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Bunting Template

Garland flags that fold over a string: triangles, swallowtails or round-bottomed pennants, as many as you want, all the same size. Birthdays, weddings, classrooms, shop windows.

Bunting — change shape

Units
Dimensions
Optional parameters
Only here Your own design

Put a logo, photo or pattern straight onto the box — most free template sites give you the outline and stop there. Drag it where you want it; it is trimmed to the cut lines so nothing prints off the card, and it stays in your browser.

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Bigger than the paper? Each piece prints whole on its own sheet. A single piece is never split: pick bigger paper or a smaller size. More about printing

Template

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Drop a picture anywhere on the drawingTap “Add a picture” below to print your own design on this box.

Print at 100% (“actual size”), never “fit to page”, or the box comes out the wrong size.

The bunting template, flat and folded

Bunting template — free printable dieline with cut and fold lines, any size
The printable dieline at its standard size. Type your own size above for yours.
Bunting folded up from the template — the finished piece
The box it folds into.

What this template is for

Garland flags that fold over a string: triangles, swallowtails or round-bottomed pennants, as many as you want, all the same size. Birthdays, weddings, classrooms, shop windows.

Also called paper bunting · flag banner template · pennant garland · party bunting — all the same shape, and this is it.

How to use this template

All four downloads are the same bunting at the same size — only the format changes.

PDF printing at home
Print at 100 per cent, or hand it to a print shop as "actual size, no scaling".
PNG 300 dpi Canva, Photoshop, Procreate
Upload, lock it in place and design your bunting on top. Free plan and phone included. Full Canva walkthrough →
SVG Cricut, Illustrator, Inkscape, Affinity
Vector, with cuts, folds and labels on separate layers. Cricut and Silhouette walkthrough →
DXF Silhouette, laser and vinyl cutters
Two layers, CUT and FOLD — and the one free Silhouette Studio Basic will open.

Getting it printed properly →

Printing it

  1. Type your size above, then download the PDF.
  2. Print at 100% — never “fit to page”, or every measurement comes out wrong.
  3. Too big for the paper? Pick your paper size and leave Fit the pieces to the page ticked: each piece gets its own place on a sheet and the PDF comes out with every page in it, nothing cut in half and nothing to tape.

How to put it together

These pictures are the bunting itself, not a generic diagram — change the measurements above and the template changes, but the three steps never do.

  1. Cut the solid lines

    Every solid line is a cut. Do the inside shapes first, while the sheet is still whole and easy to hold.

  2. Score every dashed line

    Dashed lines are folds. Score each one first — an empty ballpoint against a ruler — or the card cracks along the outside of the bend.

  3. FLAG 1 · fold over the stringFLAG 2 · fold over the stringFLAG 3 · fold over the stringFLAG 4 · fold over the stringFLAG 5 · fold over the stringFLAG 6 · fold over the stringFLAG 7 · fold over the stringFLAG 8 · fold over the string

    Fold, glue and hold

    Cut out every flag and crease along the dashed line. Lay the string in the crease, fold the strip over it and glue the strip to the back of the flag. Slide the flags along the string to space them, and tie a loop at each end to hang it.

Glue: a glue stick for paper, white PVA on card — hold each seam thirty seconds, and let the box dry standing up.

Questions about the bunting

How do the flags stay on the string?
Each flag has a strip across its top. Lay the string in the crease, fold the strip over it and glue it to the back of the flag. The flags can still slide, so you can space them once they are all on.
How many fit on a sheet?
At the size it opens with, 85 mm wide and 110 mm long, four flags fit on each A4 sheet, so eight flags print on two pages.
Can I put a letter on each flag?
Yes. Add your lettering as a picture in the tool and drop it onto each flag, or print them plain and write on them.

Print your own design on it

Add a logo, photo or pattern in the panel on the left and drag it onto the bunting. It is trimmed to the cut outline, embedded properly in the PDF, and never leaves your computer — most free template sites hand you the outline and stop there. How printing your own design works.

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