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Burlap Candy Corn Pennant

DIY Craft: Burlap Candy Corn Pennant. Simple, Inexpensive, and Fun! Perfect for Halloween! Tutorial @ www.jennaburger.com

One day I’m writing about upcoming trends for the coming year, the next day I’m sharing a cutesy Halloween craft.  You truly never know what you’re going to read next or what I’ll be in the mood to inspire you with… always new + interesting!

Halloween is just a couple weeks away and upon being inspired by the fun festive decor in the Target Dollar Bin, I spruced up my Fall porch with a simple, inexpensive, and fun burlap pennant to look like candy corn… so yummy, don’t you just want to eat it?!

DIY Craft: Burlap Candy Corn Pennant. Simple, Inexpensive, and Fun! Perfect for Halloween! Tutorial @ www.jennaburger.com

I really am not a crafty gal but I just couldn’t resist making this pennant.  I could have spent the few dollars to buy it, but since I had all the materials on hand from past projects, I decided to DIY it!

MATERIALS

>1/4 yard burlap
>cardstock / heavy paper – I used a manila folder (for pennant template)
>craft paint in the colors of white, orange, and yellow
>sponge brush
>twine
>scissors
>toothpick + tape

1

Using cardstock or heavy paper (I used a manila folder), cut out a template for the pennant ‘flag’.  Size is up to you.  My template is about 5.5″  x 8″.  In all, I created (8) pennants, then cut them out with sharp scissors, and ironed them flat.

DIY Craft: Burlap Candy Corn Pennant. Simple, Inexpensive, and Fun! Perfect for Halloween! Tutorial @ www.jennaburger.com

2

Dividing each pennant in 3 sections, I used a sponge brush to paint on the orange in the middle section first, then followed it with the white and yellow paint at the top and bottom.

To create a straight line, I cut out a piece of cardstock (I used a manila folder again) and painted up to the line.

DIY Craft: Burlap Candy Corn Pennant. Simple, Inexpensive, and Fun! Perfect for Halloween! Tutorial @ www.jennaburger.com

DIY Craft: Burlap Candy Corn Pennant. Simple, Inexpensive, and Fun! Perfect for Halloween! Tutorial @ www.jennaburger.com

When they were complete & dry (the next day), I was ready to create the pennant.

They look so good, I could eat them… #yum

DIY Craft: Burlap Candy Corn Pennant. Simple, Inexpensive, and Fun! Perfect for Halloween! Tutorial @ www.jennaburger.com

For this part of the project, I used the twine, scissors, tape, and a toothpick.

DIY Craft: Burlap Candy Corn Pennant. Simple, Inexpensive, and Fun! Perfect for Halloween! Tutorial @ www.jennaburger.com

3

I lined up the end of the twine with the end of the toothpick and wrapped it tight with tape.  Then starting at one end of the pennant ‘flag’ top, I poked through the burlap with the toothpick and pulled through the twine.

At the other end of the ‘flag’ top, I poked through the burlap again and pulled the twine through to the backside.

I continued this step for all the ‘flags’.

DIY Craft: Burlap Candy Corn Pennant. Simple, Inexpensive, and Fun! Perfect for Halloween! Tutorial @ www.jennaburger.com

The spacing between each ‘flag’ is subjective but I chose about 3″ and left about 2′ of extra twine at each end to hang and adjust.

DIY Craft: Burlap Candy Corn Pennant. Simple, Inexpensive, and Fun! Perfect for Halloween! Tutorial @ www.jennaburger.com

And this is the result.

DIY Craft: Burlap Candy Corn Pennant. Simple, Inexpensive, and Fun! Perfect for Halloween! Tutorial @ www.jennaburger.com

It really was so easy to make and it dresses up the front porch so pretty!

DIY Craft: Burlap Candy Corn Pennant. Simple, Inexpensive, and Fun! Perfect for Halloween! Tutorial @ www.jennaburger.com

Inside the house or out, this simple + inexpensive burlap candy corn pennant was so fun + fast to make – 20 minutes total!

DIY Craft: Burlap Candy Corn Pennant. Simple, Inexpensive, and Fun! Perfect for Halloween! Tutorial @ www.jennaburger.com

Can you believe I got crafty?!  Kinda Crazy, but it really was enjoyable to step back from the big projects + big decisions and just have fun.  This crafty-business has me thinking…

HAPPY HALLOWEEN.

If you like this festive project, you might like this Halloween pillow I made a few years back which is also on my porch.

Halloween pillow using ombre effect & stencils. Festive + Fun! tutorial by www.jennaburger.com