strips from the bottom toward the top of the bag, stopping about 2 inches from the top.

Repeat cutting until you've made 5 to 6 strips on that bag.

Separate the cut strips and the layers of plastic with your fingers.

Gather all the strips together in your hand and squeeze them to create crinkles and wrinkles in the plastic.

Repeat this entire bag preparation process for each trash bag you plan to use.

Take a roll of 20-gauge wire and thread one end through the uncut top of a prepared plastic bag.

Continue threading bags onto the wire, adding enough to fill each length nicely.

Attach each bag-loaded wire piece to the top and sides of your door by wrapping the wire ends around the C hooks, occasionally looping the wire around intermediate C hooks as you go.