I am a bit excited about Halloween. Has anyone noticed? Ha! Continuing on my out-of-control Halloween crafty preparations, I decided to make some festive fabric wrapped letters to complete my spooky mantle. We made ghosts to represent our family as a Family Home Evening (family night) activity using this tutorial. It was super fun, although our three year old was a bit TOO excited about it and kept knocking all of the ghosts over. So cute.
After putting our ghosts up on the mantle I decided that they needed a big, chunky “BOO” to complete their spooky look. So I bought some cardboard letters and used scraps of the Halloween fabric that I bought at JoAnn’s Fabric and Craft Store for a skirt that I made my baby girl. I am fairly thrilled with how it turned out, and it was very simple. Read on for super simple, step by step instructions.
1. Gather your supplies. You will need cardboard (or wooden) letters, fabric scraps, a paintbrush, scissors, and plenty of Mod Podge.
2. Begin by cutting long strips of your fabric. Next use Mod Podge to glue the end of one of your strips onto a cardboard letter and then wrap the fabric around the letter. Secure the other end of the letter with Mod Podge as well. Repeat until your letters are completely wrapped in fabric.
4. Slather Mod Podge all over your letters to seal the fabric to the letters. Let dry overnight.
5. Proudly display!
Wasn’t that easy?! Now go forth and create! Hopefully your work space isn’t as messy as mine…. Do you think I have enough projects going at once?
Happy wrapping!
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I love your projects…are you gonna share how to make your Halloween banner next?? =)
Hi Angie! Thank you!! Do you mean the pennant banner on my mantle? I made it several years back and wasn’t planning to, but maybe I should! My friends did it in candy corn colors but I like things flashier than that so I went all out with the orange and black. 🙂 I’m not sure if I can get a tutorial together before Halloween, but maybe a double sided Christmas/Thanksgiving one! Would that interest you? Thank for reading and taking time to comment!!
Thanks for taking the time to reply!! If you would like to do a pennant banner tutorial that would be great but no hurry’s if you weren’t planning on it. I just loved what yours looked like and wanted to make sure I didn’t miss it!! =)
I’ll work on one for Christmas, Angie. Maybe Christmas on one side and Thanksgiving on the other! 🙂
Sounds fantastic…I’ll definitely be looking forward to it!! =)
Hi Angie! Thank you!! Do you mean the pennant banner on my mantle? I made it several years back and wasn’t planning to, but maybe I should! My friends did it in candy corn colors but I like things flashier than that so I went all out with the orange and black. 🙂 I’m not sure if I can get a tutorial together before Halloween, but maybe a double sided Christmas/Thanksgiving one! Would that interest you? Thank for reading and taking time to comment!!
About how much fabric did it take to cover one letter? Would a 1/4 yard be enough? I want to make these but with Easter letters, but I don’t have any Easter fabric lying around so I’ll have to go buy some. Thanks!
I can’t remember, but that sounds like enough. I usually buy a bit more than I think I will need just so I don’t run out.
Hello, these are awesome. I’m working on something similar, but is the mod podge matte or with gloss ? or how will it look better.
Thanks!
I used the standard, glossy Mod Podge. 🙂