Jessica my daughter made this backdrop and Birthday Banner for my Birthday. I thought it turned out wonderfully. They were simple to make and if you have a circuit cutter for the letters it will be quick to make. Jessica traced and cut out all the letters by hand on the Happy Birthday Banner, very kind of her!

Supplies for Material Backdrop:

*1/4 -1/3 yard of 6 Different Colors of Fabrics cut in strips of 1, 2 and 2 1/2 inches wide and cut the length of the fabric
*Jute or some type of rope to tie each fabric strip about 2 yards
*2 dowels or sticks to tie Jute or other source to attach the Backdrop

This backdrop ended up being about 50 inches long from the first knot to the last knot.

The fabric is heavy so you will need a stable base for each side, each of my containers have bird seed in them.

You can use the full length of each strip or fold each strip in Half for a fuller look. The strips of fabric in the picture are folded in half.

Tie a knot for each strip. If you want to double over look like mine see the link below.

You can check out how to tie the knots here

Paper Banner

*13 different colored Papers of your choice cut into 6 1/4″ x 7 1/2″rectangles
*Make a Pattern out of white paper (a cut rectangle of the size above) and fold rectangle in half width wise (6 1/4″)and cut from length side (7 1/2″) point up to the center 4 inches and unfold. Trace each paper with this pattern.
*Letters/Stencils of your choice cut out of Black Paper or you could cut them out with a circuit cutter
*Glue Stick to attach letters to each flag
*Jute, the length will depend on the where you are going to hang the banner/bunting
*Paper punch, punch two holes in each corner to thread Jute through

Have a good day!

Jessica and Lindy