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How to Make an Artful Bunting

by The Artful Parent Editorial Team
July 16, 2024
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Make your own artful bunting from your artwork for a festive decoration. Perfect for celebrating birthdays and holidays!

One consequence of being an artful parent is that you might end up with piles of kids’ artwork! Transforming that artwork into a bunting is a creative and eco-friendly way to display their colorful masterpieces.

By cutting their art into triangles (or other fun shapes!) and stringing them together, you can make a festive decoration for any space. This simple craft helps repurpose artwork that might otherwise sit in a pile, giving it a fresh new life.

Check out this video on how to make an artful bunting, and then keep scrolling for step-by-step instructions!

How to Make an Artful Bunting

MATERIALS

  • Kids’ artwork*
  • Scissors
  • Hole punch (optional)
  • Tape (optional)
  • String

*Use artwork that you are okay with cutting up into smaller pieces. Some ideas include process art pieces like splatter painting, finger painting, marbling, or printmaking.

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Cut your artwork

    Cut the art into triangles. You can cut them freehand and make the triangles all different sizes. Or, if you want them to all be the same, then trace one triangle onto the art as a template.

    artwork cut into triangles

  2. Make your bunting

    You can either punch holes in the top two corners of each triangle and thread the string through each hole to create a bunting, or you can tape the string to the back of each triangle.

    making an artful bunting

    Add as many triangles to your bunting as you’d like.

    taping triangles to string

  3. Hang up your bunting!

    Hang you bunting up as a festive decoration!

    artful bunting hung up

This project lets you reuse your kids’ artwork and display it in a new, creative way! And the best part is you can make a new one for each season or holiday.

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