Party Banners
By Mia Rotell and Lauren Rotell
“Your party looks great — the decorations are so cute! How much was all this?”
“Thank you, it was $300!”
If you host regularly, that fake conversation may hit a little too close to home. Hosting events is fun, but buying cute, overpriced decorations is not. Instead, make a customized sentimental DIY banner out of completely recycled materials for your next event — like a baby shower, birthday, or even a graduation!
What you need:
– A mug that an empty toilet paper roll fits inside
– Hot water
– Toilet paper rolls
– A bath towel
– Jute rope (or ribbon)
– Accessories for the flags
– Hot glue gun
– Two to three glue sticks
How to make it:
Step 1: Pour hot water into a mug. Water heated in a kettle works best because it stays hot longer.
Step 2: Place one empty toilet paper roll in the mug full of hot water. When the adhesive comes unstuck, take it out of the mug and lay it flat on a towel.
Step 3: Repeat Step 2 until all the rolls, now thin cardboard diamonds, lie flat on the towel.
Step 4: Allow them to dry completely for about four hours — it may take longer. They do not need to be flipped.
Step 5: When they are completely dry, fold them in half so the tips of the diamonds touch.
Step 6: Repeat Step 5 for all the flags.
Step 7: Time to decorate! You can paint, glue on patterned paper or lace, use paint or chalk markers, add glitter — anything you want is on the table!
Step 8: Once the flags look how you want them, place them side by side next to the ribbon or jute rope.
Step 9: Fold the flags over the ribbon so they hang from the wide part of the flag, with the point facing down.
Step 10: Plug in your hot glue gun and glue where the jute rope/ ribbon touches the long crease of the flag — press.
Step 11: Put a dot of hot glue on the tip of the flag underneath the side that is decorated — press to keep both sides together
Step 12: Hang the banner — and it’s done!
Tip: “Happy Father’s Day” has 14 letters, so customize it specifically for Dad! You can also speed up the drying process with a hair dryer.
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