Simple Paint Stick Flag

With the 4th of July just around the corner, I needed a quick, but cute decoration for my front door! This Paint Stick Flag came together in just one afternoon and since I had several basic supplies on hand, was literally one of the cheapest crafts I’ve ever made.

PAINT STICK FLAG

Supplies:

9 paint sticks

14 craft sticks

red, white, and blue acrylic paint

twine

hot glue gun and sticks

drill

Start by drilling holes in your paint sticks large enough for 2 strands of your twine to fit through.

I marked dots about 1″ from the ends of the sticks, to make drilling the holes simpler.

Now you are ready to paint! You will need 5 red sticks, 4 white sticks, and 14 blue craft sticks.

I did 2 coats on each side, so this step takes a little bit of time.

When they are dry, arrange your sticks in the correct order and begin weaving the twine in and out to hold them together. Once you get up one side, weave back through to the other end and knot it off on the back side. I tightly wrapped one end of the twine in scotch tape to make it easier to push through the drill holes.

Once you have weaved twine through both sides and added another piece of twine for hanging it, attach your blue craft sticks with hot glue.

For my star shape, I found one online and printed it the size I needed to fit on the craft sticks. Trace around it, and paint it white. This took 4-5 coats since I was painting white onto dark blue paint.