We have had many questions come in about how to make printable party banners.  So today I’m going to show you a few ways to make them – there is no right way… just several fun ways!

Supplies needed:

Printable Party Banner  (sample shown is from our 4th of July Pinwheels Collection) – printed and cut

Scissors or paper trimmer

Ribbon or twine

Double-sided tape or Paper Glue (Zip Dry works great for banners!)

Hole Punch

 

RIBBON TRIMMED BANNER:

1. Line your banner pennants in a row so you can see length of banner

2. Measure ribbon, and cut to length (leave excess on each side, so you can hang it)

3. Using double-sided tape, adhere the ribbon to the top edge of each pennant – Grosgrain ribbon will stick with double-sided tape, but silky ribbons will need glue

TWINE/STRING ALONG BANNER:

1. Line your banner pennants in a row so you can see length of banner

2. Measure twine/string/raffia/ribbon (anything will work) and cut to length (leave excess on each side, so you can hang it)

3. Using your hole punch, create holes in each corner of pennant – we just eyeball it!  (for thinner string, use 1/8″ hole punch, for thicker ribbons, twine use 1/4″ hole punch)

4. Weave twine through holes  (we like to weave our twine along the backside, so it is only exposed slightly at the corners)

Twine strung through pennants

Here are some more banner styles that might help you as well!

This is a rectangle banner, where we glued ribbon along top, and put a burlap backing for extra detail (click here for full instructions)

This scallop banner has ribbon taped along the top (we added tiny brads in each corner for extra stability) – good tip if using outside

For this flag banner, we glued the fancy cording along top edge of banner (Zip Dry glue used!!)

Below, is a circle banner – we weaved string along backsides, through holes in snowflakes (click here for full instructions)

You can use patterned paper, and punch out shapes (such as hearts or circles with a craft punch)

Use your hole punch on each side of shape, and string together

This method works on letters cut from patterned papers too!

Have you come up with a clever way to create banners?  If so, share with us – we would love to hear!