My grandson Nicholas is celebrating his 5th birthday in just a few days.  (but who’s counting?)

He’s having two parties this Saturday.  One for the kids and the other for family.

Such a lucky little guy.  (Born on his Daddy’s birthday.)

Since the family party is at his house, I had an idea to make a bright colorful banner to decorate

the new playhouse.

I had recently received a selection of oly*fun to work with and thought it would be perfect to use.

It was super easy to put together.

What exactly IS oly*fun? 

oly*fun is a specially engineered material that features some of the best things about fabrics AND

papers.  Easy to cut or die-cut and it will not fray.  It is great for outdoors

 Here’s what I used:

• oly*fun:  Orange Crush, Jet Black and Kiwi
• Versatile Checks 12″ x 12″ Stencil  (Deco Art)
• Black Acrylic Paint
• Stencil Brush
• Circle Die Cut
• Twine
• Beacon Fabri-Tac Permanent Adhesive, 4-Ounce
• Tiny Stapler

Directions:

1. Stencil the check pattern using the black acrylic paint on the orange oly*fun.
2. Create a banner pattern on cardstock.
3. Cut out the banner pattern and trace onto the stenciled oly*fun.
4. Trace and cut several banners out of the black and green oly*fun.
5. Cut strips and circles to decorate the banners.  Glue onto banner with Fabri Tac Glue.
6. Fold top of the banner and staple onto the piece of twine.
7. Tie the banner onto the top of the playhouse and watch the kids play.

A Special Thanks to Fairfield World for generously providing the oly*fun for this project.