DIY Festive Confetti Star Flag Garland

Ok, does anyone know where the month of June went!?! Summer...please slow down! The 4th of July is already next week! We do love the 4th, we always get together for a family picnic at my in-laws. All the kiddos play, there is always more food than anyone can possibly eat, fireworks fill the sky at night and you know summer is in full effect! We wanted to share a little garland that would be perfect to use at any 4th of July or summer celebration. It is is super festive and filled with star confetti, so you really can't go wrong! 

We created a 4 flag garland but you can make as many flags as you want to create your garland and you can also make this any size you want. 

1. We used 4 5x5 squares of red and white striped paper 

2. We used a 3 inch circle punch to create the hole at the top 

3. Cut a circle out of your contact paper that is just slightly bigger than 3 inches {take the backing off so the sticky part is up} and sprinkle your blue and white star confetti over the sticky surface. 

4. Cut a square out of the contact paper, larger than the circle so that there is hang over

5. Take the stick backing off of the square piece of contact paper and lay it over the sticky part of the circle contact paper with the stars on it. {So the sticky part of the square piece is touching the sticky part of the circle piece with the confetti.} 

6. There will be hang over from the square piece of contact paper, place this over the hole in the back of the red and white paper. If the contact paper is hanging over the sides or top of the red and white paper just trim it with scissors. 

7. Take a piece of your white festooning and glue it to the top of each flag

8. Punch holes at the top of either side of the garland {under the festooning so you don't see them} 

and string your white satin ribbon through to create a garland! 

DIY Ruffled Ice Cream Cones

We are so excited to share this diy with you, if you are planning an ice cream party believe us these are just the sweetest things to let each child take home with them! Our amazing diy correspondent, Katie came up with this project for us and we just fell in love! We ended up hanging pink, peach and mint green ones from a white chandelier and the looked so cute and really added to the decor of the party! The little girls just adored them and were so excited when we let them have one! Most of them put them around their necks and pretended they were ice cream necklaces, it was so cute!

Materials:

2 1/2" styrofoam balls 

1 1/2 yards of lightweight cotton fabric

Sewing machine or needle and thread

Hot glue gun/glue

Glue

Scrapbook paper

Cone template

Polyester stuffing

Ribbon

Pins

Cut fabric into strips about 44" long x 1.5 " wide using pinking shears. Sew down the middle of the strip, ruffling fabric as you go with sewing machine. You can also ruffle the fabric by hand if you do not have a sewing machine. Your finished ruffle should be 8" long. You could also use pre-ruffled fabric or ruffle trim if you do not want to make your own!

Trace cone template onto your paper and cut out. Glue edges to make cone shape. I recommend not using hot glue for this step since you need a bit of extra time to get the edges together just right. Fill your cone with stuffing to help hold the shape.

Cut a circle roughly 8" in diameter out of your fabric. Wrap the fabric around the ball and hot glue to bottom, gathering as you go. Do not worry about how the bottom looks, it will be hidden inside your cone.

Place hot glue around inside edge of your cone and stick the covered styrofoam inside. Hot glue your ruffle around the top of the cone, twisting as you go around. Be sure to glue it to both the paper and the styrofoam ball. If you would like to hang the cones, cut ribbon to desired length and use a pin or hot glue to secure it to your ice cream!