I have a cute little tutorial for you guys today. I haven’t been doing much in the way of Christmas decorating or projects, seeing as we are still shacking up at my parents’ place and ridiculously busy right now with house reno/day jobs/etsy shop/blogging/commuting/parenting/etc, but I couldn’t help buying some felt at the dollar store the other day and came up with these DIY felt pennants.
It’s really simple. Grab some sheets of felt (usually about 30 cents a piece), some wooden dowels (you can get a pack for a buck or two), your hot glue gun, scissors, and some twine.
I didn’t take many pictures of the actual process, but it’s easy to explain.
Step 1 >> Cut the triangle out of the bottom of your piece of felt. I measured the mid point and then drew lines with a ruler from it down to the ends so that it would be even-ish.
Step 2 >> Fold over the top of your felt piece, over the dowel, and then run a bead of hot glue along it. Press down and hold in place until it dries. {If you wanted to get fancy – you could sew this, but that is beyond this lazy DIY gal}. 
Step 3 >> Turn your pennant over, and then cut out whatever shapes you want and glue on. You could also use iron-on appliques, buttons, fabric… really, you could glue on just about anything. I free-handed some shapes out of the felt I had. I’m super into black and white these days, so I did a christmas tree and a swiss cross.
Step 4 >> This is where your twine comes in. Just tie it on either side of your dowel (tie on one side, leave enough slack at the top, and then tie on the opposite side, and cut off excess). Twine works well here because I find it’s easier to get a really tight knot.
I had fun making this bright ice cream cone one.
The inspiration for this project came from the “be one of a kind” pennant I had made at BlogPodium with the We Create Hoopla girls. This one uses fabric instead of felt, was sewed {fancy!}, has iron-on letters, and gold string that I wrapped around the dowels for hanging. 
Cute, right? They are super cheap to make, and you could totally prep the pennants and then get the kids in on the action with decorating them. I’m definitely going to be putting one of these up in Maya’s new room, and think I’ll put the swiss cross one up amongst a gallery wall.
Been doing any crafting lately? What have you been up to? I’d love to know!