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After purchasing the oh so lovely and popular striped straws for our bar, the standard cocktail stirrers just wouldn’t do.

Image via OnceWed / Photo by: Jesse Chamberlin of Our Labor of Love / Event Design by Ashley Meaders of The Flashdance

At first I wanted to make these fluffy tissue-paper stirrers but figured they’d be pretty time consuming (much like the foofers), and I already had a laundry list of DIY projects I wanted to complete.

Instead I joined the flag bandwagon.

You’ll need the following supplies:

• Wooden stirrers in two different sizes (The longer ones came from a certain coffee-shop chain; the shorter ones I purchased from Walmart.)
• Glue stick(s), wrinkle-free variety
• Paper, preferably on the slightly thicker side (I used 80# metallic text from Paper and More.)
• X-Acto knife and ruler or paper cutter (I prefer the former.)
• The best scissors ever

After a few tests on plain paper, I determined the size I wanted the flags and text to be. At 3.5” x 0.4125” I was able to fit 40 to a page. You can’t really tell from the picture, but I included dashed trim lines at the ends.

Once the strips were cut out, I applied glue to the back and folded the strip onto itself. I made sure I lined up the ends before firmly pushing them together. Slide the flag over the stirrer and press together, and you’ll end up with this:

To speed up the process I used small binder clips to apply pressure while they dried. Cut the notches and you’re done!

After several lunch breaks I had 100 long and 75 short:

This was one of the easiest and least expensive projects so far. I had all the supplies on hand with the exception of the stirrers. For less than five dollars and a little of your time, I think it’s a fun detail to include.

What’s the easiest DIY project you’ve taken on?