Garlands, Flags & Bunting

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  • Learn More About Garlands, Flags & Bunting

    Garlands, flags, and bunting are all festive party decor, usually hung for events or as a seasonal or everyday decoration around the house. Garlands are often a wreath of flowers or leaves brought out at the start of each season or as a popular choice of wedding decoration. Flags are dynamic and can be large or small, usually made from fabric or paper. A flag could be held to wave around on a stick at a parade or draped against a wall—as you might hang a painting. Bunting is a string of triangular flags that you might see at a political rally, around a birthday table, or hung around the walls at a bachelor or bachelorette party.

    Switching out your home decorations or seeing an event space come to life is sometimes half the fun. While you can use all three of these decorations year-round and in any fashion you like, some popular ways to decorate might be worth trying in your home or at your next party.


    To decorate around the house, try garlands to bring out the seasonal spirit. Most often used in the fall and winter, fall garlands scream autumn colors with burnt-orange and red leaves dotted with gourds and berries. In winter, garlands might be pine needles dusted in fake snow with holly and pine cones. Use these to drape around the top of your handrail, over the fireplace, or around a door frame.


    Create a custom flag to hang in your bedroom to remind yourself what you love, or put it on the front porch to show everyone else what matters to you. Use some personalized bunting such as felt flags with a name stitched on them to hang above your newborn's nursery door.


    For events, bunting is a quick way to set the tone for a party and let guests know something special is happening. Bunting flags could be all white or your preferred wedding colors as easily as they could be rainbow colors to celebrate Pride. Balloon garlands are perfect for birthday parties when strung up near the ceiling, or personalize a bunting banner with the birthday celebrant’s face. Flower garlands are a gorgeous wedding option to put around an arch or to line the aisle before you walk down for your happily ever after.