Total Time 1 hour
This patriotic door decoration will show your Independence Day spirit. Display it proudly in a window or your front door for all your friends and family to see.
by Amanda Formaro
What you'll need
- 11"x14" piece of white poster board or cardstock
- 4 24"-long pieces of red crepe paper streamers
- 3 24"-long pieces of white crepe paper streamers
- 1 20"-piece of blue crepe paper streamer cut into 4 equal strips extra piece of white crepe paper streamer, approximately 8" long
- 6"x6" square of white or blue construction paper
- Scissors
- Ruler
- White craft glue
- 18" long piece of white yarn
- Shipping tape
Helpful Tip:
1. This project can be made with tissue paper but crepe paper is easier to work with. 2. Use a suction cup hanger to display your flag in a window.
How to make it
- Trim the poster board to 9 ¾" x 14".
- At the 9 ¾" end of the poster board, measure out ¾" segments, you should have 13 all together.
- Use a pencil to draw a line upward from each measurement to use as a guide for your flag's stripes.
- Cut the four strips of red crepe paper streamers in half (lengthwise) to create a total of 8 24"-long strips.
- Cut the three strips of white crepe paper streamers in half (lengthwise) to create a total of 6 24"-long strips.
- Apply glue the first section of the poster board using your penciled line as a guide. Take one of your strips of red streamer and position it about a ½" of the streamer so that it hangs over the top of the poster board. Place the streamer over the glue on the poster board, patting it down flat. You will have a considerable amount of streamer left hanging over the edge of the poster board.
- Repeat step 6 using a white strip, overlapping the red strip slightly.
- Repeat steps 6 and 7 until all strips are in place. You will have one extra red strip left over. Save for another project.
- Glue the blue strips of crepe paper onto the 6"x6" construction paper and trim off excess. Glue the blue covered square to the upper left-hand corner of the flag.
- Use white glue to add "star" dots onto the blue square. If you want to be historically accurate, add 50 stars, alternating rows of 6 and rows of 5. There should be 5 rows of 6 stars and 4 rows of 5 stars.
- Tear the last piece of white crepe paper into 1" squares and wrap them around the end of a pencil eraser. Press each one onto the glue dots and allow to dry.
- Turn flag over and apply some glue to the top, then bend over the excess crepe paper and glue in place.
- Attach yarn hanger by using shipping tape.
