Wishing everyone a very happy New Year!  This creative project might be short but hopefully sweet as I’m getting ready for a lovely New Year’s eve with my family.

I wanted to do something festive and jolly that would be lovely for anyone having a New Year’s eve wedding (there was one in our village today!).

This bunting is easy to make and uses up any leftover scraps of paper from Christmas – I found some brown paper (my favourite wrapping paper of choice) and some blue crepe paper.

You will need:
A long length of thread, string, wool or raffia
Scraps of paper in different colours, textures or patterns
Glue, such as Pritstick

Cut your scraps of paper into long lengths – I cut the brown paper and crepe paper into length of about 5-6 inches.  It would also be a lovely effect if you cut your strips with pinking shears.

Cut a long length of thread, I used raffia, which seemed to be a good choice as the paper glued to it well.  Take a scrap of paper and apply a dab of glue to one end, then fold this end over the raffia and press together.

Continue doing this until you have filled the entire length of thread.  I alternated the colours to create a nice effect, but you could do any combination – how about all one colour; a rainbow; or using two or three different colours?

Images: Izzy Burton Photography