Chalkboard Bunting from Cut Out + Keep

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Cut Out + Keep's founder, Cat Morley, and her super techy fiancé, Tom Waddington, are nice enough to share their Chalkboard Bunting tutorial today with us. I love how reusable this is. Take it away, Cat.
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Chalkboard Bunting

Rewritable bunting for every occasion!

I've been obsessed with chalkboard paint recently and when trying to come up 

with a fun decoration for our bookcase, the idea of chalkboard bunting came to 

mind! It's perfect because I can change the message from Happy Birthday to 

Merry Christmas, depending on the season or our mood.

Supplies

• Thin Wood
• Chalkboard Paint
• Paintbrush
• String
• Hole Punch
• Chalk

Step 1

Start by cutting triangles out of thin wood. We used some scrap 

shipping wood that came as packaging with a piece of furniture.Y

ou can buy wood triangles in craft shops, if you struggle to find a 

piece that works well. You'll need about 12 triangles to be able to 

write a nice long message.

Step 2

Paint your triangles with a coat of chalkboard paint and leave to 

dry.

Step 3

Paint with a second coat of paint and leave to dry again.

Step 4

Punch a hole at either side of the top of the triangle. My wood was thin enough to 

use a hole punch.

Step 5

Loop some string through the hole.

Step 6

Secure at the back with a knot and then string through the second hole, securing 

with another knot.

Step 7

Leave a small length of string between each triangle and continue threading 

them all on to the string.

Step 8

Now the fun part. Write on your bunting with chalk. I used a ruler to give mine a 

neat outline, but you can decorate yours however you like! 

And you’re done!

Hang up and admire your handy work!

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Great idea huh? I love that the triangles are really durable so you could use them again and again without rebuying or remaking anything... and they will always look great. I will be making a set very soon, hope you will too! Thanks again to Cat from Cut Out + Keep for sending this over! She's super nice... go poke around!