Patriotic Door Hanging

For July's enrichment craft night we made patriotic door hangings. Here are the directions.

You will need: Mod Podge, paint, brush, piece of wood (I found the wood we used at Michaels. I liked the border it had, but any piece of wood would do.), letters, paper cutter, paper, ribbon, wire, pliers (to cut the wire), hole punch, drill (not pictured), sand paper (optional), wood stars, and buttons.

1. Cut out a patriotic phrase (Proud to be an American, God bless America, Long may she wave, Freedom, Let freedom ring, etc...) using a cricut machine. (Or you could use letter stickers if you don't have access to a cricut machine.) Arrange the letters on a coordinating piece of paper and glue them down using Mod Podge.

2. Apply a thin layer of Mod Podge over the entire piece of paper to seal it.

3. Sand down your wood if desired. Paint the edges of your wood. (Don't mind the blue, I was testing colors.)

4. Paint your wood stars.

5. Cut out your ribbon in varying lengths and apply the stars to the ribbon using a generous amount of Mod Podge.

6. Apply the ribbons to the back of the wood again using a generous amount of Mod Podge. Let dry.

7. Drill a hole in the two top corners of your wood.

8. Punch two holes in the paper making sure to line them up with the holes in your wood. Glue the paper to the wood using Mod Podge.

9. Cut the wire, thread it through the holes, and wind it around itself to hold it in place.

10. Apply buttons to embellish wherever you want.

And you're done!