Thankful

'Tis the season to be thankful, right?

Well, I'm thankful for lots of things,

one of them being CRAFTS!

Thought I would share with you a little banner I put 

together just in time for the Schpanksgiving season.

First I printed out some letters, perfect for my 4" circle punch!

I flip the punch upside down so I can make sure I'm punching in the right place :)

 

Then I grabbed some paper in various colors 

and cut them all to 5.25 x 7.25"

 

For all 8 letters in T-H-A-N-K-F-U-L

I needed 24 pieces.

Each piece needs to be folded, accordion style

 

Until you've got it all folded.

 

Now pinch the accordion in half, like so

and repeat, repeat, repeat.

You'll need 3 of these little guys per letter.

 

Once they're all folded, you'll have to work on assembling.

Add a little glue to the inside face

 

and pinch it to the opposite face

 

tip: if your accordions don't fold perfectly, don't worry!

Just make sure the little leftover 

is on the inside and glue that together to hide it.

 

eventually you'll have a bunch of folded pie piece looking things:

 

bust out your glue gun again 

(which is hopefully in better shape than mine is, we've had a long life together...)

 

and get all three pieces glued together

so it makes a little pinwheel :)

 

another dab of glue in the middle is all you'll need to adhere the letters

 

and then it's just a touch more hot glue + some coordinating ribbon to bring it all home

 

Sweet, right?

Well as a special thank you,

you can click the link below to 

download your own F R E E letters to make a banner!!

However you put it together, I would love to see some pictures!

Send them to me at meghanpmccann@gmail.com, please.

Hope you have a great weekend

full of crafts, and things to be thankful for!

xo

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