Trick-Or-Treat Door Ribbon

I can't wait to own my own house one fine day! Now, I really do love our apartment, there's a lot of great positives about it, but when you own your own home... you get to decorate for the holidays!!!! And boy, I LOVE my holidays! I love getting crafty and getting into the holiday season!
I decided to recycle some ribbons I had lying around and create a Trick-or-Treat door ribbon, and then I will sneak it on our front door when Halloween night is here! hehe! The little things ♥

Supplies:
2 ribbons of different colors and widths (I used a thick orange ribbon with a thinner ribbed polka-dotted green ribbon)
1 sheet of scrape book paper (I used a black one that already had a black glitter swirly design on it)
letter stencils/ a Cricut (or if you are like me and can't afford a Cricut (but really want one for Christmas! hint hint!... you can just draw the letters and cut out yourself)
1 hot glue gun/ 2 sticks
scissors

Directions:
Smooth out the ribbon (I use my hair straightener for a quick fix!).
Cut to desired length, and make sure to quickly singe the ends with a match (in order to prevent fraying).
If you have enough extra in one ribbon, save it to make a bow!

Put a strip of hot glue on the center of the thicker width ribbon, and lay the thinner ribbon on top. Do the glue in small sections so that the glue doesn't cool down before you are ready.

Get out your paper and on the back, do your letter outlines. Make SURE to do them backwards!!!! Because once you cut them out, you will see the other side, so you want it to be readable from that side. I did it like that so you wouldn't be able to see any pencil marks, and you can make as many eraser and pencil mistakes as you want and it won't ruin the finished product!

Once the letters are to your liking, cut them out using sharp scissors (preferably small and pointed tips). Take your time! The more precise the cut, the better the final product!

SPECIAL: On the "O", I got a little fancy and wanted to put a spider in the middle. An exacto knife can be used to cut the fine details out (make sure to have some thing to cut on! like cardboard or cutting board). I then glued a white piece of paper behind the cut spider "O", to make it pop against the ribbon.

Then, hot glue your letters to the ribbon! Make sure your spacing is right.

On top, I had some extra ribbon and make a bow. I just tied a knot and then tied the best bow I could. I hot glued the center to make the bow more stable (and to keep it from ever getting undone) and then hot glued the bow to the door ribbon!

Finished Product:


I think it turned out cute! yay re-purposing!