Fall Banner made from Book Pages

I am happy to say that I am loving this “fall” so far in Denver.  Last weekend it was still in the 90s.  I know the temperature drop is coming soon like this Saturday in fact.  I will take a warm sunshine filled afternoon and a cool crisp refreshing evening anytime though.  Last weekend my husband and I celebrated our 11th year anniversary and headed up to the mountains to go hiking and see the color change.  I thought I would share a couple pics to help set the mood for fall.  

Some time in a future fall season I would love to visit the eastern U.S. to see the color change on that side of the country.  I hear it is beautiful.     

Now on to the Book Pages Fall Banner.  If your short on time and pennies this is a quick and cheap project to add some fall flare to your home.  You may even have all the supplies already. 

Supplies

• Book pages
• Scrap paper, card stock, etc for the template
• Printer paper
• Printer
• Scissors
• Hole punch
• Ruler
• Jute, ribbon, rafia, etc.

Step 1:  Print out your “FALL” on regular paper.  You can access the FALL letters from my Resource Library  (for personal use only). After printing each letter I placed a book page on top and held it up to the light to find the best positioning of the letter on the book page. Then I taped the book page on to the printer paper over the previously printed letter and printed it again, this time the letter would print on the book page.  I suppose I could have just printed straight on the book page, but I probably would have had to adjust my printer for the smaller paper size etc, and figured this was just easier and faster for me.  I repeated this step for all the letters. 

Step 2: Next I used some card stock to create a template for the banner.  I played around with my measurements and ended up with a template 4 x 4 3/4 inches that fit perfectly for the size of the letter and the size of the book page.  Once I had my template I positioned it over each book page, traced it and cut it out.  

Step 3:  For the holes punches I positioned mine about 3/4 inches from the top and 1/2 inch from the sides.  I punched the holes in the template. Then I placed the template on top of the book page, and punched holes in the book pages using the holes in the template as a guide for the holes for the book pages.  

Step 4: Once all the book pages were punched I threaded the jute through the holes.  Now here it is hung with my Fall Display 2015.   

Click to see how to make the Fall Wheat Wreath in the picture.

Book pages make great decorations.  Would love to see what you have made from book pages.  

You can get access to this FALL Banner and tons of other printables, graphics and designs by visiting my Resource Library. If you would like access complete the form below. 

 

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