It was definitely all I had imagined it would be. ;)
In one of the aisles full of fun spring-timey things we found a fluttery-ribbony-hangy thing(y).
I thought it was festive and pretty, and both boys like touching it.
Mimi had the idea of making one instead of buying it. And since we WERE in a store full of craft supplies, we headed right over to pick out our ribbon.
This is how things went from there, and how you can make one of your own:
You will need at least 24 yards of ribbon. We chose 3 different colors. One solid color would also be pretty.
We used a clean empty plastic yogurt cup to anchor our ribbon to.
Cut off the bottom of the yogurt cup, leaving about a 3/8 inch lip. A craft knife works well.
Then cut out the middle of the bottom, to make a ring:
Now it's time for the ribbon.
For a ring the size of a yogurt cup you will need about 24 3ft lengths of ribbon.
After the ribbon is cut grab your partner and glue gun and start gluing.
Bring the tip of each ribbon through the hole and glue to what was the inside of the yogurt cup:
After every few ribbons, turn the ring over and glue the ribbons down to the top (which was its bottom before you cut it off and flipped it over) and the sides.
This was the tricky part to me. Getting the angle of the ribbons right on the underside so they hung nice and straight and covered the sides was harder than I had anticipated. It took some overlapping on the underside. I was glad the hot glue was forgiving enough that I could do some adjusting before it set.After all the ribbons are glued on, cut a piece of ribbon for a hanger - the length will depend on where you plan to hang your new pretty. Anything from 6-12 inches would work nicely. Glue each end of the ribbon to an opposite side of the ring - on the outside, like the handles of a basket.
Now to finish it off (and hide the fact that my ribbon left big gaps of yogurt cup exposed) cut another length of ribbon to go around the outside edge of the ring. This also covers where you attached the hanger.
Once the glue is set (which doesn't take long with hot glue - yay!), hang up your new fluttery-ribbony-hangy-thing(y).
Since these pics were taken we moved ours outside under the awning. It is so pretty in the breeze!
4 comments:
Your wind sock type pretty thingy is lovely. I have made something very similar by using a tiny inverted clay flower pot to string my ribbon from. I tied different sized washers that I bought at the hardware store to the ends of the ribbons to make a wind chime. My back porch is a wind chime extravaganza made from these flowerpot, ribbon, washer things!
What fun! I Love the colors.
I haven't been on the computer for a while as you know, but you asked how the fiengold diet was going. It's going ok. My hubby can see a difference already, which is good. But I'm not able to do the program the way it's supposed to be done because you either have to make EVERYTHING from scratch or it cost a fortune.
You always have such neat ideas. Makes me wish I were craftier. :)
My girls (and their Mem) made something similar last year with embroidery hoops and leftover ribbon. Which we dismantled once we got tired of them. I thought that was great - fun to enjoy but didn't have to keep it around forever.
Fun! We will have to try that!
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