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Vintage Inspired Halloween Banner Tutorial

If you’d like to make your own vintage-inspired Halloween banner, it’s pretty simple. Just gather a bunch of black and white paper, ink the edges with walnut ink to give them an “old” look, use LOTS of black and orange glitter, and raid your scrapbook stash for any Halloween-themed embellishment you have.

Celebrate Halloween in style by creating a fun and unique vintage-inspired Halloween Banner. The banner in today’s free tutorial spells out “Got Candy?” but you could easily choose any Halloween phrase that you like.

Halloween Phrase Ideas

If you’re stumped, try using one of these phrases:

  • Happy Halloween
  • Spooky
  • Shriek
  • Boo to You
  • Welcome

Halloween Banner Supplies

Most of my supplies came from Jenni Bowlin, Martha Stewart & Making Memories. The letters were cut with my Cricut, but if you don’t have one, don’t fret, you can buy pre-made chipboard letters that would be perfect.

  1. Black Cardstock
  2. Halloween Scrapbook Paper
  3. Old Book Pages
  4. UHU Glue Sticks
  5. 2 Yards Satin Ribbon
  6. Distress Ink & Applicator
  7. Hot Glue Gun
  8. Halloween stickers, embelisshments and ephemera.

How to Make A Halloween Banner

Decide what you would like your banner to say. Then you know how many triangles you need to cut. The hardest part is getting the triangles that make up the banner.

If you have a Cricut machine you could quickly cut out all of your triangles!

Step One: Create the Black Paper Base

For the Black bases, cut your cardstock to 6×9 (using white for demonstration purposes, since the black is too hard to photograph).

Next, find the center of the short side (the 6″ side) and place a mark.

Cut from the outside top corner to the center using your paper trimmer.

Repeat for the other side of the triangle.

Step Two: Cut the Inner Triangle

For the pattern paper pieces, you want a slightly smaller triangle, so cut those pieces 5 1/2″ x 8 1/4 “.  Repeat the above steps.  

For the pieces that I cut from scrapbook paper, I made 1 template then traced it on my printed paper. That way I made sure I got the section of the pattern paper that I wanted to use on each banner piece.

Step Three: Layer

Using your glue stick, glue the smaller triangle to the black triangle bases. Use a sponge and a bit of distress ink to add dimension to the triangles.

Step Four: Lettering

Cut out GOT CANDY? Use your Cricut machine. If you do not have a Cricut machine, you can use store-bought sticker letters. Use a glue stick to glue the stickers to the banner.

Step Five: Embellish

Use your Halloween stickers and other ephemera to embliss and decorate your paper triangles.

Finishing

Punch holes in the top corner of the triangles and feed the ribbon through the holes.

One last tip. I used eyelets in the corners of my banner, that way when I strung my ribbon though it would not tear the paper.

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188 Comments

  1. Melissa
    You are up late!! It’s still thursday in my house 🙂
    Super cute banner and of course I need to enter the giveaway! Hope all is well with you.

    Jenni

  2. Jaw-dropping cute! I want one too! I love your creativity–it’s inspiring. Your Halloween decor is a.w.e.s.o.m.e.

    katie

  3. Love, love, love it! Thanks for the tutorial. Although I hope I win so I don’t have to use it. 😉 Your blog is fabulous!

  4. I love the super cute banner. I love your blog. You sure give me inspiration. I love to watch to see what you come up with next. THanks for all your wonderful tutorials. I love love love your skirts.

  5. That banner is sooo cute! It would go perfectly with the look I am going for this year, I am loving the vintage/gothic looking black-and-white-with-a-splash-of-orange! (Does that description even make sense?)

  6. I wish I had your stash of Halloween embellishments. Although with how well my stuff is organized I just might! Thanks for the cute giveaway and tutorial!

  7. I just did a post on my blog makeitmyown.blogspot.com! I’m still going through all of your stuff, SOO fun. This is the first time I’ve been here, but it won’t be the last!
    Thanks again.

  8. Super cute! And I think the pictures turned out great – I would never have known you were short on natural light.

  9. I love your Halloween banner!
    I’m just now getting into decorating for every holiday- this banner would be awesome to add to my Halloween decor.

  10. I’m so glad that I found this blog. Your Halloween decorations are so well done. I’m enjoying perusing the blog’s archives. You have great content on your blog…and I LOVE your polkadot chair.

  11. I love the banner; it’s so cute! I have been stuck on banners lately. Hopefully making some this weekend. Thanks for the great giveaway. I love the vintage look!

  12. Too precious! I’m having a banner giveaway, too so go over and check it out– it ends tonight at 8:00. You can never have too many banners!

  13. Love the banner! I especially like the walnut ink on the edges. My best guess was going to be tea. Thanks for sharing!

  14. I love your blog. It is very cute… I am a Pottery Barn fan too and I love your ideas! This banner is adorable.

  15. Oh please!…that banner is AMAZING!….I have no decorations at this point!…Being 40 weeks pregnant I don’t feel very crafty lately!

  16. I love your blog! I especially enjoyed your blog about your craft room and emailed the link too a few friends! I can dream and hope to get there!
    Thank you for sharing!

  17. Your mantle looks WONDERFUL! I tried decorating mine, but…let’s just say, I don’t have a decorator’s touch. Thanks for posting instructions for making a banner:o) I’ve always been too chicken to make my own!

  18. My sister just sent me a link to your blog and I must say it is fabulous!! I LOVE Halloween in the worst way, and that banner is too cute to pass up. Thanks. ♥

  19. the halloween banner is great! my 4 yr. old grandson and I are having a family halloween dinner and i showed him the banner. he said, “we should use it on the bar for the party and we should have candy too”. i love your site and look at it all the time. you inspire me with all that you do! thanks for your efforts and for sharing them! Laura

  20. That banner is so cute! I really need to get my Halloween stuff out. I would love to win it, but if not I will definitely be making one. Thanks!

  21. Hi Melis-
    I would have bought this on ETSY!!!! Exactly what I wanted. I am not entering your contest… pass the goods onto those who don’t know you I say. I feel so lucky to call you my friend. LOVE all your talents and skills.

    ps- how do I make crepe paper swirlies for the pumpkins? Just roll them.

    pss- I’m promoting this giveaway on my blog!
    Lacey

  22. that banner is adorable and a looks like a lot of work. I can’t believe you created that with just “stuff” lying around. But then again, we’ve seen your craft room, so it might be believable 🙂 Love it! thanks for the giveaway.
    Angela

    ps- still working on your logo!

  23. What a wonderful idea! I LOVE it. Looking at your mantel makes we want to get my Halloween stuff out of the attic and decorate right now. I love your blogs, I even used your skirt tutorial to make my daughter a beautiful twirl skirt! Thanks for the inspiration!!

  24. Aw man, if I could only be SO lucky to have that banner in my hot little hands … it’s gorgeous! Even if it’s supposed to be spooky … I’m still callin’ it gorgeous!

  25. Hi, I just found your great blog and love it! The Banner is to cute, and I would love a chance to win it too!

  26. I’m new to your blog and I love it. We’ve had nasty rain here too. Love the banner. Thanks for the information on how to make one.

  27. What a beautiful banner! You are one talented lady. I also love the rest of your blog can’t wait to dig around more here and see what other great stuff you have here.

  28. WOW! This is absolutely gorgeous, and so fun!

    I wish I had half the creativity and patience you do — I have absolutely no patience when it comes to anything scrapbook related.

    And, I enjoy keeping up with your blog. Keep ’em comin!

  29. I recently discovered your blog and love how creative you are. I am definitely inspired to be more creative around our house. I usually dont decorate much for Halloween, but your banner has inspired me to. So- I made a post on my blog linking your giveaway contest. Fun! Fun!

  30. I Love this banner it will look so great in my kitchen! Also, what kind of Eyes did you use for the apotheccary jars, have some like those, but the eyes I have on them don’t look as good

  31. That is a darling banner. It would be perfect on the mantle here at our new (to us) home.

    Thank you for the tutorial as well. Looks like fun to make..

  32. Whooo Hooo, a give away. I have been out of town so I just decorated today and I hope to put your banner with it. It is just too fun. In fact I love your whole mantle.

  33. Wow, I just found your blog, and I LOVE this banner! I would love to win it. Thanks for the great giveaway. You are so talented!!!

    Heather =)

  34. I love this idea! Did my first birthday banner earlier this year, but I’m thinking I need to branch out to holidays! Cute!

  35. I happened on your blog recently and am hooked, love all your great ideas and would looooooove that banner!!!!

  36. that banner is SO cute! i dont have a mantle in this home, but I do have a special place in the kitchen where it would look wonderful! you are so inspiring. keep it up 🙂

  37. Way cute banner. Such a nice idea, maybe I can do one for a different holiday (since I won’t get one done for Halloween.)

  38. Fabulous banner!!! your mantle looked great before but that banner is the icing on the cake – it pulled the whole look together! Glad to hear that you are a fellow cricuteer. You should really consider posting this on their message boards- if you are chosen to be featured in the Chirp (the weekly newsletter) you could win a cartridge. You definitely should enter!!!

  39. I love all your stuff… you come up with the neatest ideas and have such an eye for detail. Thanks for sharing.

  40. gotta try at least!!! don’t know if I will get around to posting it on mine too–just got back in town to sick kids. a happy surprise would be fun this week 🙂

  41. Love the banner! It is so cute! I love seeing what you come up with! You have always amazed me with your creativity. Just wish you were closer so you could still help me with mine!

  42. Simply adorable! I love it and how you showed us how to make it.

    I also love the bingo card between the words.

    You did a fantastic job and I would LOVE to win me one of these beauties.

    I have the perfect mantle just waiting to hang it on.

    Fall Hugs,

    Natalie

  43. I LOVE it!! I have a mantle just like your that needs this!! I don’t have a blog, but I would love to win!! Thanks for your AWESOME blog!!

  44. I love it! I just found your blog and everything looks so cute. I am so excited to explore your blog more and get so much fun ideas and items. Thank you for sharing your talent!

  45. This banner is AMAZING!!! I absolutely love it and love that it’s not the standard “Happy Halloween” saying. Every little detail is fabulous – I’m so happy to have stumbled upon your posting on the Cricut MB. Whoever wins this will be one lucky duck!!

  46. Love your cute banner! When I “zoom” in -the details are terrific! I want to make one, but I’d rather have yours!! Please throw me in the hat!
    ~Nancy

  47. Honestly Melissa! True talent lady. I always love browsing through your stuff. It makes me happy. You are always so sweet to post directions too. I would love to win this, but am happy that if I don’t I have directions. Thanks!

  48. Love the entire blog, but would love the banner to give to my daughter who absolutely loves banners like this. She make a Thanksgiving one for me and I would love to reciprocate. Thanks for all of the great ideas!

  49. Ok – that banner is DARLING! I seriously love it! I would love to win it!!!! How fun!

    I just found your blog and LOVE IT!

    XOOX
    Jen

  50. I love that its an original saying on the banner. “Got Candy” is the cutest ever! Love it. We just moved and didn’t bring an halloween decorations with us. This would be such a treat! Love your blog. Thanks
    Lindsey
    lindseypfister@gmail.com

  51. You’ve inspired me to make my own banner! (But I still want to be entered into the giveaway!) When I grow up I wanna be like you. =)

  52. Oh bummer- I think I just missed the deadline. 🙁 I meant to enter your giveaway last week and forgot. It’s soooooo cute!!! I’d love to have one (without making my own- I’m a little crafted out after our Craftapalooza tonight). Have a great trip!

  53. ok- you don’t even know me- Iam Lacey Williams SIL. But I happened to be looking at this- and realized I am an hour away- (arizona time) from the deadline…. I LOVE that banner- and who knows… maybe I could win?? anyways- I am sure you are awesome if you are friends with Lacey. I love Lacey!

  54. I know the contest is closed but I just wanted to say I love the banner. Just started one and got “crafter’s block”. Looking for ideas…

  55. I am a grandma of 4 at 56 and have crafted/sewed for years but never done any banners. Love them! But just haven’t gotten to learn how yet. Plus, my sewing machine of 30 + years on this last move in 2013, the bobbin rewind bent and won’t work. So I’ve limited my use to what I already have.
    Please, please…let me have the chance to have this grace my mantle this year and now that I’ve found your site…how do I make them???
    Grandma Meme……Maggie long

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