SUPPLIES & TOOLS:
- Flora Satin 1 7/8" Wide Ribbon: navy, blue, white & pink
- Glue
- Tape
- Double-sided tape
- Hot glue gun/glue gun sticks
- Pin & pinning surface (cardboard/foam core)
- Craft paper or gift wrap paper
DIRECTIONS:
Wrap each box in craft paper or gift wrap.-
Large Blue Package
- Cut strips: 2 white, 2 light blue and 2 navy the length of your package.
- Wrap one of each color lengthwise and glue or tape to back.
- Use the remaining three and weave through the first and glue to back.
- Cut 1 each of the longest measurement and rip into 1/2" pieces.
- Place these down the center of larger strips and weave, glue in back.
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Large Pink Package:
- Cut strips: 1 pink and 1 white the length of your package.
- Place to one side of the package and glue in place at back.
- Cut 2 each of pink and white and rip into different widths.
- Alternate white and pink in the different widths and weave in place, glue in back.
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Small Blue Package:
- Cut strips: 1 each of navy and blue.
- Glue one in center the length of box and one the width. Glue in back.
- Cut blue, white and navy into different widths and weave each across front. Glue in back.
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Medium Pink Package:
- Cut 4 Pink and 1 White strips.
- Wrap pink on both sides and top and bottom, glue in place in back.
- Use 1 white strip down middle to back, and glue or tape in place.
- Cut (6) 1/2" wide strips from pink and (6) 1/2" wide strips from white.
- Alternate 4 white and 3 pink strips across the front of package. Glue or tape in place.
- Weave the remaining strips in center of box. Glue in place in back.
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Top Bow:
- Two bows are made and then glued together. 1 has 6 strips and 1 has 10 strips.
- Cut 10 strips into 1/4" widths.
- Lightly mark the center of each piece.
- Lay out 5 strips and attach to cardboard/foam core with pin, just at top of each.
- Use the remaining 5 strips and weave across center of first 5.
- The weave will be in center with loose strips forming a plus sign.
- Glue strips together to hold weave in place.
- Take two corner pieces and twist slightly in the form of teardrops, and glue tops together. Do this in each corner. (4 teardrops are made and 3 strips between each corner remain.)
- Take the next 2 strips and twist and glue tops.
- There will be 1 strip on each side. Make 2 more.
- Do the same with 6 strips. 3 down first and weave 3 across. Twist corner pieces together.
- When you have both the 6-piece and the 10-piece finished, place the 6-piece in center and glue together.