To catch a rabbit skin.
To wrap his baby bunting in.
Do you remember that nursery rhyme/lullaby? I sang it many times to each of my boys when they were babies. For the baby shower my friend hosted last weekend I created a bunting (or banner) for the fireplace. The mom-to-be loved it so much that she took it home for the baby's room.
Here's the simple instructions for creating your own.
The pennants are from eighteen25's Christmas banner free printable. I printed them on white cardstock and cut out. If the colors in the free printable don't work with your shower another option would be to use scrapbook paper or wrapping paper using the free printable as a template. Unless these items are a heavier weight I would suggest mounting them on plain cardstock to avoid curling of the edges. 
The letters are from the school supply section at WalMart and are similar to post its with a repositionable glue on one end. I brushed the back of each letter with ModPodge to adhere them to the pennants.
The butterflies are attached with a double stick foam square adhesive. I've had packages of these for some time and believe they came from the Dollar Tree. This gave the butterfly a little three dimensional look.
The butterflies themselves were wooden pieces attached to the letters that can be seen sitting on top of the mantel. I simply scanned, printed on cardstock and cut out. These were used in several of the displays for the shower.
I laid out the pennants so I could gauge how long the ribbon needed to be. I started out wanting to use a solid ribbon since the pennants were patterned but wasn't happy with the look when it was all laid out. The ribbon I thought would be too busy was all I had left and I think it is what made the bunting!
I simply ran a bead of hot glue on the top of the printed side of the pennant and placed the ribbon on top, allowing the glue to cool before moving on to the next. For spacing I just used my finger. I left enough ribbon at each of the ends to make a small bow.
That's all there was to it and didn't it turn out so cute!?!
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