Do you have bananas lying around your house with no meaning or purpose? Or do you use them but have too many and are at a loss as far as what you can use them for? Well here are 34 awesome DIY ideas that can easily upscale your bandanas into all types of things. From cute and simple bandana bracelets to cute and stunning bandana summer skirts. I have bandanas lying around my house and I nearly threw them out. But thank god I didn’t! Now I can make myself adorable, comfy bandana cushions that will look perfect out on my patio this summer. These crafts aren’t just fashionable, either. Some are even resourceful like a super cute bandana camera strap, or even an adorable drawstring bag that you can take just anywhere. Enjoy these 34 amazingly creative DIY craft ideas to turn your boring bandanas into daily use items.
DIY Ideas With Bandanas
1. Easy Bandana Bracelets
I made these cool and crafty bracelets with my kids and we wore them all summer. They actually look even better when they age a bit in the sun and from all things kids do in summertime. I just wish all things were like that…
31. DIY Bandana Wall Art
This simple craft idea will have you making creatively cool decor in no time. Use bandanas that match your decor or go for a patriotic look, you decide.
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Choose the colors you like and add a pair or trio of framed bandanas to your walls for a few dollars.
2. DIY Dog Bandana
This cute idea is so Instagram worthy, but just plain cute. Dress up the pooch with this fun DIY dog bandana.
3. DIY Bandana Bunting
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No country wedding or summer party should be complete without this cute DIY bandana bunting. Super festive and colorful, this might be exactly what your decor has been missing when you entertain outdoors or even in.
4. Super Cinchy Bandana Pillow
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When it comes to creative decor for the home, bandanas are one of my favorite go to crafting items. Bandana pillows like this belong on your porch this summer and then you can bring them indoors to use on the sofa or a chair come fall. Easy to make, perhaps you need a few like I do!
5. DIY Drawstring Bandana Backpack
This is no ordinary drawstring backpack. Made with two fun bandana prints, this DIY drawstring bag is sure not to be mistaken for someone else’s. Take yours along to your upcoming music festival this summer, give one to the kids, invite it along to the pool or lake, too. Washable, easy to make and super versatile, you will be pleased to try this simple bandana craft project.
6. Easy DIY Bandana Party Banner
Bandana buntings like this scream summer party idea. Whether you go with traditional red and blue bandanas for a cool Fourth of July party idea or stick with pastels for pool party decor or a special birthday celebration, this bandana banner is one you can keep and reuse lots of times.
7. DIY Bandana Bento Bags
Bento bags are the origami of the <a href=”https://diyjoy.com/sewing-projects-patterns/”>sewing</a> world: a few clever folds and seams turn one bandana into a self-closing pouch that carries lunch, produce, or project supplies. This version from Mary Makes Good uses the bandana’s existing hemmed edges, which cuts the work nearly in half compared to raw fabric. The finished bag knots closed with its own corners, no zippers or buttons to sew. They wash beautifully, replace a shocking number of plastic bags, and cost about a dollar each to make. Sew three and suddenly you have a gift-wrap alternative, a lunch sack, and a purse organizer. Practical crafts that look this cute are rare, so stock up on bandanas while they are cheap.
8. DIY Bandana Wreath
Food and DIY layers folded bandanas around a wreath form until the whole thing ruffles like a fabric peony, and the result reads as farmhouse boutique rather than leftover picnic supplies. The technique is pure repetition – fold, pinch, pin, repeat – which makes it the perfect craft for television watching or teaching a kid the joy of finishing something big. Red bandanas make an Americana door statement; mixing colors shifts it toward year-round. Nothing is glued permanently, so the same form can be re-dressed seasonally, a thrifty trick wreath people rarely advertise. Total cost lands under ten dollars with a coupon and a dollar store form. High impact, zero skill floor: the best kind of door decor.
9. Patriotic Table Decor
Fourth of July tables have a way of going full theme-park, and this bandana decor is the tasteful correction. Red, white, and blue bandanas become runners, napkin wraps, and utensil pockets in minutes, delivering the patriotic palette through texture instead of plastic. They survive spills, wash clean, and fold flat into a drawer until Memorial Day calls them back up, which makes them the rare holiday decor that is actually a good investment. No-sew versions need nothing but folding and a few rubber bands hidden under the wraps. The full spread costs less than a single package of themed paper goods. Live Laugh Rowe styled the whole look, and it holds up from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
10. Bandana Pants
Bandana pants sound like a dare and turn out to be the comfiest thing a kid will wear all summer. A few bandanas seam together into breezy lounge pants with the hems already finished, courtesy of the bandana’s own edges. The tutorial at Over the Apple Tree sizes them for little ones, where the bandana dimensions work out almost magically with minimal cutting. The prints do the fashion work, so even wobbly seams disappear into the pattern. They cost a few dollars a pair, sew up in an evening, and generate the kind of compliments that make a beginner sewist insufferable at playdates. Summer wardrobe, solved by the picnic aisle.
