Rustic Flag Craft Project

I'm back with a little tutorial for the flags the kids made this past weekend.

What I like about this project is that it is easy and it really doesn't need too many "ingredients". And if you are a crazy craft supply fan like me, you may already have everything you need to get going on this.

The main things you need are craft sticks (or popsicle sticks), wooden dowel, paint, brushes, cardstock/paper, star punch and adhesives. I used my glue gun as well as sticky tape and mounting tape.

First things first, paint 4 sticks red and 3 sticks white. We painted the dowels blue (that's the flag pole) but you can paint that anything you want.

I love how both kids attacked this project differently. They both had their own way of painting and I just stepped back and let them go at it.

The painting station midway through this phase.

Then we set aside the painted pieces to dry. This of course may be the hardest part for those impatient crafters.

While the paint was drying, they puched out stars from white card stock. We had no set number in mind - punched a bunch and then decided how many fit.

And since it was hot, there was the water break Conor just HAD to have.

Back to work meant adhering the punched stars to the blue cardstock square. We cut the square to be 3x3 inches but that really depends on the size sticks you use. The kids used mounting tape and regular double sided tape to adhere the stars. Meg went with the strategic pop dotting of stars for a 3-D effect. Conor went with pop dotting almost all of them because more is better in his book.

Once the sticks were dry I glue gunned them together. I laid them out and them just glued the backs together.

I debated on whether to try to glue the sides together but know myself enough to know that I would have a)burnt myself and b)gotten glue all over the front. This way worked perfectly.

The front after gluing. We placed the paint splotch on the top left since we knew it would be covered by the blue cardstock.