How Do You Make Homecoming Mums & Garters?
Homecoming football games are a tradition in United States high schools. Alumni return to join current students in cheering their team to victory. Often a school will host a parade and other celebratory events. The homecoming mum and garter are traditionally worn by female students. Some male students choose to wear their girlfriend’s garter on their arm. Mums can represent organizations the student is involved in, or simply have the student’s name and high school represented on the streamers. Cut cardboard in a 5-inch wide circle. This is your mum base. Staple the end of a 2-inch wide ribbon in one color to the center of the cardboard. Create four loops of ribbon from the stapled ribbon, with the base of each loop in the center of the cardboard. Position in each quarter of the circle, cut and staple. Repeat looping with the second color ribbon, positioning the loops in between the previous color ribbon loops, the staple. Cut four or more 36-inch streamers from both colors. Staple unde
