Popcorn24-48 hours old--1 popped cup for every 2-3 feet of string
Fresh Cranberries
Large Needlewith large eye
Threadwaxed cotton, nylon, or wax coated dental floss
Instructions
Pop corn and allow to sit for 24-48 hours so that it doesn't break easily.
Cut 12-24 inches of thread/string.
Thread string through needle, knotting the end.
Take a piece of popcorn and stick needle into the kernel portion of the popcorn. Gently push the popcorn all the way down knot on the end.
Gently thread a cranberry onto the string and push all the way down, to the piece of popcorn near the knot.
Repeat process, making any kind of pattern that you like. For example, three pieces of popcorn, then one cranberry, then three more pieces of popcorn, etc.
Fill the string with popcorn/cranberry until about 1-inch from the needle. (You need to leave room to knot the end with the needle.)
Cut the string right at the base of the needle and knot it.
Repeat the process until you get the number of popcorn garland strings that you want.