Pet Wire Bunting

I love to make some kind of bunting for every special occasion or holiday time. It's pretty, it's effective and you can save it, to string up again the following year. ​

Last year we made brightly coloured hand and foot print family bunting which I packed, as we are in Bournemouth at our family place in Southbourne, ​so this year I made some wire bunting to stay up across the fireplace.

I wanted to use chicken wire but the only place locally I could find it sold it in lengths of 20m! So this mesh pet guard was perfect! You can buy it in a sheet for under £5 and it would make at least 5m worth of bunting! I made a shorter piece and have kept the leftover wire for another project.​

Cut the mesh wire with normal kitchen scissors into rectangles. Mine were approximately 20cm wide by 40cm long. Take a paper doily and a string or ribbon embellishment (mine were on offer in The Range 2 for £1). Thread the ribbon or string through the top of the doily and tie to the wire. Pass ribbon through to hang and you are done!

We have a busy Easter Monday today before we drive home to Weston super Mare. This morning I have found Molly's Den, a 16,000 sq ft warehouse full of vintage sellers complete with a children's play area, and this afternoon we will stop in at Moors Valley, a wonderful ​Country Park and Forest.

I hope you have had a lovely Easter break! ​