Banners are hot! You can use them for so many things, such as celebrations, holidays, events. And in a smaller scale, decorate a scrapbook layout, a card, a cake, even a bookcase. In any case, it does make it more festive when there are banners festooning an area. Even outdoors hanging under a tree or adorning a fence, you can make your living space a celebration of sorts. You can make the banner say something or you can make it with patterned paper for a festive look without words.
These banners I created are easy and simple enough to make that you could create these with your children. You will need:
5 sheets of 12x12 cardstock or 11 sheets of letter size or A4 cardstock (for banner base)
2 sheets of another colored 12x12 cardstock or 4 sheets of letter sized or A4 cardstock (for letters)
2 sheets of ridged cardboard
1 set of monograms (mine are from Basic Grey’s digital kits, available at the DigiChick)
Ribbon (lots of it!)
Decorations
Preparation:
1. Below is a template of a diamond. This is the base of the banner. Cut however many you need. I wanted the words to say HAPPY EASTER. So I would need 11 diamonds. These will be folded in half with the ribbon threaded thru.
2. You can purchase letters at a craft store. In my case, there are none so I purchased a Basic Grey digital kit as it includes monograms that are the perfect size. I printed out the ones I needed and cut them out and pasted them onto another set of cardstock. I cut these out with 1/8 of an inch border around the original letters.
3. Cut 3 inch circles out of the ridged cardboard.
Assembly:
1.Fold down each diamond in half. Place the ribbon length between the triangles and using a glue stick, adhere the two halves together. Do this all the way across. I wanted two strings, one for HAPPY and one for EASTER (so I can make other celebration words and use them interchangeably).
2. Adhere the circled ridged cardboard.
3. Adhere the letters.
4. You can now decorate with flowers or more ribbon between each banner piece.
5. You can also cut out triangles of patterned paper slightly smaller than the base and adhere those instead of the circles and letters for a different look.
There are so many ways you can personalize this. You can even make this out of fabric with a bit of stitching on a sewing machine. Just use similar principles as above. You can use your stash of odds and ends to make your banner unique. Add buttons, add flowers, add chipboard. Just remember to change the glue type as the heavier the element, the thicker the glue to use. So, for your next holiday or event, you’ll have a gorgeous piece of artwork decorating your home!
PATTERN HERE
