Making a banner with a Cricut machine is an easy and fun way to add a personal touch to any special occasion. With the help of the machine, you can easily create banners for birthdays, baby showers, weddings, holidays, and more. Here’s how to make a simple Cricut banner in just a few simple steps.
Step 1: Gather Your Supplies
Before you begin making your Cricut banner, it’s important to have all your materials ready. You will need a Cricut Maker or Explore Air 2 machine, some iron-on vinyl or adhesive vinyl, transfer paper (if using iron-on vinyl), scissors and/or weeding tool, an iron or EasyPress 2 (if using iron-on vinyl), and your design file.
Step 2: Cut Your Vinyl
Once you have all your supplies ready, it’s time to start cutting! Load your design file into the Cricut Design Space software and adjust the size of the design to fit whatever size banner you want. Then select “Make It” and follow the prompts on the screen. When prompted, insert your desired type of vinyl into the machine and press “Go”.
The machine will begin cutting out your design – once it’s done you can remove the cut pieces from the mat.
Step 3: Weed Out Excess Vinyl
Next up is weeding out all the excess pieces of vinyl that are not part of your design. Use a weeding tool or tweezers to remove any tiny bits that were not cut properly by the machine. This will help ensure that only your desired pieces remain on the transfer paper.
Step 4: Transfer Your Design
Now it’s time to transfer your design onto its final surface – in this case, it would be onto our banner fabric. If you are using iron-on vinyl, place it shiny side down onto an EasyPress Mat with a piece of parchment paper over top before transferring with an EasyPress 2 or an iron (depending on what type of fabric you are using). If using adhesive vinyl, simply peel off its backing sheet and place it directly onto your fabric.
Step 5: Hang Your Banner
Finally, hang up your newly made banner wherever you like! You can use string or ribbon for larger banners or even tape for smaller ones – whatever works best for you.
Conclusion
Making a simple Cricut banner is easy and straightforward when following these five steps. With just some basic supplies like scissors/weeding tool and either adhesive/iron-on vinyl along with either an EasyPress 2 or an iron depending on what type of fabric being used; anyone can create their own unique and personalized banner in no time!
So next time you need something special for any occasion be sure to consider making one yourself with a Cricut Maker or Explore Air 2!