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Materials:

  • Crepe paper (two or three colors, any thickness in a roll or folded pack)
  • Decorative Paper
  • Ribbon
  • Glue gun and glue sticks
  • Scissors (regular, pinking shears, or any decorative scissor)
  • Stapler

Directions:

1. Begin by cutting a 2″ wide by 20″ long strip from your roll or
folded pack of crepe paper.

2. Begin folding small, angled pleats. Keep the completed pleats pinched
between your left hand thumb and index finger as you work.  Keep your
pleats even.   

3.  Keep folding your angled pleats and a circle shape will naturally form.    

4.  When you have a complete circle, stop folding and trim any remaining paper.

5.  Keep holding your medallion between your index finger and thumb. Take your stapler and carefully staple the center of the medallion. Turn the medallion 45 degrees, and staple again to create a “x” in the center. This should secure all the pleats. If, by chance, it doesn’t, it’s fine to add another staple or two.

6.Cut another crepe paper strip  approximately 1.5 inches high and 15 inches long.

Repeat steps 2 through 5 to create a second, slightly smaller medallion. You can use the same color paper as you did for the first medallion, or you can chose a coordinating color.

7.  When you have completed the second piece, put a dab of hot glue in the center of your larger medallion and place the smaller medallion on top of it.

8.  Print your message on a sheet of card stock (e.g., Happy Birthday Tessa!, Welcome Baby Boy, or World’s Greatest Mom) and cut out a circle with the name centered on it. You can use a large circle punch or trace around the message and cut out by hand. Glue the circle in the middle of the smaller medallion.

9.  Cut two 4 – 5“ lengths of ribbon. Snip a little triangle  from one end of each ribbon.

10. Glue the ribbons to the center of the back side of the larger medallion (finished ends dangling down). Cut a circle out of your decorative paper, (smaller than the diameter of your largest medallion) and glue to the back.

11. Glue a pin backing to the back so your loved one can wear the medallion.

Extra Tips:

To make a more ruffly medallion, cut an extra long strip and begin making your pleats.  When your circle is complete, go around it again and make a second row of pleats and then staple the center.

Add decorative patterned papers between your medallion layers to add a little more color.