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Thirfty {Boo} Banner

I wanted to make a few new things for Halloween this year, but didn't want to spend a lot of money making them. I decided to go see what our local dollar store had. I was actually surprised to find a few things I could make and do with what they had!!

I came across this skeleton banner:
I thought the skeletons were so cute and I knew I could make a cute banner with it. 

When I pulled it out there were pretty big spaces between each skeleton.
*Everything else I used to make this I had on hand at home*
{This is only part of the banner...I was in a weird spot and couldn't get the whole thing!}

I thought it would be cute to make triangles to hang between them in the spaces. I wanted to use burlap for these. I cut a triangle on my cricut for a pattern. Then I traced that onto the burlap. 
I cut out 3 triangles because I wanted to paint "BOO" on them.

I picked the font I wanted to use and cut those out in vinyl with my cricut. Then I removed the letters and used the silhouette of them for a pattern. I then transferred those to the triangles.

Next, I got out cream craft paint and painted where the letters should be.

I let that dry for about 30 minutes. Then I removed the vinyl.
I love how the letters turned out!

Lastly, I got the skeleton banner out and put each flag in place. I thought for awhile about how I was going to attach them to the jute. Right as I was getting ready for this step I had a thought come to me about using clothespins. I grabbed the ones I had, which were medium sized ones, and attached those to the triangles and jute. 

Here is what it looks like all done:

EEK!!! I Love how it turned out! 
Like I said before the only thing I bought was the skeleton banner. I had everything else on hand so this only cost me $1.00!! It was also super quick and easy to make!



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12 comments:

  1. Yay for using what you have! Love it Jill and you know it's my kind of project!

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  2. Cute! And easy is great.

    <3 Christina at I Gotta Create!
    Wildly Original Linky party is open!

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  3. That is sooooo cute! I love the little skeletons in between! Great job! Thanks for sharing at the Pomp Party! Hope to see you back next week!

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  4. How fun! what a great Halloween decoration!
    Crystelle
    http://www.crystelleboutique.com

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    1. Thank you so much!! You are so sweet! Thanks for stopping by!
      Jill

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  5. Love the banner! And the skeletons are a nice touch!

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  6. Jill I love this! Im featuring this at a Halloween roundup Wednesday :)

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  7. Love your banner...would love it if you came by and shared it at One More time linky party
    http://www.onemoretimeevents.com/2012/10/features.html
    New follower...

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  8. Thank you so much for coming by and linking up...your banner really is cute.

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  9. Hi Jill,
    Stopping by to thank you for linking up and let you know you have been featured at One More Time. Come by grab your Featured button. Linky party is open hope you can join in again.
    http://www.onemoretimeevents.com/2012/10/share-it-one-more-time.html
    Tammy

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