Platinum Jubilee - The Big Bunting Challenge!
Your Cathedral needs you! Get involved with our Platinum Jubilee celebrations and help us adorn Portsmouth Cathedral in community-made recycled bunting.
Join in our ‘Big Bunting Challenge’ and help create hundreds of feet of eco-friendly bunting, whether it be old bedsheets, dresses from the 80’s you’d rather forget, use your recycled materials to make bunting for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. All colours and patterns are welcome from floral to dotty, colourful to greyscale, just make sure it doesn’t include any writing, logos, or brand names,
To get involved, simply drop your bunting into our big bunting box in the Welcome Area of the Cathedral at the times listed below. Make sure to get a photo of yourself and your bunting and send it to us via Facebook or Twitter using the hashtag #PCBigBuntingChallenge and we’ll feature your amazing contribution!
How to make your bunting
To help stand out amongst the towering architecture of our Cathedral, you can make your own ‘Cathedral Sized’ bunting template. The easiest way is to start with a A3 piece of paper and fold it to make a triangle, use the diagram and follow our simple steps to make your own…
Start with an A3 piece of paper
Fold your paper in half along the long side (portrait)
Once you have found the centre line, fold and cut the edges to make a triangle
Final specification of your template…
The base of the triangle will need to measure 30cm in width.
From the centre point of the base to the tip of triangle will measure approximately 42cm in length.
Once you have made your template, it should look something like this…
When and where to drop your bunting off…
You can drop your finished bunting off to the Welcome Area in the Cathedral at the following times:
Thursday 19 May 3pm-4pm
Friday 20 May 9am-10am
Thursday 26 May 3pm-4pm
Friday 27 May 9am-11am
We will be combining all the lengths together on Sunday 29th May and Thursday 2nd June, to then decorate the Cathedral ahead of the weekend celebrations.
We can’t wait to see all your wonderful creations and contributions – thank you!