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Activity #526: Decorate a room with paper and string

I’m gonna file this under preschooler, because Julian and I had a good time making this adorable paper flag banner for his room, but I’ll also tag it with prenatal, because I made a similar flag banner for Scarlett’s room before she was born. I made the one for Scarlett out of fabric, though.

The picture here is of the results you get if you use the kit sold by the Paper Source. The ingredients for the kit are so basic, you can really just do it on your own. Then end result is a colorful string of flags that can be tacked up on a wall for a quick, festive decoration.

What you need:

1) enough scrapbooking paper, wrapping paper, or magazine pages from which to cut 15 flags.

2) enough string to accommodate 15 hanging flags.

3) a glue stick

Cut this shape out of your selected paper.

cutflag.jpgBend over the top portion so that the sides line up with the sides of the bottom triangle. And please excuse my Photoshopping.

bendflag.jpg

Apply glue to the touching parts of the paper.

Place the flap over your string and press together so that your flag is glued in place.

Repeat.

by Whitney in Crafty, Free/Cheap, Indoors, Prenatal, Preschooler | Email this activity to a friend
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5 Responses to “Decorate a room with paper and string”

  1. you da mom Says:
    February 26th, 2008 at 5:20 pm

    you guys are so cute! you know what else…add those mexican bingo cards and you’ll have some genuine mexican banners that are so cool for b-days and other partays!

  2. Robin Says:
    February 27th, 2008 at 8:45 am

    Wow, such a cute, simple way to brighten up a room.
    You could do so many cool things with this.
    Great craft for older kiddos too.

    I just ran across your site and will definitely keep coming back!

  3. cafenowhere Says:
    February 29th, 2008 at 9:39 am

    Simple, but splashy! And I love “you da mom’s” suggestion of Mexican bingo cards. Thanks!

  4. Damselfly Says:
    March 1st, 2008 at 10:31 am

    Genius! I love this idea and will share it with my friends.

  5. Wendolonia » Blog Archive » Flag Garland for a Boy’s Room Says:
    March 24th, 2008 at 10:06 pm

    […] flags. You can probably figure out how to do this on your own, but if you can’t quite get it, Rookie Moms has a basic tutorial here. Once I had all the flags cut, I folded the flap over, applied glue and then glued the sheets over […]

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