Free Spring Banner Project from Make and Takes for Kids

This week I did a project with my daughter from Marie LeBaron’s Make and Takes for Kids. We modified the Crushed Eggshell Bunting a bit for her brother’s first birthday, but that was half the fun. In fact, we had so much fun that I’m going to share the project with you today. The project in the book uses crushed color-dyed egg shells – which might be in abundance for some readers after this weeked. Eggshell Bunting Projectfor the project instructions.

Here is how we set about making the bunting as a birthday party decoration!

First my daughter marked her triangles on some leftover scrapbooking paper

Next, she cut them out

She used recyled tissue paper to make her letters

Then she glued the triangles onto some great ribbon we found on sale at a local craft store

She added some finishing touches from my papercrafting stash

And, voila, the finished banner. The baby couldn’t read it, but I think he thought it was fun all the same.