Sunday, September 19, 2010 | By: Arianna

A new week...

Well today was a great Sunday...another day playing and worshipping at AZ Hills. We are learning about "guardrails", where we need boundaries in our lives to protect us from the sins that could damage us and bring us down the wrong path. Each Sunday is on a different "guardrail". Looking forward to the next weeks on this series! Go to azhills.com if you want to listen to the sermons! I have a crazy week ahead of me...praying that it goes by quickly!

Here's another creative project that you can do for any fall decorations that you're putting up! I give this credit to Alisa on The Sweet Life!
These are the easiest fall decor you'll ever make....promise.

IMG_8161 They are so popular, we did them more than once. There are several variations of these floating around, but I thought I would share what I have found to work the best.
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This is what you will need for each pumpkin:
1 roll of toilet paper
1 fat quarter of fabric {approx 22"x18"}
1 sheet of newspaper or tissue paper 1 stick about 4-5" long
1 12" piece of ribbon

IMG_8109Find a hard surface to work on. Lay out your fabric, wrong side up and then lay your sheet of paper on top of that. Place your tp roll in the middle.

IMG_8115Next you will use the palm of your hand and push straight down to squish your tp roll. {This way it won't look like a roll of tp you wrapped in fabric when your done.}

IMG_8117Grab the corners of the paper and bring them to the middle and tuck into the center of the tp roll. Make sure to tuck the shorter sides in under the longer corners so it is all secure, but please don't worry about it being perfect.

IMG_8119Next you will do the same thing with the fabric. Bring the shorter sides up first and work them into the middle and then bring up the corners to tuck in, gathering all the way around so that all ends get tucked in. It won't be perfect, but that is ok. Each one will look different in shape and fluff. You can even use a half empty roll to make a smaller one like my orange one in the first picture.

IMG_8123See? not so perfect, but pretty cute.

4940125499_767cc2c825_bLast thing is to shove your stick right down in the middle and tie a bow around it. The stick should fit pretty snuggly, but you can hot glue it if you want.

I'm too lazy to heat up my glue gun if it isn't
absolutely necessary so mine is not glued. {Plus, if I glue it then I can't unwrap it and use that roll of tp in an emergency....you can really never be too prepared}

These are super inexpensive so you can make lots and use them all over the house.

Happy crafting and let fall begin!!

2 comments:

Becky Getz said...

OK now with these 2 projects you have posted I totally want to do them both!! You are the best Arianna!!!! ;-)

Anji Rodarte said...

Hey you...check it out!

http://www.theboysandruby.com/

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