DIY Super size bunting and PARTY banner

 

 

Little Miss Moo's party decorations.......

If you have ever hired a local hall for your child's birthday party, you'll know what I am talking about.......

....How do you decorate a space that big???

Of course you can get some decorations from a party shop....

.....but I must admit: I kind of find them a bit tacky, and would regret spending my money on them.....

...So I've decided to make my own!

Inspired by the print technique I used on Little Miss Moo's party bags on Wednesday ...I wanted to make some super sized bunting and a timeless message , with a personal touch .

....something we can get out for every birthday for years to come....

Keeping the decorations in theme with the party bags I made, I decided to use the same printing technique on some pastel craft paper to make some super size bunting to decorate the hall where we are having Little Miss Moo's Party next Sunday...

So for this Saturday DIY tutorial, I will show you what I did...

SUPER SIZE BUNTING

 

 diy TUTORIAL....

we'll start with

.....The print:

 

I used the same method and pattern as I did when I made Little Miss Moo's PARTY BAGS

And I also used the same paint colours, as I saved the mix in a jam jar....

 I got a pack of pastel A3 craft paper for £5 from Hobby craft...

I already had the paint rollers and tray...

....and of course the lace cut paper.

Little miss Moo loves to help out, and this is  a fool proof project...perfect for the kids to get involved with...

 Amazed at the results...

Let dry. 

Using pastel coloured paper gives some lovely variations with this simple technique.... 

 

 Cut your A3 printed paper into squares....

 

 Using a triangular template...mark the corners of the triangle on the back of your paper...like in the picture above....

 Fold the square like this to make a triangle...

 ......I also chose some additional and complimentary patterned craft paper, that I got from Dunelm Mills, that I also folded into triangular shapes...

 

All in all I folded 48 squares of paper for this project....

........ When  I had folded all my paper squares...

  

 .......I laid them out and played around with the successions of the colours and prints....

 

Now all you've got to do is attach you paper triangles  to some string to finish your bunting....

...You will need:

double sided tape, string and scissors....

Put a strip of double-sided tape inside the folded paper triangles, as shown in the pictures below...

   

Then peel off the back of your double sided tape and stick down the sides of the paper triangle....

                 

Now you are ready to add the string...

Place it in the fold at the top, then fold over and stick in place....

 The tape will not only stick your triangle shape in place, but also hold the string in place, so your bunting doesn't slide around on the string....

MAKING THE....

 ...Banner

simply write out YOUR WORD (it doesn't have to be PARTY....)

 on the back of your craft paper.... 

 

 Write it out mirrored, so that the word comes out right when you turn the paper over...

 

 Cut out your letters

....PARTY!!!

...........You could make the letters double sided by duplicating the letters on the back, but I just added a strip of paper at the top on the back of the letters, glued it on using the double sided tape...

 

...then added the string in a similar fashion as with the bunting above... 

 Spell the word out backwards when attaching to the string....starting with the last letter of the word ....

 

From 53 bits of square paper I got 4 chains of supersize bunting.... 

and It cost me less than £10....

....I am going to make a nice box to keep them in, so they can be easily stored way, and keep for a long time...

 

Both me and Little miss Moo love the super sized paper bunting we've made for her party....

 

For the purposes of showing you all the end result, I decorated our garden for these photos, but I think the bunting and PARTY banner will look great in the local community hall for Little Miss Moo's party.... 

....I will try to get some pictures of the decorated hall next Sunday.....

Thanks for looking,
..... please let me know what you think ....I love hearing from you all...

xxx
June