"pretty bows" and arrows [diy]

hello all!
sorry i didn't get a
chance to blog last week
i was super busy and actually
lost track of the days passing.

hope you can forgive me,
and enjoy this valentine's
themed tutorial, too!

here are the materials needed:


scissors
glue, i use aleene's tacky glue
templates for bows and arrows
i found the bow template here: paper bow template
various valentine's paper
string or twine
paper straws [i found those at target]


to make the paper bows:

cut the template out and use it
to trace on the valentine paper.


once cut, the biggest template needs
to be glued together. grab one end of
the paper and glue it to the middle.


do the same to the other side.
it should look like it the picture below.


the small rectangle you cut should
be used as the middle piece. to help
keep everything together, i used a
clothespin until it dried.


once you just glue it to the
bottom piece, it's done!


i made a bow garland
with the bows! i love it!



to make the arrows:

use the template to trace on the paper.
[i drew the tail and point of the
arrows on my own. there are templates
online ready to download.]


so easy! all that's next is gluing
the two pieces to the paper straw!


i chose to hang them!
so cute! i'm ready for the party!