I’m here today to share the easy-peasy but oh-so-adorable tissue paper fringe table skirt that I made for Grayson’s First Birthday.

Materials: Large roll of thick kraft paper (check out home depot!), scissors, tape, painters tape, various colors of tissue paper, measuring tape, paper bags (lunch size)

 Cut the tissue paper in half length wise then fringe cut each piece about 2/3 of the way up.

{I stacked the tissue to make this go much faster}

Using your measuring tape, measure around the sides and front of your table and cut your kraft paper to length. I got lucky here and the height was just perfect, but measure to double check.

Attach the darkest color of tissue fringe along the bottom on the kraft paper, with tape, leaving about an inch off the end.

{This prevents the bottom from looking too stiff}

Place the next row of tissue about 3 inches up from the first. I doubled up the layers since I was only using four colors. If you have enough colors you could do one layer of each color to give more of an ombre look.

Add your next layer.

And, your next layers.

{I kept up with doing two layers of each color}

Before adding the final layer I taped my skirt to the table to allow the top layer to bend with the curve of the table.  First, I centered the skirt on the table and taped the center with painters tape since it is gentle on surfaces and easy to re-position if necessary. I taped along the front (on the top of the table, which will be covered later) and then folded in the sides to help them follow the curve. Think wrapping a present, does that make sense?

Now for the paper bag layer. I liked how this matched the kraft paper top and was more durable than the tissue since people might bump into the edge. I used a bag instead of the kraft paper since the paper was so thick and didn’t lay flat as well. Simply unfold the bag and cut fringe slits. I placed my bag against my table to decide how much I wanted to hang over and then used that as a template.

Once my top layer of fringe was complete I made tape rolls out of painters tape to secure my kraft paper table top.

{Again, I like the painters tape because I know it won’t ruin my table and I can re-position if I need to.}

Next, I cut a piece of craft paper to be my table top. If one isn’t wide enough, two will work … just make sure to cover the seam with the goodies that you display on the table.

Here’s my table looking all cute and ready to be filled with goodies for the party the next day.

{Thanks for putting up with iPhone pictures}

There it is! Ahhh…. I still love how it turned out!

I’m going to be re-creating this look for a rainbow unicorn party coming up soon … I can’t wait to see how it looks!

What colors would you try?

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