How to Make a Christmas Banner

I’ve been slightly obsessed with banners lately so making one for Christmas just seemed to make sense.

I used a roll of burlap that I got at Michael’s last year and some letter stencils from my craft stash.

First I cut the burlap into 12″ long pieces.

Next I folded the sections in half and cut them to make two points.  (Make sure when doing this that you cut from raw edge to the fold.)

Next I enlisted the help of my talented daughter for some freehand snowflakes and used the stencils to create the words “Merry and Bright”.

To join it all together I used thin jute twine purchased from the dollar store by gluing it to the back and then folding over 1″ to create a little pocket.

And there you go!  Easy peasy!  I love how it looks on my plank wall which you can read more about here.