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October 26, 2018 by: admin

Darling Thanksgiving Paper Craft Garland

Darling Thanksgiving Paper Craft Garland

This Darling Thanksgiving Paper Craft Garland is a great way to kick of the season of gratitude and joy.  It is fairly simple to create and a great project for beginning paper crafters (and kids)! Before I share the how tos for making the garland, I want to give you a great big set of FREE Thanksgiving printables and activities.

Thanksgiving Activites and FREE Printables

AND HERE is another great set for Friendsgiving!

Friendsgiving Printables Laura Kelly Designs FREE

Making the Thanksgiving Paper Craft Garland

I think it is super important to use high quality papers and card stocks as well as long lasting and amazing adhesives on all projects.  A lot of times kids get stuck using paper that fades and glue sticks that dry out.  Then their projects and masterpieces fade and fall apart.  I think that stinks.  That is why I am going to recommend that if you are crafting for yourself or with kiddos that you invest in a Xyron Mega Runner.  It is so easy to use, refillable AND it works.  It works great right from the start and the adhesive lasts and lasts.  Decorations that I got out of my garage from LAST fall are still intact a year later and that makes me so happy.  This post is sponsored by Xyron but the ideas are my own.

Okay, so you will need a few materials and supplies for this project.  Here is your list.

  • 3 Shades of Brown Card Stock
  • Decorative Fall Paper for Accents
  • Xyron Mega Runner
  • Scissors
  • Twine
  • Mini Clothespins
  • Googly Eyes
  • Black Permanent Marker
  • Sizzix Big Shot Machine and Dies (Bookmark Die, Meats Die by Laura Kelly for the Drummy, Heart)

Cut your drummies out either using the die from the two darker shades of brown card stock.  Cut the pieces for the garland using the bookmark die.  Adhere the drummies to the pieces using your Xyron Mega Runner.

Cut out accent pieces for a decorative piece of fall patterned paper and add details to your drummies.

Use a black permanent marker to outline and feature the parts of your pieces that you want noticed.  I added mouths to give the drummies a little personality.  I also added a couple of words to end pieces.

Use mini clothespins to hang your pieces on a piece of twine.  Ta Da!  It is so super darling.

MORE Thanksgiving Craft Ideas

Painted Turkey Jars with Plaid Crafts (Featured in Carolina Parent Magazine)

Thanksgiving Word Search

Felt Bread and Drummy Garland with Kunin Group

Pom Pom Pumpkins with Boye (Featured in Colorado Parent Magazine)

Kid Table Decorations with Fairfield World

Maraschino Cherry Stuffing with Cherry Man

Pumpkin Place Card Holders with Sculpey Clay

Cheers to Making All The Things,

Laura

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  1. 1

    Jennifer says

    October 26, 2018 at 9:47 pm

    These are so stinkin’ cute!!!!!

  2. 2

    Sara Zielinski says

    October 27, 2018 at 11:41 am

    I would probably make something to do with cookies for santa for Christmas.

  3. 3

    Alina says

    October 27, 2018 at 12:19 pm

    That’s adorable. I’d use it to make a banner with my kids for Christmas and one for New Year’s!

  4. 4

    Stafford Brix says

    October 27, 2018 at 12:25 pm

    I would love to use it to create Christmas cards for the children in my daughter’s class and for a garland for the fireplace.

  5. 5

    Calvin says

    October 27, 2018 at 5:02 pm

    Would make some cute awesome crafts

  6. 6

    Terry says

    October 29, 2018 at 11:49 pm

    I would use the Xyron Mega Runner to help my grandkids make Christmas ornaments and decorations.

  7. 7

    christina purvis says

    October 30, 2018 at 8:03 am

    I would use the mega runner for a christmas advent project. I pinned the drummy project for later! Super cute!

  8. 8

    Andrea p. says

    November 2, 2018 at 1:09 pm

    I’d use it to make a holiday banner

  9. 9

    Stephanie Shipley says

    November 2, 2018 at 3:16 pm

    I would use it to make all kinds of decorations with my son! We lobe holiday decorations!

  10. 10

    Julie Waldron says

    November 2, 2018 at 3:35 pm

    I would use it for scrapbooking.

  11. 11

    donna porter says

    November 2, 2018 at 4:43 pm

    I would help my nephew make Christmas Cards with a Mega Runner. He loves crafts!

  12. 12

    Elicia P says

    November 2, 2018 at 10:10 pm

    My son exclaimed to me as he was watching me scroll through the blog that he wanted to do that and hang is on our windows where we place all out holiday crafts.

  13. 13

    Cassandra D says

    November 2, 2018 at 10:37 pm

    I would create my own handmade holiday gift tags with the mega runner.

  14. 14

    Lindsay A. says

    November 2, 2018 at 11:25 pm

    This is such an adorable idea! I’d love to use a Mega Runner to create photos of various sizes for hanging on twine! I’m sure I would think of some holiday crafts/gift ideas to make as well!

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