Burlap

How to Make a Burlap Cross from a Burlap Bag

 

This was a project I did with my granddaughter.

 

 

To make our Burlap Bag Crosses we used the following materials.

 

1. Burlap Bags

2.  Scissors

3. Paint

4. E6000 Glue or Hot Glue

5.  Cardboard

6. Plastic grocery bags

7.  Wire to hang

8. Ribbons to decorate

9. Iron to smooth burlap to paint

 

 

 

I found burlap bags at Tractor Supply for $1.97 each.

I cut each bag to make a cross. I left the seam in the top middle and on both sides of the cross and basically cut two squares at the top corners and two rectangles at the bottom corners where the bag opens.

 

 

 I ironed the cross to make it easier to paint and inserted a piece of cardboard to keep the paint from seeping through to the back side. We painted words like Faith, Hope, Love, Grace, or an initial in the center and painted dots or circles. My granddaughter also used cookie cutters to trace around to make Christmas shapes. We used exterior paint since the crosses may have to hang outside on the front door.  

 

 

 

 

After the paint dried we removed the cardboard and used E600 glue  or hot glue to glue the sides of the cross leaving the bottom open to stuff.

 

 

We used plastic grocery bags to stuff our crosses. Once they were stuffed, we glued the bottoms closed. 

 

 

We added a wire hook to hang it and glued ribbons to the top front corner. And it is a burlap cross door hanger!