4th of July Ribbon Flag

The other day I was roaming around Family Fun’s website when I came across this adorable 4th of July craft idea.

Super simple & I had almost everything on hand… just needed stars…

Here’s what you need:

 

7/8” grosgrain ribbon in red, white & blue

something 12” long (a ruler, I used an old paint stick)

stars or something that will resembles stars (they used silver pom-poms)

fabric glue or I used my trusty glue gun.. love her!

Here’s the ribbon lengths to cut:

red:  four 14 1/2” & three 24”

white:  three 14 1/2” & three 24”

blue: seven 10 1/2”

To start the assembling glue the seven blue strips to the red and white 14 1/2” strips.  You want the blue to overlap the red or white.  The measurements are such that you can overlap about 1/2 inch.

 

Then start with your 24” red at the far right side of the paint stirrer…  then a 24” white, till all the 24” strips are glued down.

Then glue on the blue strips… the important part is lining up the base of the blue strip into a straight line.

Once all the strips were glued down I put a strip of blue ribbon across the top on the paint stirrer to cover up the edges.

I love how the bottom of the ribbon just curls a bit.  If you wanted it to hang taut you could glue a penny to the back end of each of the strips.

Happy 4th of July!