Tutorial: DIY Flag Party Favor

Tutorial: DIY Flag Party Favor

To celebrate my daughter's 1st Birthday, I'm really going out and making a huge deal about it. Which means, I'm going to throw her an awesome party and make sure that as much as I can create is all DIY. What does that mean to you? More tutorials! (Yeah!)

This tutorial goes over making Flag Party Favors to give your party, wedding, event, (etc.) gifts that bring a personalized touch to the festivities.

Since this tutorial is rather simple, I thought I'd go one step further and provide everyone with a PRINTABLE STENCIL of the exact stencil I used to make this.

Granted, I understand not everyone is able to print this out, so I've also provided the dimensions, so I really hope this helps.

Items Needed:

• Provided Stencil: Flag Stencil of customized design of your creation
• Chopstick (or popsicle, coffee-stirrer, pencil, basically any thing that is a slim tall object. I used a chopstick and a coffee stirrer for this demonstration)
• Mod Podge
• Paint Brush
• Scissors (or Exacto Knife)

Step One:

Print out (or cut out if you are doing your design by hand) your design.

The stencil was created on an 11 x 8.5" layout, so print your document out at full size.

Step Two:

Using your scissors (or Exacto Knife) cut out the design from the stencil.

(For precision, I recommend using an Exacto Knife, but that's just a preference.)

 

Step Three:

Place your design on it's front (the side the design is on) so that the white blank side of the paper is facing upward.

Step Four:

Take your paintbrush and spread your Mod Podge down the center of your design. Make sure not to use too much or else you risk destroying your printout.

Step Five:

Place your Chopstick (or chosen item) on top of the painted center and secure it to the glued paper.

Step Six:

Now that you have a center, use your paintbrush to coat one side (left or right, either is fine) of the flag with Mod Podge.

Step Seven:

Fold the two sides of the flag together and flatten around the Chopstick.

And you're done!

(BONUS STENCIL!)

Because this was so much fun to do, I did another party favor with Moustache stencils!!

Click the link below to retrieve this BONUS Moustache stencil!

Moustache Stencil

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Tutorial: DIY Baby Wings

Tutorial: DIY Baby Wings

Create wings for your baby yourself, using this tutorial. Tutorial can be used for creating wings for yourself or larger children, size of items used with just need to be adjusted to accommodate size.

Items Needed -

BASE:

• 2 Wooden Embroidery Hoops (both sides need the screw, so you'll need two. the 2nd hoop that is included isn't the same size, so it isn't needed)
• Tights or panty hose or stockings (some kind of stretch nylon material, these are preferred.) (Color, depending on what you want it to look like)

DECORATION:

• Pom poms (various sizes and/or colors)
• Fabric Paint
• Adhesive spray
• Loose/fine glitter
• 1/2 yard of tulle one color
• 1/4 yard of tulle other color
• Sewing thread
• Sewing needle
• Glue (depending on how hard your kid using these, I went with super industrial glue)
• Elastic headband, aka Stretch Crochet Braid Trim (You can use a variety of items to attach, it really depends on your child)

Step One:

Remove the screw from both embroidery hoops (you will only need one to connect)

Step Two:

Carefully place the embroidery hoop within the tights. 

Step Three:

Tie off each end (tightly and so that the fabric is tight around the loop). Remember that these ends will not go away, so think about how you want to setup your wings so that you can accommodate for these knots (I put pom poms over mine)

Step Four:

Cut the ends off of the hoop. Your ends should be cut close to the knot. If you are using a stocking with a foot, you'll only need to do this once.

Step Five:

Cut a teeny tiny hole in near the metal hole and pull that out on each one.

Step Six:

Attach the hoops together like so

You now have a base of your wings.

If you would like to continue with decorating them similar to mine, please continue the tutorial. If you would like to skip to attaching the wings, continue to Step Twelve.


Step Seven:
Apply your Fabric Paint along the edges of the front portion (the side of the wing that is facing outward when it is being worn) of both sides.
 


Step Eight:
Using your glue, apply 5 large pom poms to the center-front of each wing (total of 10)

Step Nine:
Using your glue, apply 1 large pom pom to the end of each wing to cover up the knot made when creating the base (total of 2)



Step Ten:
Using your glue, apply 2 smaller pom poms to the middle of the wings to cover up the screws that connect the two wings.

Step Eleven:
Add tulle to your wings by sewing small strips to the back (non-decorated side) of the wing base, using your needle and thread. (Be careful not to sew into the top of the wings. Your thread should not be visible on the front of the wings)




Step Twelve:
Attach your Elastic Headband to the back (non-decorated side) using your sewing needle and thread.
Spread the headband across the back and sew it over both wing pieces. This should be sewn so that it is securely attached to both ends. This is what will attach the wings to your child.

Step Thirteen:
For a little extra sparkle, take your adhesive spray and lightly spray it once over the wings. Take your glitter and lightly dust it over your wings for desired amount of sparkle.


And you're done!

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