One decor trend that popped up a few years ago is bunting (also known as pennants) and this trend is still going strong today. I definitely get why. Bunting is such a simple but elegant way to add a splash to your regular decor, or amp up a party atmosphere. Plus you can make it with just about everything: paper, fabric, wood, and as I am showing you today, duct tape!

With the craft challenge theme this month being duct tape I figured I had two options. I could make a duct tape purse that would take forever to work out the details and drive myself crazy in the process. OR I could make something simple and useful in my day to day life. And that is why I decided on bunting.

Now I made two different buntings with two themes and designs so you could see the versatility (plus I needed more decor). The instructions however are essentially the same.

DIY Duct Tape Bunting

Start with the basics

• Collect materials: scissors, ruler/measuring tape, duct tape, twine
• Make a template for your design by
• Cutting off a piece of duct tape 14-18 cm long
• Folding the duct tape in half along the short side (width show be 5cm and length around 7cm) *Be careful to not get the duct tape stuck to itself when it isn’t properly lined up, it is hard to get off!
• Adding any extra design elements (like white/black tape in pokeball design)
• Cutting the bottom to your liking (triangle, chevron, or domed finish for instance)

Once you are happy with your design, it’s time to make some bunting

• Cut a piece of twine about 2m long (technically you only need 190cm to fit 12 pieces on)
• Measure 10cm from one end, then place your first bunting following your template
• Keep 10cm between each bunting piece and continue to add them until you are left with 10cm of twine
• Affix to a wall, bannister, window frame, etc.

And that is it!

As I said, I made two versions for myself so far. The first is a simple burlap bunting made with a burlap designed duct tape so all I needed to do was cut the shape I wanted which in this case was a chevron finish. And voila! There are lots of other themed or designed duct tapes out there so the options are limitless. I have good luck with the Duck Brand and you can get 10% their online store via this link.

My second design is a bit more complicated but super fun. I am having a Pokemon party at my house in a couple weeks and I figured why not make some decor for that while I am making bunting! So I chose a Pokeball design using red duct tape, white duct tape, and black duct tape. Note, you could swap out the black and white tapes for a similar type like colour coding tape or electrical tape. I made the base of the design using the method above with the red duct tape. Then wrapped black duct tape in the centre followed by white duct tape on the lower half like a pokeball. Using a craft knife I cut out circles from the white tape to use as the centre dot on the pokeball. And done, nice and simple.

Check out the other craft challenge bloggers to see what they came up with for the Duct Tape Challenge by clicking the image below!