Do you decorate your mantle for the holidays? I don’t normally decorate my mantle except for at Halloween and Christmas, but I am loving all of the red, white and blue decorations I’ve seen lately and was inspired to decorate a patriotic mantle for the 4th of July. With just a few simple supplies you can transform your mantle into a patriotic and festive display.
I started by creating a few banners for my patriotic mantle. I used the patriotic washi tape, red baker's twine and red and white striped ribbon to make a few different banners.
It's easy to make the patriotic washi tape banner and you only need 3 supplies, patriotic washi tape, and scissors.
Step 1: Cut a length of twine for your banner. Take a roll of washi tape and place it under the twine.
Step 2: Fold the washi tape over the twine and stick it together. Fill the length of your twine up with strips of washi tape.
Step 3: Take your scissors and cut a triangle in the bottom of each strip of washi tape.
Step 4: Hang your banners. I have a huge mantle with lots of space so I needed something big to make my patriotic decorations pop. I hung a big wooden pallet backdrop, that my husband made for a Peanut Butter and Jelly party, in the center of the mantle and then I hung the patriotic banners on the pallet.
Step 5: Now that you have a pretty and patriotic new DIY washi tape banner it's time to decorate the rest of the mantle. Group a collection of patriotic paper fans together for an instant pop of color.
Step 6: I am obsessed with creating chalkboard art and made a bunch of DIY patriotic chalkboards to display.
Step 7: I gathered up a few books, an old antique pitcher and small American flags to add to the decor. I love this free patriotic printable and printed it out and put it inside a red picture frame. I put red and white polka dot fabric in the other picture frame for another pop of patriotic color. 
Step 8: It was super simple and fun decorating my mantle for the 4th of July and I think this patriotic mantle display is a beautiful way celebrate our country. Are you ready to take your boring old mantle and make it extraordinary? Well get to it, and make sure you share pictures with us and tag Giggles Galore on social media!
