by Noreen Doll.
Even kids can make a patriotic fan from a deck of cards.
It’s a great 4th of July or Memorial Day favor and will help your guests stay cooler on a hot summer day. It even folds compactly to fit in a pocket or purse.
You can make several fans from one deck of cards, and it’s a good way to use an old deck of cards, or a deck with a card or two missing.
I bought a double deck of cards at the Dollar Store for $1.00, and it included one blue deck and one red deck – perfect for a patriotic fan craft.
What You Need
5 Cards from a Poker or Bridge Deck
Small Brad with a Star Shaped Head, or other
Ice Pick or Paper Punch
What You Do
1. Select the cards you want to use. I chose 3 red and 2 blue for one fan and 3 blue plus 2 red for another fan.
2. To punch a hole in the cards for the brad, I used an ice pick – with an eraser underneath.
3. Punch a hole in the corner of one card. Use that card as a guide to punch a hole in each of the other cards in the same spot.
4. Arrange the cards how you want them to look.
5. Push a brad through each of the cards and open on the back of the patriotic fan.
Fold the fans to give as favors.
Tips
You can use 2 or 3 cards more for your fan if you like.
You could also make the fans all red or all blue.
If you use a paper punch to make the holes, be sure to use a small punch so the head of the brad doesn’t pull through.
Noreen Doll
Greeting Card Gift Boxes
great idea
Natasha @ http://www.serenityyou.blogspot.com
I love your blog! You always come up with the neatest ideas. I would LOVE for you to pop over and link this up in my Red White and Blue linky! It would be fun having you!
Susie
http://cafescrapper-scrapsoflife.blogspot.com/2012/05/link-up-anything-patriotic-25-amazon.html
How creative! I love this idea. I bet the kids really enjoyed this craft. Thank you for sharing.
Sharon @ mrs. hines class
Cute idea. Thanks for sharing at Things I’ve Done Thursday!
what a cute idea !!! i just got an old deck of cards at a thrift store … very patriotic red white & blue. guess what i’ll make … with my grandbunny!
thanks
such a fun idea! especially with the summer holidays coming soon! great party favors for a 4th of july party! thanks for linking up to tip-toe thru tuesday!
Clever and timely. Thanks for sharing on BeColorful.
pam
Great idea!
What a fun idea! Great recycle project for that pack of cards that’s missing one King in my kitchen cabinet. Thanks so much for sharing at the Motivate Monthly party at Etcetorize~
Very cool idea! Great for all the card sets we have that aren’t a full set. Thanks for sharing at Creative Thursday last week.
How darn clever is that! Love that idea.
What a great idea and a really asy to follow tutorial. Thanks for linking up to the Weekly Kid’s o-op.
I can see how kids would have fun putting this together and playing around. Great project! Thanks for linking up at Sunday Blog Love!
This will come in handy on those hot summer days! Thanks for linking up to Flaunt It Friday!
Hope you will come back and visit!
Sarah
@ http://www.dottedlinecrafts.com
Thanks for linking up at DIY Thrifty Thursday! I’m featuring your project on an Independence Day Special on June 3rd! Stop by and check it out! http://www.thrifty101.blogspot.com