4th of July Craft

Now if you know me you will know that I am not the "crafty" sort. I actually do not have scrapbooks or scrapbooking materials. I know, gasp! I have ribbon when I made Isabel's hairclippies when she was a baby. But, every once in a while Isabel will say, "Mommy, we need to do a craft." So, I muster up the courage to work on a craft. Last year a craft resulted in me getting hot glue stuck to my finger and a huge blister. Isa reminds me now whenever we do a craft, "Remember...don't use that glue gun, you could get hurt." Haha. Anyway, once we made a cute little Easter card with a bunny that we sewed backwards. I tried making way cool onesies and t-shirts w/ cool fabric but my sewing machine kept bunching up AND I got my finger stuck under that clampy, pointy thing that the needle is attached to! Seriously....I think you can understand why I stick to simple crafts that do not involve dangerous materials. :)

Well, Isabel really wanted to do a craft so I decided we should do a 4th of July one. Thankfully I found this cool idea for a patriotic windsock! It was soo easy and pretty cheap too! And it turned out really cute. We actually made two and hung them by our front door.
I used:
1 Sheet of Blue Poster Board (Cut it into a 13" by 6" rectangle...you'll probably need a ruler too.)
Red and White Ribbon (no I don't know how thick...I just looked at it and thought it seemed right)
A pretty decorative skinny ribbon to go at the top (some people use this stuff called rickrack..I don't even know WHAT that is. The lady at Michael's did when I asked but they were sold out so I found something else).
Pretty White Star Stickers (our's were even a little sparkly)
1 Red Pipe Cleaner (or whatever color you want)
1 Big Fat Glue Stick (Now I told you I don't use glue guns. I also don't like thick Elmer's Glue. I am a teacher and I am used to using glue sticks but I buy a special purple one that comes in a yellow and purple container made by UHUstic. It holds EVERYTHING! It's non-toxic, washable, and acid free.)

So, with no further delay, here is the result!!

Yay for easy crafts!!

Happy Fourth of July Everybody!!