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Patriotic lantern swag

Equipment

  • Scissors
  • Wire Cutters
  • Hot glue gun

Materials

  • Lantern - Hobby Lobby
  • Floral bush - Deco Exchange 60919
  • Floral stems - Geraniums - Hobby Lobby
  • Floral greenery - Hobby Lobby
  • Picks - Liberty Floral
  • Ornaments - Hobby Lobby last year
  • 1 4" ribbon
  • 2 2.5" ribbon
  • 2 1.5" ribbon
  • pipe cleaner

Instructions

Make your swag.

  • Take a bunch of seeded eucalyptus and separate them into smaller pieces.
  • Take 2 white floral greenery stems and tie the ends together, so that the flowers are on either side.
  • Add your eucalyptus pieces onto the floral base, keeping the middle empty.
  • Add in 2 red geranium flowers to either side. Zip tie everything together in the middle.
  • Attach the middle to your lantern handle, securing it with pipe cleaners.

Make your bow.

  • Take a long piece of ribbon as tails, add a different ribbon on top with 12” tails and 2 x 7” loops.
  • Add in an extra piece on top as more tails.
  • Take your next ribbon and repeat the process without the extra tails.
  • Repeat the process with another ribbon and add an extra tail.
  • Take another ribbon and add in another bow on top.
  • Secure your bows together with a pipe cleaner.
  • Fluff out your bow and dovetail your ends and curl them up.
  • Attach your bow to the middle of your swag using a pipe cleaner.

Extras.

  • Add in some fun patriotic decorations on either side.
  • Add in some blue flowers.
  • Attach a patriotic ball on top of your lantern.