I started decorating for Summer which means I started pulling out my Americana decor. After looking through my Americana decor I thought it would be fun to make a flag out of cardboard.
You can find the list of supplies that I’ll be using down below.
- One large sheet of cardboard
- Hot glue
- Mini cutter from Walmart
- Apple Barrel acrylic paint from Walmart ( English Navy, Antique Parchment and Cardinal Crimson)
- Wooden stars ( 4.5 “)
- Gold glitter
- Tacky glue
- Paint brush
- Warm Caramel colored spray paint by Rust-oleum
- Waverly antique wax
The first step is to make the strips for the flag. I made marks one inch apart going down the cardboard to create 13 strips.
I used a yard stick to draw the lines across the cardboard.
Once I had the lines drawn onto the cardboard I used my new cutting tool to cut the strips. This is an amazing tool that I purchased from Walmart. You can find this tool by clicking my link down below.
Once I had the 13 strips cut I then pulled off some of the top layer of the cardboard here and there.
I used extra strips of cardboard to secure my 13 strips together.
Once I had the strips all secured together I then spray painted them with the Warm Caramel spray paint.
Once the spray paint was dry I then added some of the Waverly antique wax.
Once the antique wax was dry I then added the acrylic paint.
The last step is to add the gold glitter to the wooden stars.
You can find these wooden stars on our website here: https://theshabbytreeboutique.com/4-5-wooden-primitive-stars-set-of-2/
The last step is to glue the stars in place.
This was so easy to make and will look great any where in your home. I hope you’ll get creative and give this a try.
Oh Barb!! I just love love this one! Of course who doesn’t love Americana?! But so inexpensive to make and turns so great!
Absolutely gorgeous 😍 definitely making one
This turned out great!! I love it!! Idk how you knew you could make cardboard look chippy by taking off the top layer. So creative!! 💖🌲
What a creative mind you have. Keep inspiring all of us with your kindness and talents! I know we all look forward to —“What’ll Barb do next??”
Love this❣️❣️ Going to try it🤞
Wow! The flag turned out amazing!
I love it!
Wow, Barb! What you can do with cardboard. It turned out great. I totally love it.
Love this! Awesome creation!
It turned out beautiful!
Absolutely beautiful… love love love 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
I LOVE IT!!!!🥰 What an amazing idea to repurpose cardboard!!! 🌟❤️🌟🤍🌟💙🌟
Love it ! Going to have to make this one
Gorgeous!
I LOVE how this came out, Barb!! It looks fantastic!!!🩷🩷🩷
I absolutely love it Barb!! Turned out fantastic.
Looks amazing.
Love it!
I couldn’t’ wait to see this finished. It looks great. I am inspired to do one.
This is absolutely amazing.