a little celebration – paper bunting tutorial

I love bunting. It makes it feel like a little celebration is happening wherever it is.

It is so simple to make these banners with paper so I thought I would add a little celebration to my craft room. I’m in the middle of finishing an update to my entire craft room, which I’ll share as soon as I’m done organizing it. In the meantime, here is a simple bunting tutorial to try.

Pick your selection of coordinating papers and make yourself a template with cardstock. Since I was just making a small bunting banner I only used two types of paper.

I cut out my template and then folded the edge back to make an area for the ribbon to be folded under.

When you cut off the little extra tips, you are left with a template that has the edges ready for folding over. 

Trace the template onto your paper and cut with a ruler and craft knife. I like to cut with the backside of the paper facing up to keep the front side clean.

These photos makes me realize I should probably get a new cutting mat if I’ll be using it for photos. Oops.

Score the backside of each banner along the line where you will fold it back. Only lightly score it with the craft knife and the ruler — you don’t want to cut through the whole sheet. I used cardstock so this step was important. If you use regular weight paper you can skip this step and just fold the paper over.

I used a bone folder to make a nice clean crease on each of the pieces. From the front all you see is a clean straight triangle.

Cut your ribbon to the length required and use a little bit of craft glue to adhere your ribbon to the triangle. Fold it over and press it down tight.

Space each triangle out evenly and repeat the process and you have your banner.

And here is the finished bunting banner adding a festive feel to my bulletin board in the craft room.

Here are two sneak peaks into the organization and decoration overhaul that I’m doing in the craft room. Promise I’ll post more as soon as I am done.

I’m loving the new craft space and I can’t wait to show it all to you. I’m flying into San Francisco today for a conference all week but I have posts lined up and ready to go. The craft room will have to wait until I am back since it will needs some work. Have a great week!

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