Harvest Tag Banner

I was cruisin' around Hobby Lobby Saturday afternoon and came across a cute little wooden tag garland that spelled out Harvest. Well, I wanted something like that! Only I'm not so handy with power tools cutting small pieces of wood. Give me a big project, I'll tackle it. Little teeny tiny wooden tags, not so much.  I figured I had everything at home I needed to make this for free, so home I went!

Materials:

Colored Cardstock

Letter Template

Twine or String

Small hole punch

Scissors or X-acto knife

Scrap paper for template (I used craft paper)



Step One:

Trace letter onto piece of large scrap paper. Fold paper in half - directly through the center of the traced letter. Cut vertically next to the side of the letter, leaving only as much room as you want showing on either side of the letter. (Think the paper hearts you make at Valentines - you want it to be symmetrical) See below for the fold mark down the center of my half traced H. Cut the tag while still folded to the shape you want. Punch a hole in the top with your mini hole punch ($1 at Michaels) so that all the holes are at the same spot.

Step Two:

Trace all the letters in your word onto different colored pieces of cardstock and then trace the tag template on alternating colors. Make sure to plan ahead a little bit so your colors aren't next to each other for the letters.  A good rule of thumb is to use dark and light colors together (Yellow and Brown) to make the letters pop!



Step Three:
Cut out the letters and tags, punching the holes at the same spot on each one (refer to template). String onto twine, tieing a knot at the top of each one to space them out evenly. Hang and enjoy!