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Oversize Mother’s Day Awards DIY

Doesn’t your mom deserve a GIANT award (or two, or three, or four) for being the best mom ever? These supersized ribbons really send the message – and they’re so easy to make using paper fans! I made these with golds and pinks but they can be easily customized with your mom’s favorite colors.

Oversize Mother's Day Awards DIY | Oh Happy Day!

Oversize Mother's Day Awards DIY | Oh Happy Day!

Oversize Mother's Day Awards DIY | Oh Happy Day!

Materials needed: paper fans (shown here are 8”, 12” and 16” fans), card stock or colored copy paper, Mother’s Day Awards template, scissors, hot glue gun.

Step 1: Print out medallions from the Mother’s Day Awards template. There are two sizes – the smaller circles work with the 8″ and 12″ fans, and the larger circles works with the 12″ and 16″ fans.
Step 2: Cut out the medallions, according to what size fan you have.
Step 3: Open the fans. If you are using the 8” handmade party fans, cut the bamboo handle off. Secure the fan with a paper clip.
Step 4: Using hot glue, attach a medallion to the center of the fan
Step 5: Cut out two rectangles out of card stock. For the 8” fans, cut 2 ½” x 9” rectangles. For the 12” fans, cut 3” x 10” rectangles. For the 16” fans, cut 4 ½” x 18” rectangles. Notch one end of each rectangle.
Step 6: Using hot glue, gently attach the notched rectangles to the lower edge of the backside of the fans, making sure they are lined up perpendicularly beneath the text of the medallions.

Oversize Mother's Day Awards DIY | Oh Happy Day!

Oversize Mother's Day Awards DIY | Oh Happy Day!

Oversize Mother's Day Awards DIY | Oh Happy Day!

Photography by Tim Gibson

  1. Arianna

    April 26, 2016

    Super cute, love it thanks for the inspiration! http://www.themoderndaygirlfriend.com

  2. Kari

    April 26, 2016

    What a fun, playful craft!
    Kari
    http://www.sweetteasweetie.com

  3. amanda

    April 26, 2016

    any way you can make some templates for father’s day? best dad awards? 🙂

      • chiara
      • April 27, 2016

      HI Amanda – I can send you some! Email me at (chiarabelle at hotmail dot com) if you want!

  4. Michelle

    April 27, 2016

    This is an awesome idea!
    https://www.makeandmess.com/

  5. Cintia

    April 27, 2016

  6. kit

    April 27, 2016

    There only seems to be one template (“Best Mom Ever”), is this right? Perhaps it’s my computer??

  7. chiara

    April 27, 2016

    Hi Kit – So sorry about that! Problem solved – they are all there now! Thanks!

  8. Allison

    May 6, 2016

    Maybe my printer is being random and weird but I have printed these twice and some of the letters don’t print. They show up when I go to print but they come out missing letters. So strange! Just wanted to let ya know. Thanks so much for all the creative things you do and share!

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