This is the time of year when I bounce back and forth between holiday projects. I’ve started planning out some Christmas crafts – and participated in the ornament hop last week – but I love Thanksgiving and wanted to do a little more decorating for that, too.
So, I went back to one of my favorite projects – paper banners. Like the other banners I’ve made over the past several months, this one can be made from colored paper or cardstock, or printed on plain paper and colored with pencils or crayons. My printer won’t handle heavy paper so I generally print out one set of the shapes, cut them out and trace around them on cardstock.
I drew a little crosshatch pattern on the acorn caps to dress them up a bit, or you could use patterned paper if you want to get fancy.
To put everything together, I used an Elmer’s Glue runner. That let me get an even coat of adhesive on all the little edges of the leaves without making them warp like liquid glue would.
Once all the shapes were assembled, I punched holes with a regular paper punch and strung everything on 1/4″ grossgrain ribbon.
If you’d like to make your own banner, you can download the templates here. Happy crafting!
Kim~madeinaday says
November 24, 2015 at 1:36 amAdorable, fast and simple! Don’t ya love that Elmer’s glue roller? Thanks for linking up to Merry Monday! Sharing on G+! Have a great week!
Kim
Pam says
November 24, 2015 at 1:43 amI still managed to glue leaves to my table not once, but twice, but I blame that on late-night crafting and not the glue roller!
Dea Lenihan says
November 26, 2015 at 4:16 pmThis is adorable, and so easy! Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving!
DIYJUSTCUZ says
November 30, 2015 at 7:39 pmI love this! Looks so amazing!
AJ @ Aspen Jay says
December 1, 2015 at 4:35 amHi Pam,
I know what you mean about bouncing back and forth between the holidays! I’m always feeling so torn because I need to start planning for Christmas but then Thanksgiving is such a special time that shouldn’t be missed. Love this paper banner which would be perfect for October as well. Thanks for sharing it and for linking up with us at Talented Tuesday. Hope you are having a great day!
Cheers,
AJ
Candy says
November 1, 2016 at 11:13 amI love this all so much! So simple and beautiful!
Pam says
November 1, 2016 at 11:29 amThanks, Candy! This one takes a bit longer to cut out because of the leaves, but I love how it turned out.
ana@carpe_diem says
November 1, 2016 at 2:33 pmthis is great looking banner, I love it!
visiting from the really crafty party 🙂
Teresa says
November 4, 2016 at 6:55 amit’s beautiful, thank you so much for sharing at The Really Crafty Link Party this week. Pinned!
Kim M says
September 16, 2017 at 3:31 pmCan’t wait to make this with my grandson and niece!! Will be a lot of fun. We are going to use card stock and felt. Thank you for the idea of using glue runner.