Paper Pennant Party Banner

Who knew certain personalities would enjoy the thrill of cutting over 100 paper triangles, gluing them together, punching them, & stringing them with ribbon?

For this simple party project you will need:

• 12×12 scrapbook paper (you can fit 6 triangles per sheet)
• cardboard
• ruler
• scissors
• hole punch
• ribbon
• any embellishments for your banner
• a video monitor so you can watch your babies sleep during naptime

[I have NO idea what that greenish blue wad is on the floor... paper? one of A's baby's diapers? a rag?]

These are pictures of the last pennant banner I made, that would say “Happy Birthday” and hang above the punch.

I had the color scheme all worked out for Anna’s birthday. In fact, her color scheme was inspired by Basic Grey’s Lemonade collection. It is an older paper line, so harder to find. Thankfully, Cranberry Cat, an online store, carried all the papers I wanted–for a very discounted price ($.56 each!). I purchased Frosted Berry, SunKissed, Pink Fizz, Sunshine, and my favorite, my main source of inspiration, Strawberry Patch.

With your cardboard, measure a triangle that is 5″ by 6.5″ by 6.5″. Cut it out–this is your template. Begin tracing on your 12×12 sheet of scrapbook paper.

Here are my triangles all drawn. I even numbered them. You could definitely do this without a cardboard template, too. It was just easier for me to have something to trace.

Cut them out & add your embellishments. Mine, as always, were super simple: in Photoshop Elements, I made circles that spelled out Happy Birthday. Font: Pupcat. Punch holes in the corner, and now you are ready to string your ribbon through!

You can make these as fancy as you like. Just google in the image search “paper pennant banner” & you will find some very fancy ones! My style is just simple + easy! : ) I spent enough time cutting & gluing & punching & stringing to want to do anything else.

And there you have it! An easy, festive decoration. : )

My paper triangles in all their glory.

I loved these so much I left them up for two weeks after A’s party. : )