Crafternoon: Party Banner

Welcome to our new Monday blog post, 'Monday make-and-do'. We spend a lot of time making little bits and pieces when we can't source exactly what we want in the shops (or when we have spare materials to use up) so we thought we'd share some simple projects. Simple is important for a party decoration, because you usually want to cover a large are, which means that anything too complex quickly becomes time consuming and expensive. Plus you're super bothered when it gets destroyed, which is inevitable. 

So, the first of our make-and-do projects is a pink and gold party banner. The banner has similar proportions to a Mexican papel picado, in that it's made up of oblong shapes regularly spaced along a ribbon. For this we used gold film envelopes we had left over but you could just as easily use any paper, folded in half. 

* Materials

- Gold film envelopes (or any paper you like: we recommend bright, punchy colours)

- Gift wrapping ribbon

- Wide masking tape

- Double sided tape

- Scissors

* STEP 1

Because we used envelopes, we needed to trim three sides of the envelope. If using paper, you just need to fold it in half.

* STEP 2

Then (using a piece of wide masking tape as a marker) cut the envelope into fringing. 

* STEP 3

Open out the envelope/paper.

* STEP 4

Apply a strip of double sided tape, peel away the backing, and press a piece of cheap wrapping ribbon (available on reels from party shops) along the length.

* STEP 5

Re-close the envelope on top to secure. 

* STEP 6

Repeat, leaving an even distance between each block of fringing and you'll end up with a banner that adds interest to any room.