Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Thanksgiving Banner

Time to put away Halloween & give Thanksgiving some time.

Really, I left my wood pumpkins & candy corn since they are fall decor.  I needed something more though...something simple yet decent.

A banner.  I wanted something faster & easier than burlap, so I thought I would just do card stock.  I rummaged through my scrapbook paper, but didn't have enough of anything but white.  I remembered I had a roll of kraft paper (the heavy brown wrapping paper that they use at the post office).

I used my Cricut to cut out the base shape & words (Cricut Essentials "label 1" and Opposites Attract "Opposite" for the letters).

The brown bases were all a little rounded from being on the roll.  At first I didn't think this would be great, but it turned out to actually be in my favor.

Glue, twine & clothes pins later....









So, there you have it.  I like how they ended up being a little rounded, it gives them a more 3D look * helped the "Count Your" stand up better

Materials:
twine
scissors
paper (card stock or your choice)
tape or glue
tape (for hanging)


Like I said, I used my Cricut machine, but you can easily create or find a template online & cut it out...same with the letters...it will just take a bit more time.

Total time: 1 hour
Total cost: FREE

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