patriotic paper medallions

patriotic paper medallions

Decorating my home with items I have made myself gives me great pleasure.

A lot of my centerpieces and art that hang on my walls are made by me.

That said, I also do not like to pay a lot to decorate my home.

Who does, right?!

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I came across a set of vintage patriotic paper medallions at a local antique store and fell in LOVE!

They were pretty tattered and fragile and I knew they would not last if I displayed them at home.

I knew that I could make these so, I “Googled” them to find out how.

Please ignore all the crazy electrical cords attached to my ring lights on the table!🤪

Materials You Will Need:

Decorative Scrapbook Paper

Paper Cutter or Scissors

Ruler

Pencil

Mod Podge

Hot Glue Gun

Hot Glue Sticks

Wooden Dowels  (optional)

1 and 3 inch Circle Cutters (optional)

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Using your ruler and paper cutter or scissors, measure and cut three strips of equal width (2 1/2 inches for the smaller one and 3 inches for the larger one)

Ensure all three strips are equal in length—approximately 12 inches long.

Next, you are going to fold each strip into a fan (like we used to do when we were kids)😊

Glue the 3 “fans” together using Mod Podge, ensuring your folds line up. Enclose the strips in a circle (see the last picture).

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Here is my patriotic paper cut into equal length and width strips
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Here are my 3 strips folded into a fan-shape
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Glue the 3 strips together keeping the folds aligned
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This is what it should look like when all 3 strips are glued together.

Press the circle flat and squish the center together.

Apply enough hot glue to hold the paper into the medallion shape.

Hold until glue is firm.

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Push the circle flat to form the medallion shape
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Hot glue the center to hold the medallion shape

You can use a 1-inch and 2-inch circle cutter to cut circles out of coordinating paper.

Since I do not have circle cutters in that size, I looked around my home for something similar (a 3″ battery-operated candle and a 1″ spool of thread).

Draw a circle around each object on your paper and cut it out.

Glue the two circles together using Mod Podge (I also hot-glued a few buttons to mine) and then hot-glue the circles to your medallion.

Glue your two circles together
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This is what your medallion will look like when the glue is set.

You can attach a wooden dowel to your medallion using hot glue like I did.

These are so cute when grouped with different-sized medallions.

I also added these sweet cardboard paper towel tube rockets to my grouping.

I love them!

Here is my patriotic centerpiece all ready for the holiday
Here is my patriotic centerpiece all ready for the holiday

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial on making these patriotic paper medallions as much as I did.

I would love to hear from you.

If you decide to make a few, shoot me a picture in the comments below.

Hi, I’m Danielle!

I am the designer, writer and diy’er behind this blog. I enjoy decorating my home for practically nothing by doing most of the work myself, finding new and imaginative ways to make it beautiful and by watching for killer sales. I find humor almost anywhere and can laugh at myself through it all. I have learned that most projects don’t go exactly as intended, but can be more beautiful than the original plan.

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