Burlap Boo Banner for Halloween

I saw a similar project on a website that I loved but wanted to make one for myself in my own style. 

The first step is to cut banner flag shapes from burlap. 

Mine are about 4" by 6". 

You can read more about a great source for inexpensive burlap in this tutorial. 

I only cut 3 because my banner word only has 3 letters. 

After cutting the pieces I painted the front of the flags with chalky paint in an off white color. 

I didn't coat the entire flag but concentrated more paint in the center where I was going to stencil. 

I let the flags dry near a fan on a rack so the paint that seeps through the burlap wouldn't stick to the table. 

When the paint was dry I added small eyelet grommets to the ends of the flags to string the jute through. 

These small grommets gave the burlap flags a finished look. 

Next it was time to stencil. 

I used cardboard letter stencils with a fancy font and black craft paint. 

I bought these stencils at Michaels Craft Store but there are similar on Amazon, you can check out the suggestions at the bottom of this post. 

When the black letters were dry I used jute string and wooden beads to string the banner together. 

That's all there was to this easy and adorable project! 

You can also make it say whatever you want! 

How about FALL? 

THANKFUL? 

MERRY?!

I hung it on the bulletin board I made a while back which is similar to this one. 

I actually like this banner better than the one I saw to begin with. 

You can read all about the metal hardware cabinet I repainted by visiting the bold link. 

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