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Thanksgiving banner for the fireplace (made for FREE!)

November 17, 2011

 

I don’t know about you, but I decorate for fall very early – usually the first part of September Winking smile.  So when November rolls around and Thanksgiving is just about here, I find myself wanting to add in a little “Thanksgiving décor.”

I had a fun crafting night with a friend this week.  She has a Cricut machine and is still trying to figure out all the neat things it can do.  I compiled some Thanksgiving craft ideas (from Pinterest, of course) and we both decided we wanted to make a Thanksgiving banner for our mantel. Smile

Here is the Thanksgiving banner she made – isn’t it pretty?!  It fits her living room colors perfectly! 

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We cut the brown letters on her Cricut (using Comic font, I think?) and then used Comic shadow to cut another of the same letter out of white paper so the brown letter would stand out.    The other paper is 12×12 scrapbook paper she picked up and cut and glued together.  When it was all glued together, she punched some holes, threaded some raffia twine through it, and hung it. Smile

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I wanted to do a burlap version of a banner/flags to mimic the “FALL” banner that is hung on my spray painted mirror over the fireplace.  (See how I did that banner here.) 

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When you print out letter on the Cricut, you are left with basically a stencil of those some letters.  Perfect for what I was planning! Smile 

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I had some leftover muslin fabric scraps from a tablecloth I made for our church.   I just eyeballed a triangle shape, stacked the fabric and cut out 10 triangle flags. 

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All done! 

You could totally sew the edges and get all fancy with it, BUT…

#1 – I was pressed for time and

#2 – I wanted the natural look. (At least that is the excuse reason I am using, and I am sticking to it! Winking smile)

I just ironed the wrinkles out and I was ready to stencil and paint.

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Using some basic black craft paint I already had, I lined up the stencil, and blotted away. 

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Then I glued some twine on the top of the back of each letter and strung it up!

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I love it!  And the best part is it was a completely FREE project… the stencil was leftover from my friends project, I already had the scraps of material, leftover craft paint, raffia twine I already had…  Smile

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At least my mantel is all ready for Thanksgiving . . . now I am off to work on the rest of the house! Smile

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Have you done any Thanksgiving crafts in preparation for next week?

Are you ready for Thanksgiving or scrambling like me to get everything done in time – ONE week and counting!

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Comments

  1. Renee @ Living, Laughing, & Loving says

    November 19, 2011 at 9:57 PM

    This is awesome, Christina!! I love it! I’m sure everything will come together wonderfully for your big dinner!! Can’t wait to hear more about it!

    Reply
    • Christina says

      November 29, 2011 at 12:12 AM

      thanks! this was a fun project…

      now trying to come up with something like it for Christmas 😉

      Reply
  2. Laine chambers says

    November 23, 2011 at 2:39 PM

    Love this! Making the “fall” one had been on my to do list and I just never got around to it! Will have to figure out some way to use a cute banner in my winter decor since I love it so much.

    Hope your first Thanksgiving dinner goes well!

    Reply
    • Christina says

      November 29, 2011 at 12:08 AM

      I am already brainstorming for a Christmas one! 🙂 Found some good ideas and posted on my mantel post today – thinking maybe a scripture saying “Unto us a child is born” or something like that.

      Reply

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