Fall Leaves Banner
While I am admittedly not a huge ‘crafter’, I do like to indulge every now and then. When I found out I was apart of the Home Depot Style Challenge I was so excited! I was first assigned to do our Dining Room, which I love because I adore that room. And then something happened in Phoenix that never does- it rained. And it rained, and rained and rained. So much so that we got a huge leak happening in our dining room ceiling…about two weeks before the Home Depot challenge was due! I naturally freaked out, but luckily they were so sweet and let me switch to doing our DIY mantel. Once I knew I was doing the mantel I knew a new Fall banner was in order. I still love my Harvest one from a few years back, but it will be put up in our dining room this year. I wanted something to go with a different color palette than my old one.
This banner could have been worlds faster to make if I owned a fancy Silhouette or Cricut machine, but alas I do not. It still was a super simple process and didn’t take much time at all. Here is all the supplies I used:
-Cardboard for the letters
-Sharpie or some sort of pen to trace out the letters
-Hot glue gun to glue the leaves
-Pack of fake leaves. I loved the colors of this set, but if you are looking for more oranges and reds, then this is the best set.
-Twine or string of some sort.
To start I printed out my letters in a basic and bold font. Use whatever font you like, but keep it simple and more block like than anything else.
Once I traced out all the letters, I cut them out {which I got a freaking blood blister from doing so. See why I need a Silhouette or Cricut?!}. Then it was time for the creativity to come in. I will admit, I spent way more time than necessary arranging the leaves just how I wanted them. I wanted most of the leaves to be a full wrap around, while leaving some to be sprawled out on the letter. However you like it, just glue them down:
To attach mine to the twine I simply glued the twine on the back. No measuring out for spacing or anything technical like that, just eyeball it:)
And thats that! Super easy and I love that this banner is so durable because of the thick cardboard and resilient leaves. I also added a little bit of fun touches on the end to help hide the tape:
Do you have a Fall craft you have been dying to get started on? Tell me about it! Or link an old one up in the comments- would love to see everyones work:)
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