make-your-own pennant banner

I had a lot of people ask me where I got the cute banner that was hung on the multi-purpose rolling cart that my friend and I just repurposed.

It was a real simple pennant banner I made to add some color and whimsy to this oh-so-fun piece. These pennant banners seem to be everywhere so I thought I’d jump on that bandwagon and share the super easy steps if you want to join me.

Here’s a glimpse of one I made for my sister’s home office.

And here are a few other ways these pennant banners can be used:

I love this miniature one used as a cake topper.

Use fabric remnants and embellish a pillow.

This banner was created using washi tape and it made this invite so sweet.

Or how this larger pennant banner adds so much to this room.

Here’s an easy step-by-step on how to make your own pennant banner. Keep in mind, the individual pennants on the one I made are only 2″ high x 1″ wide, and the length of the banner is about 4 feet. You can obviously make yours any size. Adjust the dimensions as needed in my instructions.

Materials:

• Three different colored scrapbook papers
• yarn, twine or string – cut to desired size {I did 48″}
• scissors or x-acto knife
• hot glue
• ruler

Instructions:

1. Cut the paper in 4″ strips (so paper was 4″ x 12″)

2. Fold 4″ strips in half {like a hot dog bun}. So now you have 2″ x 12″ folded sheets.

3. Measure for triangles – using a ruler, measure and mark every 1″ along the folded edge. Then do the same for the open edge but start at 1/2″. This is just so that you can cut triangles easily and evenly.

4. Then, take your scissors or x-acto and cut each mark from the open end to the closed and vise versa so that you come up with a bunch of triangles {or unfolded they’re diamonds}.