The thing that Bailey was the most excited about regarding her birthday party wasn't the presents. It wasn't the cake either. It was the decorations. She must have asked me every single day for 2 months straight if there would be balloons and streamers at the party. The balloons didn't exactly work out (a 45 minute wait for 6 balloons at the party store...um, no thanks), but the streamers were so awesome that she didn't care about the lack of balloons. She was thrilled with the ruffly rainbows!
When I saw this tutorial on MADE way back in May, I knew that I wanted to try making these ruffled streamers for our birthday party.
These ruffled streamers were so easy to make! I decided to layer three colors (red, yellow, and blue). All you do it set the tension on your sewing machine to the highest setting (9 on my machine) and sew in a straight line. It was a little tricky in the beginning to manage three strips at once, but I got into the groove pretty quickly and managed to create a long enough ruffled streamer to decorate my entire kitchen in about 15 minutes. Piece of cake!
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| (these lasted about 2 minutes before he ripped them off) |
My crepe paper was really thin, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that the red, yellow, and blue streamers created a rainbow effect when layered together. Bonus!
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| (the ruffled streamers in action, over in the top left corner) |
The rainbow streamers were so nifty that I really wanted to keep them after the party was over, but my husband mistakenly threw them away in a fit of helpfulness. But hey, for $3 I can make some new ones for the next party...and I didn't have to clean up the kitchen after the party, so I'm not complaining! :)
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Those streamers are so cute. Your last paragraph made me laugh. My husband is sometimes helpful like that too. :)
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