After my last Fall DIY project I quickly started looking for other projects I could whip up while I was counting down the days until my baby arrived. I knew I wanted something for my fireplace so I turned to Pinterest for Fall inspired bunting. I found this tutorial here, it looked easy peasy so I went to Joann’s and found the items and then they sat and sat. That was until yesterday afternoon when both kiddos were napping, I was cleaning off one of my counters and decided to quickly cut out the burlap which led to tracing the letters and then modge podging it up before we left to watch the Alabama game. Basically what I am saying here is that this is a quick and easy project you can fit into your busy lives. Make one for Fall or for Christmas!
What you’ll need:
- Burlap, I purchased a 1/4 yard. – depending on the sale you get this can cost pennies.
- Pom-Pom Fringe – I chose brown. – $3.79/yard I purchased two yards.
- Fall Leaves – These might be a little more difficult to find now that Christmas has taken over the craft stores. I purchased mine in early October at Michael’s for $1 for a pack eighteen.
- Brown Sharpie or other permanent brown pen
- Modge Podge
- Hot Glue
I printed out ‘Harvest’ in a font I knew would be easy to trace and fill.
after filling in the traced letters I laid out wax paper and put a pretty good coat of modge podge on to ensure no fraying, it also took out the small amount of wrinkles. I let them sit for a few hours and they peeled off without a problem.
I used hot glue to adhere the trim and fall leaves and voila!
Payton playing with her “pumpkims”
I am really happy the way the bunting came out, mine is a little different from the tutorial because I never looked back at it until today after I hung it up. I did not trim the extra trim away from the letters and my leaves are all the same orientation. I thought of trimming the pom-pom’s but for how much the two yards cost I decided I wanted to see as many of those little balls as possible!
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