If you enjoy making bunting as much as we do, it's time to get stuck in. These ideas are thrifty, easy to put together and they make great decorations! Here at Plenty, we've created three accessible step-by-step guides for you to follow, so you can learn how to make the best homemade bunting around. The great part is that you'll be able to use different Plenty products to either create your bunting or cover your surfaces to avoid any messy spillages.
Please note that these bunting ideas involve the use of scissors, so we recommend adult supervision for the cutting steps.
Tropical bunting instructions
Refresh your outdoor or indoor spaces with this fun and eye-catching DIY bunting, sure to get you in the party mood. Here’s how to make bunting that’ll bring some leafy life to your space.
What you'll need
- Cardboard Roll
- Leaf templates
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Paint
- Paint brush
- Glue
- Gold glitter
- String
- Paper sheet
Takes about 3 hours
What you’ll need
- Scrap cardboard
- Leaf templates
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Paint
- Paint brush
- Sheet of paper
- Glue
- Gold glitter
- String
- First, open the cardboard roll into flat pieces. Use the templates to draw and cut out different leaf shapes from the cardboard.
- Next, paint the cardboard leaves in different colours and leave them to dry.
- Place a paper sheet over a painted leaf, leaving a small section visible. Apply a thin layer of glue on this section, and then remove the paper.
- Sprinkle some gold glitter over the sticky section of the leaf, and then leave to dry. Repeat with the other leaves.
- Finally, glue each stem to a length of string and allow to dry. Your homemade bunting is now ready to wow your neighbours.
Tie-dye bunting instructions
For a fresh burst of colour inside or out, our tie-dye design will make you marvel at how easy it is to turn Plenty kitchen paper into DIY bunting. If you thought that making bunting was hard, we’ll have you rethinking your approach to it in these few short steps.
TIP
We'll be using strong and absorbent Plenty kitchen paper to make the bunting itself, but make sure you also keep some extra handy for the clean-up too. Moisten a piece for wiping up glitter mess, and cover your kitchen table with Plenty before you start for colouring, so that any pen which comes through ends up on the kitchen paper instead of the surfaces!
What you'll need
- Plenty The Stylish One
- Washable marker pens
- Square try or oven dish
- Spray bottle
- Water
- Newspaper
- Ruler
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Glue
- String
Tip
We’ll be using strong and absorbent Plenty kitchen paper for making the bunting itself, but make sure you keep some extra handy for the clean-up too. Moisten a piece for wiping up glitter mess, and line your tables with it for the colouring so that pen ends up on the kitchen paper instead of the surfaces!
Takes about 4 hours
What you’ll need
- Plenty kitchen paper
- Washable marker pens
- Square tray or oven dish
- Spray bottle
- Water
- Newspaper
- Ruler
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Glue
- String
- First, take a sheet of kitchen paper and pinch it in the middle with your fingers. With your other hand, pull and scrunch the paper and then start colouring from the pointed end with washable marker pens. Make sure that, while making your bunting, you choose a kitchen paper that’s really absorbent and strong when wet, such as Plenty. You’ll see why in the next step!
- When you have finished colouring, open the sheet of kitchen roll flat and place inside the square tray. Spray water over the kitchen paper and watch the colours blend. Remove your sheet of paper from the tray and lay on some newspaper or spare sheets of kitchen paper to dry. Repeat the process with more sheets of paper.
- Next, cut the dried sheets down to rectangular pieces measuring 26cm x 18cm. Then measure and draw three triangular flag shapes on each piece measuring 13cm wide x 18cm high.
- Now, cut out the flag shapes with scissors, and snip the corners off the top edges of each.
- Finally, fold the top edges of each flag over and make a neat crease. Glue each to a length of string about 3cm apart.
Who knew that homemade bunting could be this eye-catching? We hope you found our ideas on how to make paper bunting useful and quick to make!
If you enjoyed reading this article, you might want to check out more DIY decorations using Plenty kitchen towels.
Now all that's left is for you to get together with friends and family and string up your bunting crafts.
