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Simple and delicate in design and available in multiple sizes, styles, and colors, wedding hand fans are a great addition to wedding decor – and they’re fun to personalize and decorate too!

Below you’ll find a few simple ideas for decorating your fans. We’ve provided print templates and instructions, so all you have to do is choose your papers, download, customize, and assemble!

Wrap a Small Paper Band Around Closed Fans

Let’s be honest – before they are “fanned” out in all their glory, closed up hand fans aren’t all that exciting to look at, so we decided to jazz them up by wrapping a small personalized paper band around them!

Here’s What You’ll Need:

• Silk or Paper Fans (we’ve used paper here)
• 8 1/2 x 11 Paper – Text Weight (each sheet yields 18 1.25 x 3.5″ bands)
• Paper cutting tool of choice
• Paper Adhesive of choice

Here’s What to Do:

1. Download print template for 1.5 x 3.5 small fan bands
2. Customize template (Life Savers font shown here)
3. Print bands on 8 1/2 x 11 text weight paper
4. Cut bands
5. Wrap a band around each fan and secure in the back where the two ends overlap

A Quick Snap Shot of How We Did It:

Thread a Paper Band Through Open Fan Spokes

Colorful hand fans look great open and on display on tables or in a basket at the entrance of the ceremony or reception. Add to this look by loosely threading a personalized paper band through the spokes.

What You’ll Need:

• Fans
• 8 1/2 x 11 text weight paper (each sheet yields 16 1 x 5.5″ bands)
• Paper cutter

How to Make It:

1. Download print template for 1 x 5.5 open fan bands
2. Customize template (Sloop-Script and Trajan Pro fonts shown here)
3. Print bands on 8 1/2 x 11 text weight paper
4. Cut bands
5. Loosely thread each band through open fan spokes, folding exposed ends over to keep in place

In a Nutshell. . .

Tag It!

Almost like giving your guests a present, tie a personalized tag around closed fans with ribbon, string, or twine.

What You’ll Need:

• Fans (silk shown here)
• 8 1/2 x 11 Card Stock (each sheet yields 20 2 x 2″ tags
• Paper cutter
• Craft Hole Punch (micro-round punch used for twine)
• Twine, ribbon, or string of choice

To Make It:

1. Download print template for 2 x 2 inch tags
2. Personalize tags (font shown is Mrs Eaves Roman
3. Print tags on 8 1/2 x 11 card stock
4. Cut tags with paper cutter
5. Punch a hole in each tag
6. Cut and thread twine/ribbon/string through the holes
7. Tie around closed fan into a knot or bow

A Quick Overview