Welcome back! On today’s episode of how can I make a big mess with tissue paper, we are making tassel banners!
I know.. I know… they sell these things everywhere and they are super cheap, why make them yourself? Well, you don’t have to. They sell these banners at the dollar store with easy to follow instructions. But if you’re like me, you have the materials and you want to make it extra special, and that’s what I did.
What you’ll need:
-Multicolored tissue paper
-scissors
-tape
-cardstock
-twine
-hole punch (or you can use the trick I taught you during the word banner DIY)
Steps:
To make these tassel banners different, I decided to add some of my bride’s bachelorette iconography onto each banner. I organized them as so:
-pink tissue paper with copper cardstock wine glasses
-white tissue paper with gold glitter cardstock rings
-gold tissue paper with white glitter cardstock cowboy boots
In Cricut design space, I picked out my 3 images (wine glass, ring, cowboy boot) and resized them to be close to the length of the tassels (5.5″ tall). Here you can add those circles and attach them to the images so it cuts out the holes that twine will go through. If not, you will need to use a hole punch after they are cut.
I set each color to match their cardstock and then I went to cut. Set the project number to 6 or 7, depending on how long you want your banner to be, and go.
The order for the banner will be icon, tassel, icon, tassel, icon, tassel, icon, tassel, icon, tassel, icon, tassel, icon.
While the images are cutting, I began work on my tissue tassels. I unfolded the tissue paper long ways (it will still be folded in half hot dog style) and cut it into sections based on the folds already in the paper.
Then, on each section I cut, I cut 6 additional strips that stopped about 1.5″ from the top fold.
I repeated this on all the tissue paper till I had 6 sections with 6 strips of each color tissue paper.
To make the tassel, you unfold each section and twist the middle real tight and then fold the section back on itself. Then separate out the strips a paper so the tassel is fluffier.
Now you have your icons and your tassels, it’s time to assemble.
Cut your twine to be the length of your desired banner (mine ended up being about 6.5 ft).
While assembling, I first strung up the icons by themselves and space them out how I would like it. Then I went back and added the tassels.
To add the tassels, you fold the tissue sections over the twine so the twisted part is resting on the twine. Then you take a long piece of tape and wrap it around the tassel just under the twine to hold it on the string. Repeat this for each tassel section and then each separate banner.
And done!
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