Creating a Rainbow Bunting: A Timed Challenge Experience

I'm excited to share with you my experience creating a rainbow bunting as part of a timed challenge. As I sat down to begin this project, I knew that I had all of my pieces cut out, and it was time to start gluing them together. To make the process more efficient, I decided to work in an assembly line format, using my first piece as a template to measure the distance of the colors. This would ensure that each triangle shape was identical, creating a cohesive look.

As someone who loves bunting, I've created many decorations using this technique. Recently, I made a video showcasing how to make bunting out of paper straws and maps. I'm particularly fond of maps as they add an exciting texture to the project. With my first piece laid out, I began cutting out the shapes, knowing that this would be the foundation for my rainbow bunting.

Cutting out these shapes was not a time-consuming process, and I quickly realized that I had plenty of time to complete the project. As I worked, I measured the distance between each triangle, ensuring that they were evenly spaced. This attention to detail paid off, as the final product looked really nice. With 13 and 1/2 minutes left on my timer, I finished cutting out six triangles, which I would attach to some string to complete the bunting.

To add a touch of neutrality to the project, I decided to use brown twine instead of one of the more vibrant colors. This choice was calculated to avoid any potential mistakes and ensure that my craft turned out well within the time frame. Before attaching the triangles to the string, I measured out a foot-long piece, just in case I needed it. With 8 and 1/2 minutes left on my timer, I began attaching the first triangle using Scotch tape. Thankfully, I was doing relatively well on time, and there was no need for panic.

With all of the triangles attached, I carefully trimmed off any excess tape that was peeking out over the edges. Next, I tied a loop in the ends of the string to allow for easy hanging. At this point, I had only 4 minutes left, but I still felt confident about completing the project on time.

As I reviewed my work, I thought about what I liked about the finished bunting and what I might do differently if I had more time. One thing I appreciated was how the stripes came together as a single, continuous design. The triangles also added a nice touch of uniqueness to each piece. In hindsight, if I had 30 minutes or more, I would have punched holes in the corners of each triangle instead of just taping them.

With two whole minutes left on my timer, I decided to reflect on what else I might change if given unlimited time. If only I could make a backing for the bunting, it would provide more options for hanging. Additionally, if I had access to paint chips in multiple colors, I might have colored in the edges of each triangle with the same color as the chip.

With 10 seconds left on my timer, I felt a sense of trepidation about completing the project. However, as the clock struck zero, I realized that I was finished. My hands were up in triumph as I declared myself done with the rainbow bunting. Surprisingly, it took me around 25 minutes to complete, and I'm thrilled with how it turned out.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enstart in 29 minutes and 57 seconds left hi everyone welcome back to HGTV handmade today is the beginning of another challenge week yes we are tackling the age-old Classic paint chip challenge but there's a Twist we only have 30 minutes and unlike our other challenges we're all here in the same place another fun part of this is that we're all tackling a different project so now I'm going to pick mine out of the cup oh I hope I get something good okay so Julia what' you get I got gift tags oo I got artwork fun I got bunting cool oh how appropriate you love your bunting I got greeting card oh like it I'm excited all right Karen it's your day so why don't you get started oh man I'm nervous all right time to go craft so I am ready to get started on the paint chip challenge so my project that I picked out of the hat is Bunting and I love bunting so if you don't know what bunting is um you might want to look at my necklace it's basically a banner often with um triangles hanging down from it often used in a celebration but these days it's kind of just a home decor item so I have picked my supplies from the the craft Supply table and obviously I have paint chips and I picked this book that has a whole bunch of bright colors and I haven't quite decided what I'm going to use to hold it all together so I have a few different options of string and then I have some normal scissors as well as some decorative scissors and I'm thinking my idea is I'm going to cut a lot of decorative patterns into the edges of the Bunting and kind of layer the colors on top of each other so see if that works um obviously I'll need something to hold all those layers together so I have a glue stick and I have some tape so I think I'm ready to get started I'm so nervous like right as I'm starting is when I'm starting to get really nervous let's just go for it start I'm in 29 minutes and 57 seconds left the first thing I'm going to do is just go through all of these paint chips and just tear out any bright colors that I like and I'm going to try to sort them by color because I kind of I think I might want to layer similar colors on top of each other that's kind of where my head's at right now so I just discovered that I can actually open this ring so I'm actually just going to take them all off the ring so for my first flag that I'm going to make for my venting I chose these three colors because they're they kind of they're in the same color family I think they'll look really nice on top of each other so I'm just going to pick a decorative scissor too many choices all right I'm just going to go for this one which is a simple scallop so slight change of plan I'm actually going to cut a pattern out of a color that I don't think I'm going to use so I'm just folding it in half so that my triangle can be completely symmetrical and I think I'm going to use that as a pattern for all of my other ones so now I'm just going to use my scissors to kind of cut a nice decorative Edge just a straight line across um across my colors and now to hold them together I'm just going to use a glue stick I'm just going to use my uh my pattern right on top of what I just made and I'm going to cut it out it doesn't have to be super perfect as long as you know the shapes are reasonably similar I think we're okay and there we go we have bunting piece number one and that only took me just over five minutes so I think if we make at least maybe like six of these that'll be a reasonable enough bunting craft so now I just have to um pair up all of the colors for what colors I want the rest of my bunting to be and I'm thinking I might do um kind of a a rainbow so if I start from warm colors here and then the L of three colors and then move on into cool colors I think that might look kind of cool kind of kind of cool colors so I'm just kind of eyeballing this my colors are not perfect but um obviously I only have 30 minutes and now I'm down to 21 minutes and to give it a little more visual interest I think I'm going to use a different scrapbook scissor for each one and I don't know if that's going to look good it might look terrible it might be way too much but we're going to find out so now that I have all of my pieces cut out it's time to start gluing and I've decided to do this in kind of an a assembly line format cuz I think that'll be a little bit quicker than like doing one and then starting from scratch and doing the next and then starting from scratch and doing the next I'm just kind of using my first one to measure the distance of the colors cuz I think having that one element the same will make it look more cohesive so as I said earlier I do a lot of bunting I think it's a really fun decoration I recently did a video where I made bunting out of H paper straws that one was cool cuz you got a lot of negative space I've also done bunting out of maps because you guys know that maps are one of my favorite textures okay so I just finished gluing and I have just over 15 minutes left so actually I think I'm doing all right because cutting out these shapes is not going to take a million years so as I'm cutting them out I'm just laying my first one right on top so I can just cut around it and then they all end up being the exact same triangle shape and since I glued them all um the same distance apart I actually think it looks really nice I was a little worried but I'm really liking how it's coming out so far I have 13 and 1/2 minutes left and I've just finished making six of these little triangles which um I'm going to attach to some string so since this is a Time challenge I think I'm going to play it safe and just use the neutral colored brown twine and I could go for one of the other crazy colors but I'm afraid that would look bad and then I'd have to redo it and then I might run out of time and then my craft would be really bad so the first thing I'm going to do with the string is um measure out maybe like a foot just I mean I probably won't need that much to tie a loop but just so I have it and then I'm going to attach the first one and for this I'm just using Scotch tape oh man 8 and 1/2 minutes left I actually am doing really good on time so I'm not actually too worried right now uh I'm sure I can finish this and it'll be reasonably decent which for a timed challenge I think is about all that you can ask now that all of them are attached I am just going to trim off any excess tape that's peeking out over the sides and I'm going to be really careful not to cut the string because if I do that I'll have to start over with the taping and I will lose some precious some precious minutes so last thing I'm just going to tie a loop in the ends of the string so that if we wanted to we could hang it up so I think we're pretty much done but I still have 4 minutes left so I'm just going to clean up a little bit of the extra tape that you can still see peeking over the edge because I think that makes it look a little messy a little rushed and I want mine to look perfect because I am great at time management and still have 4 minutes left I have two whole minutes left so I think I'm just going to talk to you guys about what I like about this project what I might do differently if I had you know two hours so I really love how the stripe is just kind of one continuous stripe all the way across and I like how each triangle has a different pattern on it I was afraid it might be a little bit too much but I actually think they came out really cute because they're each a little bit different if I had more time and different supplies I would punch a hole in the corner of each triangle rather than just taping them I also if I had another 30 minutes might make a back for it because right now the back is just the back of the paint chips so if I could do them double-sided then you'd have more options on where to hang it I also might have if I had you know unlimited time color in the edges of the paper with a marker that is the same color as the paint chip because right now the white edges are a little distracting not a huge thing but I tend to be a perfectionist 10 seconds left oh my God I'm freaking out I wonder if I'm going to finish on time two one there it is is I'm done my hands are up I am finished with my rainbow Bunting and I think it came out super cute it was done in honestly about 25 minutes so it's a super quick craft they're like Teeth it's like it's like I'm a dragon with really bright teeth I cannot wait to see what the other girls came up withstart in 29 minutes and 57 seconds left hi everyone welcome back to HGTV handmade today is the beginning of another challenge week yes we are tackling the age-old Classic paint chip challenge but there's a Twist we only have 30 minutes and unlike our other challenges we're all here in the same place another fun part of this is that we're all tackling a different project so now I'm going to pick mine out of the cup oh I hope I get something good okay so Julia what' you get I got gift tags oo I got artwork fun I got bunting cool oh how appropriate you love your bunting I got greeting card oh like it I'm excited all right Karen it's your day so why don't you get started oh man I'm nervous all right time to go craft so I am ready to get started on the paint chip challenge so my project that I picked out of the hat is Bunting and I love bunting so if you don't know what bunting is um you might want to look at my necklace it's basically a banner often with um triangles hanging down from it often used in a celebration but these days it's kind of just a home decor item so I have picked my supplies from the the craft Supply table and obviously I have paint chips and I picked this book that has a whole bunch of bright colors and I haven't quite decided what I'm going to use to hold it all together so I have a few different options of string and then I have some normal scissors as well as some decorative scissors and I'm thinking my idea is I'm going to cut a lot of decorative patterns into the edges of the Bunting and kind of layer the colors on top of each other so see if that works um obviously I'll need something to hold all those layers together so I have a glue stick and I have some tape so I think I'm ready to get started I'm so nervous like right as I'm starting is when I'm starting to get really nervous let's just go for it start I'm in 29 minutes and 57 seconds left the first thing I'm going to do is just go through all of these paint chips and just tear out any bright colors that I like and I'm going to try to sort them by color because I kind of I think I might want to layer similar colors on top of each other that's kind of where my head's at right now so I just discovered that I can actually open this ring so I'm actually just going to take them all off the ring so for my first flag that I'm going to make for my venting I chose these three colors because they're they kind of they're in the same color family I think they'll look really nice on top of each other so I'm just going to pick a decorative scissor too many choices all right I'm just going to go for this one which is a simple scallop so slight change of plan I'm actually going to cut a pattern out of a color that I don't think I'm going to use so I'm just folding it in half so that my triangle can be completely symmetrical and I think I'm going to use that as a pattern for all of my other ones so now I'm just going to use my scissors to kind of cut a nice decorative Edge just a straight line across um across my colors and now to hold them together I'm just going to use a glue stick I'm just going to use my uh my pattern right on top of what I just made and I'm going to cut it out it doesn't have to be super perfect as long as you know the shapes are reasonably similar I think we're okay and there we go we have bunting piece number one and that only took me just over five minutes so I think if we make at least maybe like six of these that'll be a reasonable enough bunting craft so now I just have to um pair up all of the colors for what colors I want the rest of my bunting to be and I'm thinking I might do um kind of a a rainbow so if I start from warm colors here and then the L of three colors and then move on into cool colors I think that might look kind of cool kind of kind of cool colors so I'm just kind of eyeballing this my colors are not perfect but um obviously I only have 30 minutes and now I'm down to 21 minutes and to give it a little more visual interest I think I'm going to use a different scrapbook scissor for each one and I don't know if that's going to look good it might look terrible it might be way too much but we're going to find out so now that I have all of my pieces cut out it's time to start gluing and I've decided to do this in kind of an a assembly line format cuz I think that'll be a little bit quicker than like doing one and then starting from scratch and doing the next and then starting from scratch and doing the next I'm just kind of using my first one to measure the distance of the colors cuz I think having that one element the same will make it look more cohesive so as I said earlier I do a lot of bunting I think it's a really fun decoration I recently did a video where I made bunting out of H paper straws that one was cool cuz you got a lot of negative space I've also done bunting out of maps because you guys know that maps are one of my favorite textures okay so I just finished gluing and I have just over 15 minutes left so actually I think I'm doing all right because cutting out these shapes is not going to take a million years so as I'm cutting them out I'm just laying my first one right on top so I can just cut around it and then they all end up being the exact same triangle shape and since I glued them all um the same distance apart I actually think it looks really nice I was a little worried but I'm really liking how it's coming out so far I have 13 and 1/2 minutes left and I've just finished making six of these little triangles which um I'm going to attach to some string so since this is a Time challenge I think I'm going to play it safe and just use the neutral colored brown twine and I could go for one of the other crazy colors but I'm afraid that would look bad and then I'd have to redo it and then I might run out of time and then my craft would be really bad so the first thing I'm going to do with the string is um measure out maybe like a foot just I mean I probably won't need that much to tie a loop but just so I have it and then I'm going to attach the first one and for this I'm just using Scotch tape oh man 8 and 1/2 minutes left I actually am doing really good on time so I'm not actually too worried right now uh I'm sure I can finish this and it'll be reasonably decent which for a timed challenge I think is about all that you can ask now that all of them are attached I am just going to trim off any excess tape that's peeking out over the sides and I'm going to be really careful not to cut the string because if I do that I'll have to start over with the taping and I will lose some precious some precious minutes so last thing I'm just going to tie a loop in the ends of the string so that if we wanted to we could hang it up so I think we're pretty much done but I still have 4 minutes left so I'm just going to clean up a little bit of the extra tape that you can still see peeking over the edge because I think that makes it look a little messy a little rushed and I want mine to look perfect because I am great at time management and still have 4 minutes left I have two whole minutes left so I think I'm just going to talk to you guys about what I like about this project what I might do differently if I had you know two hours so I really love how the stripe is just kind of one continuous stripe all the way across and I like how each triangle has a different pattern on it I was afraid it might be a little bit too much but I actually think they came out really cute because they're each a little bit different if I had more time and different supplies I would punch a hole in the corner of each triangle rather than just taping them I also if I had another 30 minutes might make a back for it because right now the back is just the back of the paint chips so if I could do them double-sided then you'd have more options on where to hang it I also might have if I had you know unlimited time color in the edges of the paper with a marker that is the same color as the paint chip because right now the white edges are a little distracting not a huge thing but I tend to be a perfectionist 10 seconds left oh my God I'm freaking out I wonder if I'm going to finish on time two one there it is is I'm done my hands are up I am finished with my rainbow Bunting and I think it came out super cute it was done in honestly about 25 minutes so it's a super quick craft they're like Teeth it's like it's like I'm a dragon with really bright teeth I cannot wait to see what the other girls came up withstart in 29 minutes and 57 seconds left hi everyone welcome back to HGTV handmade today is the beginning of another challenge week yes we are tackling the age-old Classic paint chip challenge but there's a Twist we only have 30 minutes and unlike our other challenges we're all here in the same place another fun part of this is that we're all tackling a different project so now I'm going to pick mine out of the cup oh I hope I get something good okay so Julia what' you get I got gift tags oo I got artwork fun I got bunting cool oh how appropriate you love your bunting I got greeting card oh like it I'm excited all right Karen it's your day so why don't you get started oh man I'm nervous all right time to go craft so I am ready to get started on the paint chip challenge so my project that I picked out of the hat is Bunting and I love bunting so if you don't know what bunting is um you might want to look at my necklace it's basically a banner often with um triangles hanging down from it often used in a celebration but these days it's kind of just a home decor item so I have picked my supplies from the the craft Supply table and obviously I have paint chips and I picked this book that has a whole bunch of bright colors and I haven't quite decided what I'm going to use to hold it all together so I have a few different options of string and then I have some normal scissors as well as some decorative scissors and I'm thinking my idea is I'm going to cut a lot of decorative patterns into the edges of the Bunting and kind of layer the colors on top of each other so see if that works um obviously I'll need something to hold all those layers together so I have a glue stick and I have some tape so I think I'm ready to get started I'm so nervous like right as I'm starting is when I'm starting to get really nervous let's just go for it start I'm in 29 minutes and 57 seconds left the first thing I'm going to do is just go through all of these paint chips and just tear out any bright colors that I like and I'm going to try to sort them by color because I kind of I think I might want to layer similar colors on top of each other that's kind of where my head's at right now so I just discovered that I can actually open this ring so I'm actually just going to take them all off the ring so for my first flag that I'm going to make for my venting I chose these three colors because they're they kind of they're in the same color family I think they'll look really nice on top of each other so I'm just going to pick a decorative scissor too many choices all right I'm just going to go for this one which is a simple scallop so slight change of plan I'm actually going to cut a pattern out of a color that I don't think I'm going to use so I'm just folding it in half so that my triangle can be completely symmetrical and I think I'm going to use that as a pattern for all of my other ones so now I'm just going to use my scissors to kind of cut a nice decorative Edge just a straight line across um across my colors and now to hold them together I'm just going to use a glue stick I'm just going to use my uh my pattern right on top of what I just made and I'm going to cut it out it doesn't have to be super perfect as long as you know the shapes are reasonably similar I think we're okay and there we go we have bunting piece number one and that only took me just over five minutes so I think if we make at least maybe like six of these that'll be a reasonable enough bunting craft so now I just have to um pair up all of the colors for what colors I want the rest of my bunting to be and I'm thinking I might do um kind of a a rainbow so if I start from warm colors here and then the L of three colors and then move on into cool colors I think that might look kind of cool kind of kind of cool colors so I'm just kind of eyeballing this my colors are not perfect but um obviously I only have 30 minutes and now I'm down to 21 minutes and to give it a little more visual interest I think I'm going to use a different scrapbook scissor for each one and I don't know if that's going to look good it might look terrible it might be way too much but we're going to find out so now that I have all of my pieces cut out it's time to start gluing and I've decided to do this in kind of an a assembly line format cuz I think that'll be a little bit quicker than like doing one and then starting from scratch and doing the next and then starting from scratch and doing the next I'm just kind of using my first one to measure the distance of the colors cuz I think having that one element the same will make it look more cohesive so as I said earlier I do a lot of bunting I think it's a really fun decoration I recently did a video where I made bunting out of H paper straws that one was cool cuz you got a lot of negative space I've also done bunting out of maps because you guys know that maps are one of my favorite textures okay so I just finished gluing and I have just over 15 minutes left so actually I think I'm doing all right because cutting out these shapes is not going to take a million years so as I'm cutting them out I'm just laying my first one right on top so I can just cut around it and then they all end up being the exact same triangle shape and since I glued them all um the same distance apart I actually think it looks really nice I was a little worried but I'm really liking how it's coming out so far I have 13 and 1/2 minutes left and I've just finished making six of these little triangles which um I'm going to attach to some string so since this is a Time challenge I think I'm going to play it safe and just use the neutral colored brown twine and I could go for one of the other crazy colors but I'm afraid that would look bad and then I'd have to redo it and then I might run out of time and then my craft would be really bad so the first thing I'm going to do with the string is um measure out maybe like a foot just I mean I probably won't need that much to tie a loop but just so I have it and then I'm going to attach the first one and for this I'm just using Scotch tape oh man 8 and 1/2 minutes left I actually am doing really good on time so I'm not actually too worried right now uh I'm sure I can finish this and it'll be reasonably decent which for a timed challenge I think is about all that you can ask now that all of them are attached I am just going to trim off any excess tape that's peeking out over the sides and I'm going to be really careful not to cut the string because if I do that I'll have to start over with the taping and I will lose some precious some precious minutes so last thing I'm just going to tie a loop in the ends of the string so that if we wanted to we could hang it up so I think we're pretty much done but I still have 4 minutes left so I'm just going to clean up a little bit of the extra tape that you can still see peeking over the edge because I think that makes it look a little messy a little rushed and I want mine to look perfect because I am great at time management and still have 4 minutes left I have two whole minutes left so I think I'm just going to talk to you guys about what I like about this project what I might do differently if I had you know two hours so I really love how the stripe is just kind of one continuous stripe all the way across and I like how each triangle has a different pattern on it I was afraid it might be a little bit too much but I actually think they came out really cute because they're each a little bit different if I had more time and different supplies I would punch a hole in the corner of each triangle rather than just taping them I also if I had another 30 minutes might make a back for it because right now the back is just the back of the paint chips so if I could do them double-sided then you'd have more options on where to hang it I also might have if I had you know unlimited time color in the edges of the paper with a marker that is the same color as the paint chip because right now the white edges are a little distracting not a huge thing but I tend to be a perfectionist 10 seconds left oh my God I'm freaking out I wonder if I'm going to finish on time two one there it is is I'm done my hands are up I am finished with my rainbow Bunting and I think it came out super cute it was done in honestly about 25 minutes so it's a super quick craft they're like Teeth it's like it's like I'm a dragon with really bright teeth I cannot wait to see what the other girls came up with\n"