How to make bunting for any occasion.
Summary/Overview
What is bunting?
If you’re not bringing out the bunting, are you really celebrating? Sure, bunting may only be little plastic or cloth flags on string, but this simple decoration can instantly elevate any celebration.
Get creative and assemble some bunting flags in your company colours or join in with seasonal celebrations by hanging snow bunting. In this article, you’ll learn all about the different types of bunting you can use for different occasions and how to make them your own.
When would you use bunting?
Remember the golden rule: there’s always an occasion for bunting. Here are a few ideas to get you inspired:
- Join the Halloween festivities with some suitably spooky bunting.
- Celebrate a baby shower by hanging some fabric bunting at the event.
- Show your pride by putting up bunting flags for your favourite sporting events.
Bunting is even great for business celebrations. Whether you’re marking company milestones or hosting a rebrand party, bunting can be the perfect finishing touch to any gathering.
Don’t own a brick-and-mortar store? Don’t worry, you can jazz up your online space with online bunting templates to make it clear there’s something worth celebrating.
How to use bunting templates for your celebration.
You can use bunting to make your posters pop, add detail to your decorations, and make invites even more inviting. Liven up your presence online and offline with our top tips on to use bunting.
Create your own bunting decoration.
Want to add your own personal touch? Spruce up your space by creating your very own bunting. To get arts-and-craftsy, all you need is:
- String
- Textiles
- Tools such as scissors, stapler, and a ruler.
There are a few ways to secure bunting. It can be sown onto the string, glued, or stapled. You can even create bunting that ties together. You can also purchase a bunting kit to help you create your own bunting without all the legwork.
Celebrate with bunting on cards.
Sometimes hanging bunting isn’t enough – and you shouldn’t settle when it comes to celebrations. You can easily add personalised bunting designs to your cards for any occasion, too. That doesn’t necessarily mean dangling bunting flags from a birthday card (but it could).
Here are some ways you can add bunting designs to your cards:
- Draw bunting onto a blank card or on the inside using pencils and markers.
- Glue micro-bunting to the card to give it some texture.
- Use Adobe Express online card creator to make personalised designs.
Get hands on and add bunting in whatever way suits you.
Use bunting on invites.
Bunting flags can look great on invites for a host of special events, from product launches to birthday parties and baby showers. It’s a great way to immediately show what the event is about: celebration.
Highlight your special event with physical textiles on the card or decorate a digital invite with bunting using our online invitation creator. Need some design inspiration?
- Use foil to add some textured bunting to your design.
- Go minimal and draw on a mono-colour design to suit your invite’s vibe.
- Let the bunting flow onto other pages between corners.
Add bunting to posters.
Much like invites and birthday cards, you can also add bunting to your posters. It’s an ideal design element that can be added physically or digitally. You could incorporate bunting after the initial poster is done or design your poster to be the bunting flag and string them up. You could make the poster into a triangular shape and hang it with copies and block colour bunting in a row.
Want a traditional poster too? Double up and give potential attendees even more places to find out about your event. Stuck for creativity? Use our online poster creator to get started.
Include some bunting in your banner.
Just because you don’t own a space to decorate, that doesn’t mean you need to go without bunting. You can take what we’ve learnt about decorating posters, invites, and cards and apply that to your online spaces. Bunting in your online banner designs for websites and social media channels can be an attention-grabbing and recognisable way to celebrate special occasions or mark upcoming festivities.
By using tools like Adobe’s social media banner creator and website banner creator, you can create personalised, eye-catching designs suited to your online space.
How to hang bunting.
Hanging bunting may seem tricky but it’s easier than you think. That said, there is a knack to getting it just right. There are a few looks you can go for based on how you hang it:
- High and taut – This means removing all slack from the rope.
- Loose and flowing – Keeping slack on the rope to let it drape between fixtures.
You can use this concept on drawn and digital designs to give your bunting a natural flow.
To hang your bunting, you can:
- Tape it to the wall.
- Tie it to secure fixtures.
- Use thumbtacks to secure it.
- Secure it with cable ties.
- Fasten it between windows.