Looking at other people’s weddings on the interweb convinced me that I needed white and red striped paper straws with drink flags. (I am still not entirely sure why I needed them, but I did) So I found red and white striped paper straws that didn’t cost an arm and a leg. However I made the mistake of not ordering them unwrapped. It took me two hours to unwrap 500 straws!
The hardest part of this project was deciding what to put on the flags. I wanted the straws to say cute things, but with inside meaning. The “la la la love you” comes from a Pixies song (yes I know there is an extra la, but it looked better that way). We both love the Pixies and had talked about it as our walking down the aisle song. The second comes from “Push it” by Salt n Peppa, which is our song.
Materials
Straws (Source)
Paper (Source)
Double Tape
Scissors
Paper Cutter
Click on the more link for instructions.
Directions
1. Print out Template
2. Cut out the flags
3. Roll the middle of the flag against a pen to make it round, like curling ribbon
the curling, the flag should look like this in the middle
If you are using cardstock, it is important to curl the middle so that when you fold it, you don’t end up with a point (one to the right)
5. Cut the double-sided tape in half
6. Place the tape along one side and the middle of the flag
7. Wrap the flag around the straw about 1.5″ down from one end. Line up the top right corners and press the two sides together
8. Use your fingernail to crease the flag so that it is flush against the straw
9. Cut a triangle out of the end of the flag
Done!
all photos via me
dang. I can’t wait to see the photos of this shindig. You’re a real pro at this crafting. For our wedding I was drowning in craft projects and my head was spinning with all the crazy details on my to do list — but you… man… this is gonna be one fab affair!
Are you sure it’s legal to have so much cuteness at one wedding? These look great!
Seriously I can’t get over all of these amazing projects! This is coordinated craftness to a whole new level–keep going!
Love it, love it! I’m so doing this for an upcoming airplane party I’m planning…I’m seeing tags that say “Come Fly With Me” and other cuteness!
Thank you everyone. I am really happy with how these came out.
Oh man, those are adorable!! I totally LOVE that your song is Push it by Salt N pep! Great… now it’s on a loop in my head! :-)
It totally does that to me every time also!
Where is the template? I’d like to do this? Thanks!
Hi there!
I can’t find the template to these straw flags? Can you please include it in your reply? These are too adorable!
THANKS MUCH!
Hi, I would love to make these flags for an upcoming shower. How do you print on the paper? What is the template? Thanks!