Light weigh MUSLIN, natural fiber, is cheap to purchase $1.50--$3.00/yd for 36” width (esp’ly if ON SALE at Jo-Anns, or purchased in bulk)

Old BED SHEETS, CURTAINS, TABLE CLOTHS also work fine

Old flags and promo banners made of vinyl can be repurposed

Drop cloths can work, but need priming, are heavy and you need to buy them too!

Plastic tarps can be used-- spell out letters with DUCT TAPE, paint will not adhere well

Water based, cheapest HOUSE Paint you can get ( LATEX) -- same for base coat/primer if needed.

Art acrylic is waterbased, just more expensive

Water based = easier to clean up, better for environment, better for breathing while painting too!

Use GROMMETS-- either purchase a metal grommet kit ( $10-15  at hardware store)

or MAKE yer own reinforced holes-- reinforce with DUCT TAPE, or add sewn reinforcement

or DON”T make holes, instead ADD LOOPS or TIES to the edges/ corners and SEW them into the banner

Sew around the edges/ make HEMS to add integrity and strength to banner edges. PAINTING also adds strength, you can just paint around the edges 1-2” to do that even if not painting the whole banner.

IF you need to WEIGHT the bottom: don’t use something that will hurt people if it falls; use a bag of sand, bag of water, and stitch a pocket into the bottom of the banner where you can insert that bag of sand, for ex Can also use rolled up newspaper in a sewn, taped or stapled pocket.

USE ZipTies, STRING or ROPE, WIRE, DUCT TAPE to fasten banner to railing or fence