Make a festive holiday gate decoration

‘Applehanger?’  Yes,…it’s so different, delightful and EASY!

Jeanie Merritt’s easy project requires the simplest of tools and makes a unique decoration that can be used year after year to add a holiday look to a garden gate, door or window.  Here’s how she did it:

Jeanie’s unique apple gate hanger..

Jeanie says, “Look what I am hanging on my wooden gate tomorrow…A friend made part of it..and I assembled the rest…It involves a piece of wood…three spike nails,…greenery…. a few berries and a pop can pull tab…  Red delicious apples, and some ribbon…..

Base for the hanger

“My friend installed the screws, but I put a wire hanger on the back so I could hang from my front door…He fixed it, though, so you could screw it into a wooded flat surface as well…such as a shed door..”

Before, three nails in a board

“See how he drove the spikes in the board at an angle so it would hold the apples?  For safety, you can bet I will keep it stored up high  when not in use…”

Gather apples, wire and greenery

Playing with variations….

Red and green contrast nicely

Jeanie’s finished Christmas gate hanger

Jeanie Merritt’s finished decoration

Add skates and berries and it’s nice for the whole winter season