DIY Paper Banner Cake Topper

With the new baby, the birthday shin-digs around here have been uber simple... My daughter and I made this cake topper together for her cake, while the cake was baking!  Yup, it's THAT simple.  Here's how we made it...

We found the paper we wanted to use; and we ended up using the cover of a 12x12 paper pack.  I loved the tiny prints, and the squares were the perfect size (some even pre-glittered)... allowing me to get a wide variety of triangles while only using one piece of paper.  Well... technically I didn't even use up any of the paper, since it was the cover, which is even more awesome!  :)

I cut out the strips, which were 2 inches wide using my fiskars sliding cutter (can't think of the actual term for that cutter??)...

And scored them down the back center with my score blade, allowing for easier folding...

While the strip was folded, I then used my scissors to cut out triangles like this: 

The top end being at the fold.  My triangles were 1 inch tall.  The nice thing about folding the triangles like this, is it makes the banner two-sided without using two sided paper, it's also easier to attach them to twine.

Then I used my glue dots: a medium one on the fold and a small one at the point, so it wouldn't pop open...

And placed the fold line onto some cute pink and white twine, and simply folded it over into place.

After getting the length and pattern I wanted, I tied the ends onto some wooden skewers...

And you're done!  Some of my squares already had glitter on them, but you can further embellish your banner with glitter or whatever else you can think of!  There is one down-side to having  a two-sided banner though... if you have a preference of what the "front" should be, be sure to double check you're actually photographing that side, before you take all the photos...  I didn't realize I was photographing the "wrong" side of the banner until after the birthday was over and I uploaded the photos onto my computer.  UGH!  I'm sure no one would've ever noticed but myself, but I know every time I look at these pictures in the future I'm always going to think that.  Dang it.  LOL.  Oh well.  (The photo above, before it's on the cake was my favorite side of the banner, notice the cute thick striped triangles, vs the plain blue ones on the photos below)    I saved the banner, so if I ever reuse it, I'll be sure to get it right next time... and then I guess it will kind of be like two different banners anyway??  (trying to find the positive in my OCD glitch here)  haha!

 The Birthday Girl was super happy with it anyway...