Easy Felt Halloween Banner

Felt and iron on vinyl come together in one easy halloween banner! Use your Cricut to cut this banner and have it assembled in under 15 minutes. Great for Halloween party decor!

Three pieces of a Halloween banner made of grey felt hanging on a bright yellow wall. One piece of the banner has a felt orange spider web, one with a yellow spider web and that third one with a pink spider web and the banner spells out the word, \"EEK\" with all letters being cut out of white vinyl.

It’s Day 4 of Craft Lightning—are you still with me? We’re crafting for a Halloween party and today I’m making this bright and fun Halloween banner!

What’s Craft Lightning? This week I’m making five Halloween party crafts that take 15 minutes or less! Check out my other posts in this Craft Lightning series:

Today I’m using my Cricut Maker and the Rotary Blade to easily cut the felt and iron on vinyl for this banner. The banner piece and the letter are felt. I’m using brightly colored iron-on, but this would also be fun to cut silver or holographic iron on spider webs.

A close up of three pieces of a Halloween banner made of grey felt hanging on a bright yellow wall. One piece of the banner has a felt orange spider web, one with a yellow spider web and that third one with a pink spider web and the banner spells out the word, \"EEK\" with all letters being cut out of white vinyl.

I recently wrote all about using the Cricut to cut felt—see what type of felt I prefer and how to cut it with both the Cricut Explore and Maker. For this post, I’m using Benzie Design felt, which I love!

Table of Contents

Felt Halloween Banner Supplies

Black (or dark gray) and white felt
Iron on vinyl in your choice of colors
Cricut Explore (fine point blade) or Maker (rotary blade)
Cricut EasyPress or iron + EasyPress Mat
Weeding tool
Spray adhesive
Ribbon
Banner SVG File

Download the Free Felt Halloween Banner File under SVGs C232

This file can be found in my Free Craft Resource Library. The file number is: C232.

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Felt Halloween Banner Instructions

Start by uploading the banner SVG to Cricut Design Space. Need help uploading your file? This post will help!

The file is designed so that the banner pieces are each 5″ tall, but you can resize to fit your decor needs. Use the icon in the bottom left corner to resize your project.

Now you’re ready to cut your file! Hit Make It in the upper right.

In the Prepare Screen, click the “mirror” option for just the iron on (the spider web) layers. This isn’t quite as important with these webs, but it’s good to be in the habit of mirroring all of your iron on projects.

Then cut your Halloween banner pieces on your Cricut Explore or Maker as follows:

White letters: felt
Black banner pieces: felt
Spider webs: iron on vinyl

While your pieces are cutting, turn on your EasyPress and set it to 280° and 30 seconds. This allows it to heat up while you complete the next step.

Grab your weeding tool and weed off the excess iron on vinyl (everything that’s not spider web). Check out my weeding tips and tricks if you’re having trouble.

All of the banner pieces cut and weeded.

Then place a black banner piece on your EasyPress mat, and then lay down the iron on vinyl on top. I like using a pressing cloth (a piece of quilting cotton or a teflon sheet) because I don’t love the idea of the hot EasyPress plate directly on felt. Then press for 30 seconds.

Place your felt and iron on in a stack on a mat.

Once you’ve pressed, flip over and press from the back for 15 seconds. Allow to cool for 30 seconds and peel back the liner piece. Repeat with the other felt banner pieces!