Happy Friday!
This is the very last weekend to prepare for the 4th of July, are you ready? I have a super easy, fast, and practically FREE craft you can whip up in just a few minutes..
A Paint Chip Flag Banner!
How cute would this banner look at your 4th of July party? The best part is how inexpensive this banner is! You can snag paint chips for FREE (legally!) from your local home improvement store!
To make it you’ll need:
6 Dark red paint chips
6 Navy blue paint chips
Jute twine
Glue stick
Star stickers
How to make a Paint Chip Flag Banner:
Step 1: Fold the red paint chip in half, so that the darkest red shade shows at the bottom.
Step 2: Cut the top corner of the navy blue paint chip, a little over an inch.
Step 3: Using the glue stick, adhere the navy piece to the red piece, at the top left corner.
Step 4: Cut the twine to the length of where you plan on hanging it {in my case it’s on my mantel}.
Step 5: Since the paint chips are folded, I simply placed them over the twine. They are staying in place beautifully!
You can choose to add a little hot glue on the twine to keep it in place if your banner is in a high traffic area.
Step 6: Add your stars! I chose to add one per ‘flag’, but you can add several small stars, or decorate them anyway you like!
This paint chip banner is pretty versatile–think about using different colors for birthday parties and more! Most of us have these materials in our craft supplies already, and the paint chips are free {did I mention that already}? Can’t get better than that!
Have you ever made anything with paint chips?
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Julie says
We love to use paint chips for crafts, great idea! We would love for you to share at our new Super Summer Saturday party here: http://www.thechirpingmoms.com/2013/06/super-summer-saturday.html
Thanks!
Julie
Barbara @ Chase the Star says
Thanks Julie!
Crystal says
Genius!! I love this banner!! Super cute!! Love, love, love it!!
Barbara @ Chase the Star says
Thanks girl!
Tara says
This is so cute Barbara! And you’re right, you could do it with any color! Great job, my friend!
Barbara @ Chase the Star says
Thanks friend!
Dinah says
This is so cool!! I love it… you KNOW I love recycled crafts!
Pop Art Minis - Joni says
Adorable! What a star spangled idea! Tweeeting too! :)