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February 9, 2024BY eidadmin

10 DIY Ramadan Home Decoration Ideas

D ecorating your home in style for Ramadan – but doing it yourself

Here are 10 DIY Ramadan Home Decoration Ideas for this year. It’s so much fun because DIYs are growing every year! Each year creators are getting more and more creative so that we create our own Ramadan decorations at home.

Make sure to follow us on Instagram for more Ramadan & Eid content.

Let’s take a look at some of our current favorites!

Ramadan Books

Decorate your own Ramadan themed books
by Faiza Baig Designs

Cane DIY Lantern

A modern and chic DIY lantern
by HanaDIYman

Sign: Ramadan Starts at Home

A simple traced sign onto wood
by My Little Alim

Lunar Phase Doormat

A simple handmade doormat featured the moon phases
by Nimi Style

A Ramadan Light Up Sign

A light up Ramadan sign
by Dr. Baji

Islamic Mosaic Wall

Make a wall decoration with paper
by Yenge Crafts

Gold Ramadan Kareem Wall Display

Dreamy Ramadan display
by Her Candid Canvas

DIY Washi Tape Lanterns

Create washi tape lanterns on your wall
by Girl Refurbished

DIY Wall Paper Lanterns

A Ramadan wall display with paper
by Marhaba Mama

DIY Metal Crescent Moon

Metal crescent moon with lights
by Modern.Cave

We hope you enjoyed these Modern Ramadan & Eid Decorations. Let us know some of your favorites below and make sure to Pin the article to Pinterest. And, as always, make sure to follow us on Instagram for more Ramadan & Eid inspiration.

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January 24, 2024BY eidadmin

Cricut Ramadan Doormat DIY

Create your own, customizable, fun & cheeky Ramadan doormat on your Cricut.

This Cricut Ramadan Doormat DIY is playful. Fun, cute, silly, but also difficult. I’m going to be real honest here, it’s not a quick and easy craft. It’s a craft that takes time and a load of patience – particularly if you’ve never dealt with a doormat and it’s unkind texture. Because your vinyl won’t stick very well, but is it worth it in the end? We think so. A YouTube tutorial for this Ramadan Cricut craft is on its way over on our YouTube channel. Subscribe & follow to get notifications. We hope to bring you more Ramadan Cricut projects & ideas in the future!

Scroll to the bottom to skip to the step-by-step instructions.

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Supplies

Let’s run through the supplies really quick. Because this craft does need a fair amount of more unusual pieces due to it’s size. Products are linked, or visit our Amazon storefront

Cricut – we used the Explorer 2
Large 12×24 Cricut Cutting Mat
Large Removable Vinyl
- We heard permanent vinyl is better for this project, but we used removable
Large transfer tape
Weeding tools
Scissors
Doormat
- Amazon
- IKEA
Paint possibilities – pick one:
- Flex Seal paint
- Rust Oleum paint
- Outdoor Acrylic Paint – we did this
Foam paintbrush
Thin paintbrush
Painter’s tape

Create the message for the doormat

Measure your mat
1. The IKEA one was 35 wide 23 ½ inches tall
Determine what size you’d like your message. Ours was around 12 tall x 17 ½ wide
Design your message, or use ours – get it here
Select all of the words by highlighting them
Group them together
Leave them highlighted and weld the message together

Make it into a stencil

Go to shapes and add a rectangle.
Make the rectangle the same size as the letters
Move the message group above the rectangle
Highlight the message & the rectangle
Slice everything together

Leave just the stencil

Now remove the top 2 layers of the design.
Delete the just font layers until you’re left with the box with the font stencil
Now it’s time to print

Place the vinyl on the cutting mat

Now it’s time to cut the vinyl to size
We cut a 12×18 size for the vinyl
Lay the vinyl on your printing mat, make sure to get all the air bubbles out.
And make sure you have lots of space behind your Cricut for your mat to go through

Cut the message

On your Cricut machine select vinyl
Select ‘make it’
Hit continue
Load your mat & hit the loading button on your machine
Once loaded, hit cut on your machine
Once it’s done cutting, unload the mat

Weed out the message

Take the vinyl off the mat
Wed your stencil by removing the letters and the far outside area to leave the rectangle in place

Place the transfer tape on top

Trim your transfer tape to size
Take your transfer tape and place it over the top of your stencil, smoothing out any bubbles

Remove the vinyl

Before you peel, measure the stencil and mark where you’d like to place it on your doormat. So you’re ready to go.
Peel the transfer tape and stencil away from the stencil backing
This takes a lot of patience, go slow

Place the message on the doormat

Lay down your heat pad or towel, doubled over, on your table. Place your blanket on top. Next, figure out spacing of the lanterns. We did 2 1/2 inches in between, but I would bump that up to 3 or 3 1/2 inches space. Heat the iron to 315 degrees while doing this.

Tape the message down

Place the stencil on the doormat lightly. Before you push it down, measure once more to make sure it’s centered
Scrape the stencil down onto the doormat
As you start to peel the contact paper off, start to tape down your design. Use loads of tape and be careful – your stencil will still move.
Continue to peel the transfer tape off and add the rest of your tape

Paint

Take your acrylic or outdoor paint and using a foam brush, paint over the stencil. Make sure you do it around medium pressure. Don’t worry about every crevice, you can fill that in after the stencil is off. You really want to make sure at least the outline is there
Remove the stencil once you’re done or wait around 10 minutes. As always, be careful as the paint is wet
Weed out the smaller sections

After the stencil

Not great. Let’s fill it in.

Fill in

Take your thin paintbrush and go in to finish filling out the message and smoothing out the design. Much better!

On display

Let it sit for 24 hours before doing anything

Supplies

Products are linked, or visit our full Amazon store.

Cricut – we used the Explorer 2
Large 12×24 Cricut Cutting Mat
Large Removable Vinyl
- We heard permanent vinyl is better for this project, but we used removable
Large transfer tape
Weeding tools
Scissors
Doormat
- Amazon
- IKEA
Paint possibilities – pick one:
- Flex Seal paint
- Rust Oleum paint
- Outdoor Acrylic Paint – we did this
Foam paintbrush
Thin paintbrush
Painter’s tape

Cricut Instructions – Design

Measure your mat
1. The IKEA one was 35 wide 23 ½ inches tall
Determine what size you’d like your message. Ours was around 12 tall x 17 ½ wide
Design your message, or use ours – get it here
Select all of the words by highlighting them
Group them together
Leave them highlighted and weld the message together
Go to shapes and add a rectangle.
Make the rectangle the same size as the letters
Move the message group above the rectangle
Highlight the message & the rectangle
Slice everything together
Now remove the top 2 layers of the design.
Delete the just font layers until you’re left with the box with the font stencil
Now it’s time to print

Cut the Vinyl

Now it’s time to cut the vinyl to size
We cut a 12×18 size for the vinyl
Lay the vinyl on your printing mat, make sure to get all the air bubbles out.
And make sure you have lots of space behind your Cricut for your mat to go through

Cricut Instructions – Print

On your Cricut machine select vinyl
Select ‘make it’
Hit continue
Load your mat & hit the loading button on your machine
Once loaded, hit cut on your machine
Once it’s done cutting, unload the mat
Take the vinyl off the mat
Wed your stencil by removing the letters and the far outside area to leave the rectangle in place
Trim your transfer tape to size
Take your transfer tape and place it over the top of your stencil, smoothing out any bubbles

Painting Time

Before you peel, measure the stencil and mark where you’d like to place it on your doormat. So you’re ready to go.
Peel the transfer tape and stencil away from the stencil backing
This takes a lot of patience, go slow
Place the stencil on the doormat lightly. Before you push it down, measure once more to make sure it’s centered
Scrape the stencil down onto the doormat
As you start to peel the contact paper off, start to tape down your design. Use loads of tape and be careful – your stencil will still move.
Continue to peel the transfer tape off and add the rest of your tape
Take your acrylic or outdoor paint and using a foam brush, paint over the stencil. Make sure you do it around medium pressure. Don’t worry about every crevice, you can fill that in after the stencil is off. You really want to make sure at least the outline is there
Remove the stencil once you’re done or wait around 10 minutes. As always, be careful as the paint is wet
Weed out the smaller sections
Take your thin paintbrush and go in to finish filling out the message and smoothing out the design
Let it sit for 24 hours before doing anything

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Showcase it! When you print up the Cricut Ramadan Doormat Craft, make sure to tag us in your photos. We look forward to seeing how you’ve displayed it!

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January 17, 2024BY eidadmin

Ramadan Tea Towels DIY – Cookie Cutters & Hand Stamped

These handmade Ramadan tea towels make the best decor, hostess gift or Eid gift.

Ramadan Tea Towels DIY – Cookie Cutters & Hand Stamped. It’s so much fun to make your own Ramadan craft. Especially one that’s so versatile, just think of all the ways you can use them. As a Ramadan hostess gift, Eid gifts to your family, as well, of course, in your own kitchen.

And you have different ways to achieve your looks. Use potatoes to create a block stamp look all over the towel. Or grab your Ramadan cookie cutters and make a cute pattern along the bottom of your Ramadan flour sack towels. Whatever you do, we want to see so make sure to tag us on IG!

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How to Create Ramadan Tea Towels with Cookie Cutters

Let’s talk supplies first. You can always skip to the bottom for all the supplies & instructions. Products are linked, or visit our Amazon storefront.

White tea towels 2 pk/tea towels 12 pk

Iron

Potatoes – russet

Cardboard

Ramadan themed cookie cutters

Knife

Acrylic paint

Fabric painting medium/textile medium

Paper plate/paint palette

Foam paint brush

Paint brush
Paper

Place your towel over cardboard or another surface. Iron out the area you’ll be stamping on.

Once you’ve determined the pattern and colors. You’ll need to mix all of your colors with a few drops of fabric medium. This helps to soften the paint so it’s not so hard on your towel.

Dip your cookie cutters in the paint and do a test onto your white paper. If it looks good, go ahead and dip it back into the paint and place your first stamp onto the towel.

Repeat the process with your pattern until the towel is complete. We opted for a camel and star pattern along the bottom of the towel.

How to Create a Ramadan Tea Towels using Potato Stamps

Iron your towel in the place you’ll be stamping. And determine your pattern and colors used.

Once that is done you’re going to:

Cut your potato in half
Insert the cookie cutter into the potato half way, take out
Trim off any access pieces so you have a crisp figure from your cookie cutter

And mix the paint with a few drops of the painting medium. Now dip your potato stamps into the paint and stamp it onto the white paper as a test. If that’s good, stamp it back into the paint and stamp onto the towel in the desired location.

Continue with your pattern until you’re finished.

If you notice you have gaps in the paint. You can go in with your paint brush and fill in the gaps.

Enjoy your Ramadan tea towels! They make fantastic Eid or iftar host gifts as well!

Supplies

Products are linked, or visit our Amazon storefront.

White tea towels 2 pk/tea towels 12 pk
Iron
Potatoes – russet
Cardboard
Ramadan themed cookie cutters
Knife
Acrylic paint
Fabric painting medium/textile medium
Paper plate/paint palette
Foam paint brush
Paint brush
Paper

Instructions for Cookie Cutters Tea Towel

Wash your towels
Iron your towels out, or just the portion you’ll be painting
Place cardboard or another surface behind the towel as it might leak through
Determine what pattern you’ll be doing with the cookie cutters
Mix together your paint & fabric medium paint – just a few drops
Dip your cookie cutter into the paint
Stamp it onto the white paper as a test
Now stamp it back into the paint
Stamp it onto the towel in the desired location
Continue this with other colors/cookie cutters until your pattern is complete
Lay flat to dry for 24 hours

Instructions for Potato Stamps Tea Towel

Wash your towels
Iron your towels out, or just the portion you’ll be painting
Place cardboard or another surface behind the towel as it might leak through
Determine what pattern you’ll be doing with the potato stamps
Cut your potato in half
Insert the cookie cutter into the potato half way, take out
Trim off any access pieces so you have a crisp figure from your cookie cutter
Mix together your paint & fabric medium paint – just a few drops

Dip your potato stamps into the paint
Stamp it onto the white paper as a test
Now stamp it back into the paint
Stamp it onto the towel in the desired location
Continue this with other color

Showcase it! When you print up the Ramadan Tea Towels DIY – Cookie Cutters & Hand Stamped, make sure to tag us in your photos. We look forward to seeing how you’ve displayed it!

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January 17, 2024BY eidadmin

Printable Ramadan Mubarak DIY Banner

Such a fun printable for the kids – and it looks great in their rooms for Ramadan! Printable Ramadan Mubarak DIY Banner – a perfect activity for the kids. You can color it in, create a tassel and hang for insta-decor! Or opt to hang the black & white version. Whatever you’re feeling we’re pretty sure you’re going to love this Ramadan printable.

This super cute printable was created by Reham at Dukkan Afandi. Shop her products and check her out on IG Dukkan_Afandi.

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Print it in Black & White

No coloring in necessary and it still looks fantastic.

Color it in

We grabbed a kid for our example, she loved coloring in our our Ramadan decor and even cut it out herself!

Now it’s the adults turn to color it in with crayon…

Let’s get into how to make the tassels and hang it up.

How to Make the Tassel & Hang

Take a single hole puncher and make three holes. You’ll punch out the top corner dots – that’s where you’ll hang it. And then, if you’re making a tassel, cut the last hole in the bottom center point.

Grab your favorite color yarn and keep one end pointing down like so…

Then start wrapping it around your palm. 20 wraps make a nice and thick tassel.

Once you’ve gone around 20 times, keep the yarn around your palm. You’re going to thread the string at the top of the loop and tie. Make sure to leave more string than we did as that string will be tied to the banner!

Then cut the bottom portion of make the tassel. Finally, give it a trim and you’re all good.

Tie the tassel onto the bottom hole of the banner.

Now grab another piece of yarn and thread it through one hole, double tying in a knot on the back. Thread it through the other end and tie into a knot.

Now display and have a Happy Ramadan!

How to Make the Tassel & Hang

Supplies

Products are linked or visit our Amazon storefront.

Single hole punch

Yarn

String

Scissors

A quick note…we’ll have a DIY video over on our Eid Collective Instagram to make your life easier.

Instructions

Take a single hole puncher and make three holes. Punch out the top corner dots – that’s where you’ll hang it.
If you’re making a tassel, cut the last hole in the bottom center point.
Grab your favorite color yarn and keep one end pointing down.
Start wrapping it around your palm. 20 wraps make a nice and thick tassel.
Keep the yarn around your palm. Thread the string at the top of the loop and tie. Make sure to leave more string than we did as that string will be tied to the banner!
Cut the bottom portion to make the tassel.
Give the tassel a trim to make it even.
Tie the tassel onto the bottom hole of the banner.
Grab another piece of yarn and thread it through the top hole of the banner to hang. Double tie the knot on the back.
Thread it through the other end and tie into a knot.
Now display and have a Happy Ramadan!

Printables are for members only and intellectual property of Eid Collective. You may not use Eid Collective printables to sell items or alter them in any way. Please do not send or distribute printables to others, once you gain access to the printables, it is for you, and you alone to print and enjoy.

Showcase it! When you print up the Printable Ramadan Mubarak DIY Banner, make sure to tag us in your photos. We look forward to seeing how you’ve displayed it!

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December 11, 2023BY eidadmin

Ramadan Cricut Blanket DIY

Decorate your couch this Ramadan with our Ramadan Cricut blanket

You’ve got to make this Ramadan Cricut blanket DIY. Because it’s fun and gives a little hint of Ramadan on your couches & chairs. Plus, you can snuggle up on these cool Ramadan nights. We love a good functional craft. And if you’re into Ramadan Cricut project & ideas, check out our Ramadan doormat DIY.

Plus, we’ve included the lantern png file below! Just image the other Ramadan & Eid project you can do on your Cricut or Silhouette. WATCH the how-to on our YouTube Channel!

Make sure to check out our other Cricut projects in our DIY tab,

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Supplies

Products are linked, or visit our full Amazon Cricut supply list

Cricut Explorer or higher
Blanket – we got a fleece in dark grey
Heat transfer vinyl glitter (HTV) or regular
Strong grip mat
Scissors
Weeding tools
Iron or Cricut Heat Press
Heat pad or towel

How to make the Ramadan Cricut Blanket DIY

The first thing you need to do is open Cricut on your computer. Then download our lantern file, at the bottom of the article. Once you do, upload the png file to Cricut. We choose moderately complex. No background remover needed so just select apply & continue. Next select cut image and hit upload.

Configure the Image

Once it’s uploaded, select the image and hit add to canvas. Now that you’ve got one lantern, you’re going to want to make it approximately 3 inches wide by 6 inches tall. Now duplicate that image five times, for a total of six lanterns.

For the advanced Cricuters out there, you could even place a box on top of the large part of the lantern and make a cut out there or add another color and layer the vinyl.

The lanterns will be printed on a strong grip mat, and we’re using glitter heat transfer vinyl (HTV) so we need to keep it within the roll we have, which means it can’t go over 12 inches wide, and 12 inches tall.

Print

Time to send to the printer. Click ‘make it’ and make sure that all of your lanterns appear on your mat. If not, you’ll need to adjust their sizes ever so smaller for it to fit.

When you’re dealing with HTV you always want to hit the mirror button, so turn that on. Now because these lanterns aren’t words, they’ll cut the same regardless of mirroring, I still do it to get into the habit.

Before you print make sure your dial is on the correct setting! Switch your knob to custom, then select glitter iron-on. Glitter is a little thicker and we want a nice clean cut. Pressure setting, default. If you’re not doing glitter you can select the regular iron-on knob on your Cricut.

Grab your strong grip mat and cut the iron-on to the size you’ve made it. Glitter vinyl is so thick that typically a regular stick grip mat won’t hold your HTV well enough in place. If you’ve got an area where there are no lanterns, go ahead and trim that glitter out. No need to waste glitter HTV.

Make sure to place the HTV shiny side up! We did a total of 7 lanterns, because honestly, we messed up the first cut and we’ll explain how in the next step. But print as many as you want!

Let the Cricut cut it our your lanterns. Never mind the change of mats in the photo, let us tell you what happened. We didn’t understand the depth of the cut on our lanterns. We did a first run but the lanterns weren’t completely cut out, like traditional vinyl, and so we kept going until we realized this.

HTV is vinyl & transfer tape in one. Which means it only needs to cut the vinyl but doesn’t need to cut the transfer tape on the mat side. That means your lanterns will look cut out on one side, but not on the other. This is what you want!

Check out the mat side of the HTV, not a cut to be seen. And that’s what you want with HTV.

Now it’s time to individually, with scissors, cut each lantern out. Be careful when doing it – you definitely don’t want to cut through a lantern! And don’t cut the lanterns out exactly, leave space all around the lantern so you can get a grip on the transfer tape and pull off after ironing them on.

Before ironing on your first lantern, you’ll need to heat the area where your first lantern will go. Don’t skip this step, it’s important, and helps the vinyl create a smoother finish. Press down for around 7-10 seconds.

Once the blanket is warm, place your first lantern down and place the iron on it, with pressure, for 30 seconds at 315 degrees.

Keep repeating with each lantern. Heat the blanket, then iron on the lantern. Once you’re done with the entire front part. Flip the blanket and iron every lantern once more for 30 seconds at 315 degrees with pressure.

Flip the blanket over and start peeling the transfer tape off each lantern, and you’re all done!

Now display your Ramadan lantern Cricut DIY and marvel at your craftiness. This would make a fantastic homemade Ramadan or Eid gift too.

Supplies

Products are linked, or visit our full Amazon Cricut supply list

- Cricut Explorer or higher
- Blanket – we got a fleece in dark grey
- Heat transfer vinyl glitter (HTV) or regular
- Strong grip mat
- Scissors
- Weeding tools
- Iron or Cricut Heat Press
- Heat pad or towel

Instructions

WATCH the full tutorial for our YouTube channel!

Open Cricut on your computer.
Download our lantern file.
Upload the png file to Cricut. We choose moderately complex. No background remover needed so just select apply & continue.
Select cut image and hit upload.
Once it’s uploaded, select the image and hit add to canvas.
Make the lantern approximately 3 inches wide by 6 inches tall.
Duplicate that image five times, for a total of six lanterns.
For the advanced Cricuters out there, you could even place a box on top of the large part of the lantern and make a cut out there or add another color and layer the vinyl.
The lanterns will be printed on a strong grip mat, and we’re using glitter heat transfer vinyl (HTV) so we need to keep it within the roll we have, which means it can’t go over 12 inches wide, and 12 inches tall.
Send to the printer. Click ‘make it’ and make sure that all of your lanterns appear on your mat. If not, you’ll need to adjust their sizes every so smaller for it to fit.
When you’re dealing with HTV you always want to hit the mirror button, so turn that on. Now because these lanterns aren’t words and they’ll cut the same, regardless of mirroring, I still do it to get into the habit.
Before you print make sure your dial is on the correct setting! Switch your knob to custom, then select glitter iron-on. Glitter is a little thicker and we want a nice clean cut. Pressure setting, default. If you’re not doing glitter you can select the regular iron-on knob on your Cricut.
Grab your strong grip mat and cut the iron-on to the size you’ve made it. Glitter vinyl is so thick that typically a regular stick grip mat won’t hold your HTV well enough in place. If you’ve got an area where there are no lanterns, go ahead and trim that glitter out.
Place the HTV shiny side up! We printed a total of 7 lanterns, but six would look great.
Let the Cricut cut it. Side note: HTV is vinyl & transfer tape in one. Which means it only needs to cut the vinyl but doesn’t need to cut the transfer tape on the mat side. That means your lanterns will look cut out on one side, but not on the other. This is what you want!
Cut each lantern out with your scissors. Be careful – don’t cut through a lantern! And don’t cut the lanterns out exactly, leave space all around the lantern so you can get a grip on the transfer tape and pull off.
Lay down your heat pad or towel, doubled over, on your table. Place your blanket on top.
Heat the iron to 315 degrees.
Figure out the spacing of the lanterns. We did 2 1/2 inches in between, but I would bump that up to 3 or 3 1/2 inches space.
Before ironing on your first lantern, you’ll need to heat the area where your first lantern will go. Don’t skip this step, it’s important for and helps the vinyl create a smoother finish. Press down for around 7-10 seconds.
Once the blanket is warm, place your first lantern down and place the iron on it, which pressure, for 30 seconds at 315 degrees.
Keep repeating with each lantern. Once you’re done with the entire front part. Flip the blanket and iron every lantern once more for 30 seconds at 315 degrees with pressure.
Flip the blanket over and start peeling the transfer tape off each lantern
All done!

Showcase it! When you print up the Ramadan Cricut Blanket DIY, make sure to tag us in your photos. We look forward to seeing how you’ve displayed it!

And make sure to follow us on Instagram for more Ramadan & Eid inspiration and sign up for the newsletter for discounts and printable releases.