Want to make a stunning but easy and inexpensive Christmas banner? Then you’ll want to try your hand at this handmade glitter letters sheet music garland!
I used to hate glitter. But that was when the girls were little and if we had glitter it got EVERYWHERE! I actually banned it from our house for years. I know – meanie. Anyway, imagine my girls’ surprise when we went to Michael’s last week to look for glitter! I had a project in mind, I tell ya! This handmade glitter letters sheet music garland!
Handmade Glitter Letters Sheet Music Garland
Supplies
- 15 old hymnal pages
- cereal, cracker, granola bar boxes
- Mod Podge
- Martha Stewart Coarse Glitter
- Martha Stewart Glitter Glue
- white paint
- paint brush
- scotch tape
- glue stick
- clothes pins
- jute or hemp string
- scissors
- glue gun & glue
Instructions
1. Using our standard method of transferring letters (you know, trace it off the computer screen, pencil the back, trace onto the final object), I traced the letters J – O – Y onto the backs of opened up food boxes. I used a rice cracker box, a cereal box and a granola bar box. To stiffen up the letters, I traced two of each – one the right way and one backwards, which I then glued together with Mod Podge. Trim any edges that don’t match perfectly.
**UPDATE. Thanks to one of our readers for reminding me to include the font I used: Engravers MT.**
2. I painted each thick letter with some white craft paint and let it dry.
3. Then I “painted” the Martha Stewart Glitter Glue onto each letter and sprinkled on some Martha Stewart Crystal Coarse Glitter. Let dry.
4. Accordion fold all 15 sheets of hymnal paper (or other book pages). Tape together 3 sets of 5, and then curve each set around to make 3 circles (just like our Scrapbook Paper Banner).
5. Hot glue a decent sized piece of thick paper onto the back of each circle to keep the middle from “popping up”. Hot glue your letters onto the centre of each circle.
6. Clothespin each circle onto a piece of jute or hemp string and hang up somewhere that could use a little vintage glittery Christmas bling!
And voila! A very simple but beautiful Christmas banner! And you can use it again and again, if you store it carefully.
Handmade Glitter Letters Sheet Music Garland
Materials
- 15 old hymnal pages
- cereal, cracker, granola bar boxes
- Mod Podge
- Martha Stewart Coarse Glitter
- Martha Stewart Glitter Glue
- white paint
- paint brush
- scotch tape
- glue stick
- clothes pins
- jute or hemp string
Tools
- scissors
- glue gun & glue
Instructions
- Using the easy cheater method of transferring letters (trace it off the computer screen, pencil the back, trace onto the final object), I traced the letters J – O – Y onto the backs of opened up food boxes. I used a rice cracker box, a cereal box and a granola bar box. To stiffen up the letters, I traced two of each – one the right way and one backwards, which I then glued together with Mod Podge. Trim any edges that don’t match perfectly. **UPDATE. Thanks to one of our readers for reminding me to include the font I used: Engravers MT.**
- I painted each thick letter with some white craft paint and let it dry.
- Then I “painted” the Martha Stewart Glitter Glue onto each letter and sprinkled on some Martha Stewart Crystal Coarse Glitter. Let dry.Accordion fold all 15 sheets of hymnal paper (or other book pages). Tape together 3 sets of 5, and then curve each set around to make 3 circles (just like our Scrapbook Paper Banner).
- Hot glue a decent sized piece of thick paper onto the back of each circle to keep the middle from “popping up”. Hot glue your letters onto the centre of each circle.
- Clothespin each circle onto a piece of jute or hemp string and hang up somewhere that could use a little vintage glittery Christmas bling!
Love it, thanks for sharing the how-to! Where did you trace the fonts from? I trace off the screen too and would love to use the same fonts, thanks!!
Oh Goodness! I knew I forgot something! The font was Engravers MT. Thanks for the reminder, Colleen!
xo,
Shannon
I love this project too!! I just need to find an old Hymnal. 🙂
Have you tried the thrift stores?
I love them!!! Such a cool tutorial!
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Have a great weekend!! 🙂
Looks beautiful. I just realized you host a link party. I’ll see what I can come up with for next week!
Ooh! Can’t wait, Shauna!!
Oh my… what a stunning area. I don’t know what to look at first. I love EVERY DETAIL about this photo! Absolutely gorgeous.
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Donna
Thank you Donna!!! It’s totally one of my favorite spaces!!!
I love your banner….so beautiful! What size font did you use? Thanks!
It was 500 point engravers mt font. 🙂
Love your space, I`m new here , also thanks for hosting this party;)
Maybe you will visit me too.
Lovely greetings…
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It looks awesome! I really love it…and I love your styling on the hutch…those caramel apples. genius.
🙂
shaunna
Thanks Shaunna! That hutch us one if my favorite places to “play” with styling. It was the only mantle-esque space we had…until we built our PB knockoff ledge: http://akadesign.ca/?p=5285 for Crafting With the Stars. Those caramel apples came from http://www.etsy.com/shop/oodlekadoodlePrim?ref=pr_shop_more. 🙂
xo,
Shannon
Love the banner. What am I doing wrong. I am in microsoft word and changed the font to 500 and can’t get large letters to show up. Any help??? Thanks, Karen
Hmm. Perhaps you may need to change your margins to 0?
Thanks for your help. Finally figured it out. A question for you. Why can’t you print it out that big. Got the big letter on the screen but when I print it is small?? Thanks, Karen
I’m sorry I have no idea. I don’t own a printer…I always trace right off my computer screen.
Ha! I have looked for everything else at a thrift shop but not a hymnal, thanks!!
🙂 hope you find one!
Thanks for the great tutorial!! I can’t wait to try it out:)
This garland is fabulous! I just inherited a big stack of old sheet music, this will be perfect for that, Shannon.
Bobbi
Awesome!!!
Fabulous idea. I love it!
Glad you like it!