Thursday, March 8, 2012

DIY St. Patrick's Day - Boutineers

These St. Patrick's Day boutineers are too cute! Instructions on how to make them are below.


What you will need for the DIY Leaf Boutineer:
  • Pine sprays
  • Artificial four leave clovers
  • Green organza ribbon
  • Silver sequences
  • Hot glue gun and glue
  • Tape
  • A safety pin
  • Scissors 

1. Find some pine sprays.

2. Take off the bottom leaves and tape them together.

3. Hot glue some fake four leaf clovers to the tape.

 4. Hot glue some organza ribbon to hide the tape.

 5. Hot glue a safety pin to the back.

 6. Glue a sequence to the front. 


What you will need for the DIY Bow Boutineer:
  • Green organza ribbon
  • A safety pin
  • Thin wire
  • Scissors 
  • Elmer's glue
  • Hot Glue gun and glue 
  • Gold glitter

 1. Loop ribbon to look like a bow and tie it in the middle with some wire. 

2. Cut off the extra wire. Take another piece of ribbon and tie it to hide the wire. 

3. Hot glue a safety pin to the back of the bow.

4. Use Elmer's glue to add some glitter to the bow. 


 Enjoy!
What do you think about giving guests DIY party favors? Is it too much work? Or are DIY projects a great memory for your guests to take home?

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