Manly Bunting
/I am trying to do more craft projects with the kids because it affords me a few minutes where they are not inventing their own “projects.” So, while supper was cooking last night, we threw together a “Welcome Home” bunting for hubby who had to stay away for a night because of work. Since it was a last minute job, I used whatever I had on hand. I wanted to make it “manly” for him, so I stole a few old hunting magazines from the basket (Before you gasp at that- I usually purge them after they are 6 months old anyway and he doesn’t seem to notice or care.) I picked out the pages that were mostly pictures and cut them into bunting shape triangles for later.
I cut out letters from a black gel pen paper tablet the kids have (Thank you, Mr. Schwalm, who made us learn how to cut out block letters every year in elementary! I still remember!)
Then, since I realized they weren’t gonna show up so well against the dark pages, so I had the girls glue stick them to some pages that were mostly black type on white background.
Then I cut around the edges of those and had them glue stick them to the triangles.![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HqlaWyivWzA/TD2hraDn7CI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/25VECpsyZfQ/s320/banner+024+(2).jpg)
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We folded over the back with the yarn in it and taped it down (this was a three person job- one to cut tape, one to hold, and me to stick it down- excellent because little hands were kept busy!) Then we hung it up in the window and waited for him to come home. ![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HqlaWyivWzA/TD2hTkTED2I/AAAAAAAAAgI/pYoiSKib3Hc/s320/banner+025+(2).jpg)
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Of course, he didn’t see it when he stumbled in exhausted later that night, so I had to ask for a drink of water. But I was glad he was…![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HqlaWyivWzA/TD2g-hF-ksI/AAAAAAAAAgA/0qDr6U5M6bU/s320/banner+027+(2).jpg)
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