![]() I used mine to decorate my hanging baskets of ferns for the 4th of July.ĭoesn’t the pop of color from the faux sparklers look fun and festive? Now for the good part! It’s time to decorate your home with your cellophane faux sparklers. If there’s a piece of fringe that is looking to wide, you can also cut it in half. ![]() When you’re done adding the cellophane, you may need to “fluff” or manipulate the cellophane to get it looking full, especially at the very top of your faux sparkler. You can either be done now or add a second strip of cellophane to your faux sparkler.Īll of the faux sparkers or mega frill picks you see in this tutorial have two strips of cellophane. Make sure some of the tape is touching the skewer and not just the cellophane because you want the cellophane to stay in place. When you are finished wrapping the cellophane strip around the wood skewer and adjusting it into the position you want, secure the remaining end to the skewer with tape. In fact, you’ll probably want to slide the wrapped part down a little on the skewer when you’re done to get the spacing you want for the sparkler effect. Wrap it as tight as you can, but don’t worry about it overlapping perfectly. This part is a little annoying because the fringe has a mind of its own and wants to get in the way. Wrap the cellophane strip around the skewer. Most clear tape is around 3/4-inch wide, which is why you want the uncut strip of your cellophane to be approximately the same width. Secure one end of your cellophane strip to the wood skewer with a piece of clear tape. You won’t be able to tell when the cellophane is wrapped around the skewer.ĭIY Cellophane Faux Sparklers Step 3: Wrap cellophane around the skewer. Unless you have a perfectionist streak deeper than the Grand Canyon, don’t worry about the fringe being cut perfectly equal. This is what will be wrapped around and secured to the skewer.Īs you can see from the above picture, I folded my cellophane strip into fourths in order to make this part of the process more efficient. Leave a solid band approximately 3/4-inch wide. I used two of these strips per faux sparkler or mega frill pick.ĭIY Cellophane Faux Sparklers Step 2: Cut fringe on each strip.Ĭut fringe on each strip of cellophane using your scissors.ĭon’t cut all the way through the cellophane strip. It worked out great, but this craft is perfectly adaptable to other sizes of cellophane strips. I used 14-inch long strips because I had 14×14 sheets of cellophane on hand. ![]() I cut my cellophane into 3.5 x 14-inch strips.Ĭopying my dimensions is really not critical to the success of this project. New Year’s Eve, I’m thinking about you!Īll you need to make these cellophane faux sparklers or mega frill picks are wood skewers, cellophane in your desired colors, scissors, and tape.ĭIY Cellophane Faux Sparklers Step 1: Cut cellophane into strips. I wasn’t fancy enough to know that term until I Googled it, so I’m calling these faux sparklers.Įither way, they are easy to make and so stinkin’ awesome to decorate with for the 4th of July or any holiday, really. What are frill picks? Those fancy toothpicks restaurants stick in your sandwich. These could also be called mega frill picks. Time to get festive, folks! Let’s DIY cellophane faux sparklers.
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