Patriotic Lantern Bow Tutorial

Memorial Day

Memorial Day will be here soon and I thought for this year I would just do a very simple patriotic decoration like a lantern bow for the living room. My dad passed away almost six years ago at age 98. He was very proud to be a veteran. We received a folded flag at his funeral so I had planned to showcase it for Memorial Day.

My plan had been to place it inside a lantern, but the lantern was too small, so I just made a patriotic lantern bow to put on top and lay the flag beside the lantern.

I love patriotic decorations and will probably put something new on the front door too, but today, just a simple bow will do.

Video Tutorial

Supplies for a Lantern Bow

The exact ribbons I used may no longer be available at Trendy Tree since they came from my “stash.” But Trendy Tree has all sorts of ribbons that you could use. Be sure to browse the solids/stripes/polka dots. You might not find something like navy/white stripe in the Patriotic category.

Ribbon

Tools

Bowmaker

Wire Cutters

Ribbon Scissors

If you’re looking for a little more “over the top” patriotic decoration for a lantern bow, here’s one I did a while back as a Trendy Tree tutorial.

Patriotic Lantern Topper Tutorial

Update: This post was originally done in 2020, but you can still apply the same directions, just use similar products.
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