July is getting closer.... and guess what that means?!?! My two FAVORITE holidays, my birthday, and the Fourth of JULY! Which means BBQ, corn, yard games, friends and basically all things summer. I wanted a little something extra on our front porch this year, so I came up with this wooden pennant banner. You still have three weeks to get your own up!
I started with scrap 1/4 inch plywood I had, but you can buy craft wood at a craft supply store or buy part of a sheet at your local hardware store. You could even use chipboard or scrap matte board, honestly whatever you have laying around. Be creative and get rid of some of that junk!
I wanted my pennants to be 9 inches tall and 7.5 inches wide. I decided that by strictly scientific methods. Or not. Honestly, I just thought they looked best that way.
So I ripped my plywood into 9 inch strips, and the drew out my pennants. Easy, peasy.
Then I put my miter saw at 22.5 degrees and started cutting.
Then I turned them the other direction and cut the other side. I cut a whole stack in about 2 minutes. Awesome.
Then I drilled holes in each corner so it would be easy to hang them once they were painted.
I primed them all white, then taped off half of them horizontally with 1" painters tape and stuck some star stickers I had laying around randomly over the other half.
I painted the ones with stripes red and the ones with stars navy blue, waited patiently for them to dry and done! Seriously not an hour worth of work. (I used twine I had around to hang them with, but ribbon or string would work too.) I also sealed them quickly with a spray spar varnish to protect them from the moisture here and since they would be up for an entire month.
Hope you're all having a great start to summer!
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