DIY 4TH OF JULY WINDSOCK
Use ribbon and other scraps to make this 4th of July windsock! It's the perfect outdoor decor for July 4th and Memorial Day. A great scrap-busting project!
Equipment
Ingredients
- 6" Wood Embroidery Hoop
- Swivel Clasp (a regular S-Hook would work as well)
- Skinny ribbon in red, white, and blue
- Thicker ribbon in red sparkles, white sparkles, and blue polka dots
- Jumbo ric rac
- Tulle in red, white glitter, and blue
- Long red, white, and blue fabric scraps
- Twine or other ribbon for hanging
Instructions
- All the trim is between 1.5 feet and 2 feet in length, but you can make it as long or as short as you want!For the skinny ribbon, cut it twice as long as your desired length and loop it around the hoop.
- For the other ribbon, ric rac, and fabric strips, hot glue it to the inside of the hoop, allowing it to come up and over the top of the hoop. This will help hide some of the hoop.
- Keep going around the hoop!
- For the tulle, glue it to the inside of the hoop, so it sort of all lives in the center of the windsock. This was a great way to create volume without the tulle hiding all the ribbon.To hang the windsock, cut two equal lengths of twine (or ribbon or whatever). Thread them through the clip (if you are using an "S" hook, you can skip the threading-it-through step since you can just add it after).
- Glue the twine to the inside of the hoop, spacing the ends equally around the hoop, one in each quadrant. Use a lot of glue, and then also glue a piece of red ribbon over the end to make sure it is secured. If it's blowing around in the wind, you don't want it to fall apart!
- Then hang!
