Today I’m thankful for my nephew, David, and computer technology. Â Specifically, Skype. Â Hi, David!!! Â We downloaded Skype right before Lauren went off to college & I think it’s helped our transition. Â Thanks to her Mac book and a wireless connection, she’s taken us on a tour of her campus and even played charades and met her boyfriend. Â And recently we’ve talked to my 4yo nephew and he showed me the spiders he made with the kit I sent him. Â So today I’m sending him another kit to make a Thanksgiving ticket banner. Â Here’s what it will look like finished:
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Supplies for Easy Thanksgiving Garland
- blank orange tickets
- seam binding
- letters
- glue or stapler
- ink or pen
How to Make a Thanksgiving Garland
Step One: Print Letters
Using a simple font, print out the letters on cardstock from your computer. Â Basic serif or sans serif fonts are best for this. Script fonts are pretty but they’re hard to read.
Step Two: Punch out Letters
Punch out each letter using a 1″ scalloped circle to fit the tickets. Â (Believe it or not, I recently had someone ask me how I got the little circles through my computer printer. Â So, I’ll emphasize again — print the letters FIRST, then punch.)
Step Three: Attach Letters to Tickets
Now there are several ways you can attach the letters. Â I used a stapler to attach everything – letters to tickets & tickets to seam binding. Â David could probably handle a glue stick to glue the letters onto the tickets easier than a stapler. Â If you didn’t want to staple the tickets to the seam binding you could punch holes in the top of each ticket & thread them on.
The Finished Thanksgiving Garland
Here’s a close up:
I also sprayed a little color onto the seam binding, wadded it up, and let it dry before I stapled the letters. Â You can skip this step, too, if you want.
If you make this let me know. Â I’d love to see a picture and will even post a link to your blog.
More Thanksgiving Projects to Make
Giving Thanks,
 Ann @ Duct Tape and Denim
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Originally published on Nov 4, 2008.
onemotherslove says
David says, “It looks fun!”
onemotherslove says
David used a glue stick to attach the letters to the tickets today. If I knew where my hole punch was we’d thread them on the ribbon. HAPPY THANKSGIVING was almost too many letters for his attention span. GIVE THANKS might have been a better preschool project! : ) We still had fun. I took pictures. Maybe we’ll string it tomorrow.