Paper crafts for Easter: Paper Easter Banner tutorial

I was so happy when I was asked by my Rice Krispies team to make an
Easter Banner.

Paper crafts for Easter:  Paper Easter Banner tutorial

Banners are right up my alley and I LOVE working with PAPER.

I’m not a HUGE fan of pastels, but we used these lighter shades for the color theme of ourRK display, and I LOVE how Spring-y it ended up looking.

This is how I made it:

SUPPLIES:
-Paper
-Sewing machine
-Paper cutter
-Hot Glue
-Tulle/Ribbon
-Hole Punch

DIRECTIONS:

1. Begin by cutting out the main shape of each letter. You can do triangles, circles, or a shape similar to the one I used.

2. Since I made two of each of these shapes for each letter, I glued them together and then sewed along each edge.

3. From there, I made paper accordions. To do that, cut out strips half the width of what you would like your paper accordion to be. For example, if you want a 4 inch flower, then cut your strips 2 inches wide. You will need 2 strips per accordion. Then, zig zag the entire length of the paper. You will hot glue the beginning and ends of the paper to your otherzig-zagged strip. Then you will push in the the edges of the paper and place a dab of hot glue. Hold until it dries.

4. Hot glue your accordion onto your paper letter shapes.

5. Add a scrapbook paper circle to the top of the accordion, and then hot glue your letter to the center.

6. Hole punch the tops and string with ribbon or tulle.

{Pics courtesy of the amazing Jacquilyn Avery Photography}

Now you have a beautiful paper Easter Wreath that is wonderful for
any display!

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