Fourth of July Ribbion Crafts

Over the weekend I finally grabbed some time to work on a few 4th of July crafts, and while it is pushing it pretty close, it is still June so I think I am doing pretty good!

I made a banner and embellished a few candles.... what do you think?

 

There is still more to add but it is a good start! 

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First I made the candles, this was really easy. All I did was take ribbon and wrap it around and hot glue it to itself. I was careful to only to add hot glue on the ribbon so I could remove it and use it for something else later. 

Then, for the banner I gathered all the red and blue ribbon I could find, one mesh white and one silver. 

I cut a bunch of pieces off all of the colors  of ribbon except the silver. 

 

I laid out the silver, this is going to be the base of the banner. 

Next comes the fun part, I folded them over the silver ribbon and glued them on; I did create a pattern that was red, white, blue and then I created a pattern within the red ribbons and blue ribbons. 

The candles:

The banner:

Both together:

And the best part? 

Cost: $0