Hanging Kids Sukkah Decorations on a DIY Chain

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I’m super excited to share with you a really cool hack for hanging kids sukkah decorations in a way that looks gorgeous: make a wooden beaded DIY chain! This post contains affiliate links.

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Last year was our first year building our own Sukkah and I was determined to make it gorgeous. I headed to Michael’s and stocked up on some florals and more to start building our decoration stash. I plan to share more ideas for Sukkah decorating shortly, but meanwhile I want to share our brilliant and beautiful solution for hanging kids sukkah decorations while maintaining a gorgeous aesthetic.

Hanging kids’ Sukkah decorations while blending them into your Sukkah decor

We ran into two issues with the kids’ artwork: they were mostly flat art that could not be hung on the canvas walls. And they honestly would clutter up the sukkah.

But the truth is, when it comes to passing things on to kids in a meaningful way, having them take an active role in decorating is so important. Kids take great pride in decorating the Sukkah.

I needed an all-around solution that would work for everyone: it would look great, make them easy to hang, and fully celebrate our children.

The solution was simple: we created a “clothesline” for the art. We made it an integral part of our Sukkah decor by stringing on wooden beads, turning it into a “chain”. Clothespins interspersed between the beads hold the art.

It’s brilliant: kids can hang up their own art, making them even more involved! They helped me string it, making it a family DIY. And the beads were chosen specifically to match the colors of our other decorations, only enhancing the beauty of the Sukkah.

Here’s how it blended in with the rest of the Sukkah:

It also helped that we don’t have a ton of kids’ art for the Sukkah, as most of them are at my parents’ house, where we celebrated other years.

However, the larger your sukkah, the larger you can make your clothesline. Ours is quite small. And you can also do a double layer one, place artwork closer together – and purge from year to year!

More tips for hanging kids sukkah decorations

We like to laminate anything that goes outdoors.

Laminated decorations can be slick for clothespins. There are two easy fixes: either add a little hot glue to the insides of the clothespins (just prop it open until it dries). Or, punch holes in the tops of the papers you’re hanging.

You can also use stick-on silicone cabinet bumpers.

If you’re using twine that frays, to make it easier for little hands, wrap the end in masking tape. Young kids can fully help.

They can practice fine motor skills and sequencing if they’re making a pattern.

And don’t worry if they’re not doing a pattern! We didn’t and we prefer the random look anyway.

The twine and sealed wooden beads, and clothespins should be fine if they get wet, as long as you dry it thoroughly before putting it away.

How to make a DIY Wooden Beaded Chain for Hanging Kids Sukkah Decorations

What you need:

• Sisal twine or cotton thread
• Masking tape
• Large hole wooden beads
• Standard size clothespins
• Glue gun, or cabinet bumpers

How to make it:

1. Measure your twine with a foot extra on each end for hanging PLUS a couple of feet extra to allow for some fraying and trimming.

2. It’ll be MUCH easier to string if you wrap masking tape to measure in length double the size of your bead around each end.

3. Thread on the beads, adding clothespins as you go along as placeholders. You can also string it loosely and add them after when you’re ready to add artwork. Just make sure to leave the spaces in increments so that you only need to slide over a few beads.

4. Finally, attach something non-skid to the inside of the clothespins if you have slick, laminated posters.

5. Hang from Sukkah poles! Clip on artwork.

You’ve nailed hanging kids Sukkah decorations with this DIY hack! Do you have any sukkah tricks in your arsenal? Comment below!

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