How To Make A Vintage Halloween Banner

Materials List 

• Purple, Black and Orange Construction Paper
• Pages from an old book (I used pages from a discarded murder mystery book)
• Rubber stamp letters and black ink
• Orange glitter pipe cleaners
• Black cording
• E6000 glue
• Decoupage glue

Step one 

1. Cut 14 triangles out of black construction paper
   (I made mine 5x7x7)
2. Using a pair of decorative scissors cut 14 purple triangles making them 1/2" smaller on all sides
3. Cut 14 triangles from the old book pages making them 1/2" smaller than the purple triangles
4. Next using the orange construction paper cut 14 squares that are 1 1/2"
5. Stamp the orange squares as shown spelling out
   H A P P Y H A L L O W E E N

Step two 

1. Layer and glue all pieces of paper as shown using the decoupage glue

Step three 

1. When dry use a brown or tan chalk on the book page layer to give it an aged look

Step four 

1. Coat the fronts and backs with the decoupage glue

Step five 

1. Cut and bend the glitter pipe cleaners to fit around the edges of the book page layer
2. Apply the E6000 glue around the edges of the book pages and attach the pipe cleaners (you may have to put something like a book or or piece of glass to hold the pipe cleaners down while they dry)

Step six 

1. Lay out your banner pieces faced down and evenly spaced apart. You will be putting together 2 seperate banners.
   HAPPY and HALLOWEEN
2. Measure your cording to fit your layout adding extra on the ends
3. Position your cord across the back top
4. Cut rectangles from the black paper and glue across the cording to hold in place