Banners.

The banners were easy to make, but time consuming, hence I left off the names on the bottom as that was the original game plan. This one was made all with scrapbooking paper and ribbon (which conveniently I had left over from my wedding). I was able to make three triangles per plain white sheet of scrapbooking paper. Then, with various cutting tools I made a variety of details for the top and free-handed the letters to spell 'Happy 1st Brithday'. It was then all attached by using an exacto knife to cut slits in the sides and strung the ribbon through the top to the back then back to the front. We hung it from a tree and had the babies positioned under it for cake.

The second banner sadly was in a bad location, but looked adorable. I used a circle cutter in two different sizes to make the pieces, then again I free-handed the letters. The colour theme was chosen to fit the Paris theme of the birthday party. This one was much easier as the paper was the decoration and I did not need to add the details like the first banner required.

If I was to make a banner again, I would certainly go with the second circle one. It took one night as opposed to the first which was about 3 nights. Overall they were wonderful touches to the party and I am glad I was able to contribute, even in a small way.

So these banners were super easy and I would totally recommend making one for a special party you might have. Other ideas would to do the name of the person on bigger pieces of paper. Also, the wonderful part about a banner is that the small imperfections are almost not noticeable.