Halloween Ribbon Ornaments

Make a Halloween tree from Shelley Detton and hang these spunky Halloween ribbon ornaments from it's dead, lifeless branches. Making fabric flowers from ribbon for Halloween is simple and fun!

Materials:

• Ribbon
• Scrapbook paper
• Double-sided tape
• Needle/thread
• Circle die-cutters in 2 different sizes

Instructions:

1. Loop the 3 ribbon strips and sew in place with a few stitches of thread. When all three loops are secure, tie off and snip thread.
   
   
    
2. Using double-sided tape, on one side of the bow attach a large paper circle. Attach the small circle either with a tiny piece of tape or a dot of glue.
   
   
    
3. Flip the ornament over. Attach another piece of double-sided tape to the other side, and place an 8-inch strip of skinny ribbon onto the tape as shown. Put another piece of double-sided tape on top and place the other 2 circles in the center to cover the skinny ribbon ends. That's it! In about 5 minutes or less, you have a darling little decoration.
   
   
   
   
    
4. If you have ribbon that is the same on both sides (as opposed to a design printed on one side like the example above), an alternative way of making them is to use short strips (these are 3 inches long) of ribbon, notch them as shown, and stitch them together in a similar fashion as the first example. With ribbon that is notched (instead of having the raw edges hidden), I like to treat the cut edges with a liquid stop-fray product to prevent the edges from fraying.