The boo banner is how mr. toot (he will totally love me for that nickname when he’s older) and I killed an hour last Saturday, cutting out tiny bats and spooking each other along the way. I love the holidays, especially with a little one, because they make craft inspiration so easy. Of course, this project did require some non toddler friendly steps like work with the hot glue gun and an iron, but baby man, loved tracing pumpkins and bats and ‘helping’ me cut them out. I say helping which means he put his hands on top of my hands, nonetheless, when it was all said and done he was so proud to show his daddy what we had created.
So first, we gathered just a few things we already happened to have on hand.
1. Roll of Burlap
2. Orange and Black Construction Paper
3. Orange and Black Ribbon
4. Iron on Black Letters
5. Scissors and a Hot Glue Gun
We started out by tracing pennants to cut out of the burlap. I happened to have a pennant on hand that we traced but really, you can free hand that bad boy, no problem. You will need four total if you’re going for ‘Boo!’.
Then I drew some pumpkins and cute bats that toot was able to help me cut out. We used three pumpkins to go in between the pennants and four bats for each pennant
With the pennants cut out, we moved on to the mom only steps, ironing on black letters according to the package directions. I say according to directions because they will vary based on the type you use.
Then we strung the pennants onto our ribbon and laid out the bats and pumpkins. I reinforced the pennants to the ribbon with hot glue and glued down all of the bats and pumpkins and we were done!!
We hung it on our mantel and with a big ta-da, added a little October spookiness to our living room.
How cute is this banner! So perfect for the holiday. Thank you for sharing this super cute project!
xo, Whitney and Blaire
Peaches In A Pod
What a quick, easy, but totally cute craft idea! Love how it turned out!
This is adorable. Love burlap and it came out fantastically!
I’m not much of a DIY’er but this is too cute and my kids would love it! Thanks for sharing and have a great weekend:)
Marta
http://www.sweatersstripesandsweets.com
I love burlap!!! For some reason it’s the perfect fall crafting material. This is so cute– if we had a fireplace I’d decorate with this project 🙂 Have a wonderful weekend!
Simplicity Relished
What a fun project! I love burlap banners! Mr. Toot hahahaha! So cute! Thanks for sharing!
Marianne
http://www.goodgirlgoneglam.com
Aw, how cute is this?? Might have to try it for our upcoming Halloween party 🙂
Chelsea
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Looks great! So fun for Halloween. I would do this but my cats would tear it down within 5 seconds haha 🙂
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Such a cute banner! Great way to decorate the fireplace for Halloween. So glad I found y’alls blog!
Oh my gosh! This is SO cute! What a great idea! This would be a fun project for my daughters over the weekend!
Thank you for the sweet comment on my blog. 🙂
Stephanie
http://positivelystephanie.blogspot.com/
It turned out soooooo cute!!! I am not sure I would have had the focus to cut out those bats though! ha!!
This is so cute and it’s perfect for the season.
I love your blog. Thanks for sharing this. 🙂
x, shekinahjoy.com
Your banner is adorable! Such a cute DIY! Thanks for sharing!
Jill
http://www.dousedinpink.com
So cute! I love getting crafty!
xo, Amy Ann
The Real Arnolds
So simple and perfect! 🙂
xo Erin
http://www.winkandatwirl.com
What a cute banner and craft to do on a Saturday! It would go perfectly on my mantle 🙂