Merry Christmas Bunting Banner SVG

About this design

Party bunting, the kind strung across a mantel or a porch, spells out the first word. Five swallowtail flags hang from a gently curved string, and each one has a letter of MERRY cut right out of it in rounded, friendly capitals. The flags alternate red and green. Below the bunting, Christmas is written in a bold, rounded script that fills the width of the design.

Because the letters are cut out, the flags show the shirt, card or wall color through the letters, which keeps the bunting light and readable. If you would rather spell a name or another word, cut the flags separately in your cutting software and add your own letters to each one.

Color layers

• Lettering in red: the string, the first, third and fifth flags, and the script
• Details in green for the second and fourth flags

Pieces and weeding

The flags are joined to the string, so the bunting cuts as one large piece. The whole solid file has just 5 pieces, with 9 cut-outs, mostly the letters in the flags. Weed those letters carefully and keep the small centers of the two R’s. The design passes our cut checks from about 4 inches wide.

Projects

• Party shirts for a Christmas get-together.
• Mantel and window banners: cut each flag on its own at a larger size.
• Cupcake and cake toppers in glitter cardstock.
• Party invitations with the bunting across the top.
• Gift boxes with the design on the lid.

Step by step: a cake topper

1. Set the design to 5 inches wide and download the color file.
2. Cut the red layer from red glitter cardstock and the green flags from green glitter cardstock.
3. Glue the green flags over their places on the red layer.
4. Tape two wooden skewers to the back, one under each end of the string.
5. Push the skewers into the cake just before serving.

Size guide

Color ideas

• Red and green, as shown
• Gold and silver for a New Year’s Eve party
• Pastel pink and mint for a soft palette

About the lettering

The capitals and the script are free, open-licensed fonts converted to shapes. The bunting was drawn for this design.

Pairs well with

The Hanging Star Garland adds another garland to the scene, and the Christmas Lights Border makes a matching party banner.