Make a Pretty Name Plaque
By Jan May
Girls love to make pretty things with their names to decorate their
bedrooms. This craft is good for the environment and a fun
slumber party idea, too!
God places vision and destiny in names. This is a great way to
share with your daughters the meaning of their names or any
special circumstances surrounding naming them.
Gather Your Materials
2 pieces of scrapbooking papers in coordinating colors- one
lighter color with print and one darker color solid
Plastic berry container lids-one for each letter in the name
Glue stick and liquid glue
Stick on alphabet letters
Ribbon-3 ft in a coordinating color-I choose one with a
pattern.
Craft jewels-butterfly, dragon fly, or flowers-one package
with around 3 jewels per letter
Cut and Measure
Cut off berry container lids, one for every letter in the name
you want to make. Set them aside. Then measure the flat indentation
on the top of the lid. You want to know the height and width.
Cut out one piece of cardstock with that measurement and trim off the
corners. (Mine is blue in the picture below) Use this as a pattern for
cutting out the other pieces of scrapbooking papers. Cut one piece for
every letter in the name. Set them aside.
Cut around the alphabet letters that you want to use in the name in a
square shape. Do not peel them off yet. Use the plastic around the
letter as guide tracing around it on the blue paper. Make enough blue
squares for all the letters in the name. Cut them out set them aside.
With a glue stick, glue the lighter colored background piece of
scrapbooking paper on the lid first then tilt the blue square like a
diamond and glue it on top of the background paper.
Decorate!
Peel off and stick the first letter of the name in the middle of the
blue diamond. Measure a small 2 inch piece of ribbon and glue it with
the liquid glue diagonally across the bottom left of the letter. Make
small bows and glue them on the bottom or corners. Glue on jewels
around the letters. Do this with all the letters making a decorated
plastic letter square for each letter in the name.
Connect the Letters Together
With a 7 inch piece of ribbon, attach each plastic letter square to the
next one to spell the name by threading the ribbon through a middle
hole; loop it around to the next letter connecting the two letters.
Overlap the ends and using liquid glue, stick them together. Then
staple where you glued for extra strength.
Make a hanger loop by threading the ribbon through the top hole of
the first and last letter, looping it around, and glue together then
staple. This will be for hanging it on the wall. Enjoy!
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About the Author
Jan May is a freelance writer
and author of the New
Millennium Girls chapter books
and writing curriculum for
girls. Being a homeschool
veteran and creative writing
teacher, she also hosts a fun website for homeschoolers with
free resources, projects, and kid friendly recipes. Come visit
us!
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