Tuesday 16 September 2014

How To Create Decorative Holiday Flags

By Jody Leach


Creating things on your own should not be a problem. That is especially true if you are adept at using your hands. Out of the many things that will become easy for you to make is the decorative holiday flags. It should not be a difficult task for you to make one, even a dozen, of the said artwork for the upcoming national event.

Even without the talent of a genius, making of this item is a walk in the park. There is no need to worry about complicated stuff when making this artwork. After all, you just need basic shapes and figures to be able to create the said artwork. The tools for the creation of the said item are easy to obtain too.

You can surely take advantage of various materials for the making of the said product. It is your responsibility to figure out which materials are the most useful for you when you are making this product. Then, you have to prepare the materials beforehand. Here are some materials that you might find useful in this project.

If you are on a tight budget, then you might want to opt for the use of the cardboard and bond paper. This is where you will be putting in your design, after all. The cardboard and bond paper is the cheap option you can take.

When you pick this option for your flag, then the design will basically be made out of art papers. Art papers are technically colored on one side and plain on the other side. You can use the colored side of the art paper to create whatever design it is that you have to follow. They may be lines, stars, strips, or anything else.

The ideal to use for the flag would be fabric. The fabric will wave beautiful when you put it up in a pole, just like how it would look like when it is a real flag. The smooth wave of the fabric will make the flag you create an amazing sight. You can either use a plain fabric for this or put together colored ones.

When you opt for this, then you have the option of using colored pen for marking the design. Of course, the colored pen should be specifically made to write on fabric. There should be a lot of such colored pens out there. The colored pen specifically designed for use on fabric is much smoother than any other option.

The colored pen is not the only option you have for creating the design on a fabric. You can also take advantage of dye in this option. All you have to do is to use some dyeing technique to get the color to the right parts. The dye is very color fast so the final product should not fade easily.

Do not forget to buy a pole. If the flag you made is small in size, then just get a barbecue stick or something similar to hoist the flag up. Just remember that the pole you pick to hoist the flag you have made should be suitable for it. Otherwise, the item will just look really lame.




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