Wel­come to the first post in the Cor­nu­copia of Cre­ativ­ity Series here on Mom Endeav­ors! Now that we’ve moved on from all things Hal­loween, it’s time to focus on Thanks­giv­ing for awhile! Stores and the blo­gos­phere alike seem to sort of jump straight from Hal­loween to all things Christ­mas! So, I decided to give Thanks­giv­ing a lit­tle time to shine with the Cor­nu­copia of Cre­ativ­ity Series! The series will run over the course of the next two weeks or so and I have some GREAT guest posters lined up for you! We’ll have an abun­dance of all kinds of cre­ative Thanks­giv­ing ideas (recipes, decor, crafts, tra­di­tions, etc.) and we’re kick­ing things off today with my friend, Katie!…

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Hi there lovely Mom Endeav­ors read­ers! I’m Katie from Sweet Rose Stu­dio and I am so hon­ored that Sara has asked me to be here as part of the Cor­nu­copia of Cre­ativ­ity series! In case you don’t already know, Miss Sara is over on my blog today shar­ing one of her ideas for my Hol­i­day Hand­made series that kicked off yes­ter­day. After you’re done read­ing here, I’d love to have come on over and check her post!

Now down to busi­ness! It seems to me that Hal­loween and Christ­mas get the bulk of fun decor ideas and Thanks­giv­ing typ­i­cally gets pretty left out of the loop. I wanted to make some­thing that was quick, easy, inex­pen­sive, but still man­aged to make an impact when dis­played. Ban­ners and bunting are all the rage right now, so I decided to take my own twist on the phe­nom­e­non. I present to you my Gob­ble Gob­ble Banner!

Cute, right? And I promise it’s every­thing I’d hoped it would be!

Mate­ri­als:

turkey and let­ter die-cuts * col­ored twine * hot glue gun & glue

small hole punch * scissors

Side note: I used my Sil­hou­ette to cut out the let­ters and turkeys, but you could use pre-cut ones you can find at any craft or scrap­book store.

1. Using the hole punch, punch a small hole at the top of each let­ter and turkey. Make sure to allow enough space at the top so it isn’t too thin, mak­ing it more sus­cep­ti­ble to break­ing. Mine holes are about 1/2 in. down.

2. Using the twine, care­fully string it through each turkey and let­ter in what­ever order you’d like. I had a hard time decid­ing if I wanted each word a sin­gle color or if I should mix up the col­ors. The per­fec­tion­ist in me had to have all of the col­ors match­ing in the long run, but I think the other way would be fun too! When they’re all strung on and spaced out as you’d like, put a small, like super small, dab of hot glue under the twine to hold each let­ter in it’s place.

3. When all of the let­ters and turkeys are glued and spaced the way you’d like, *then* cut the end of the twine. If you cut it before this step, you might end up with too lit­tle or end up wast­ing extra twine on the end.

Voila! A per­fectly fun and fes­tive Thanks­giv­ing ban­ner with a lit­tle fall table decor to match.

Thanks again to Sara for hav­ing me! You can also find me on the Sweet Rose Stu­dio Face­book Page, Twit­ter, and Pin­ter­est. I’d love to have you come visit and say hi!