Resource: Paper-cut Banners

Make papel picado banners, a traditional, colourful decoration for Day of the Dead celebrations.

Traditionally, these pieces of Mexican folk art were chiselled by hand from stacks of tissue paper, with designs that varied by occasion. Here is how you do homemade papel picado.

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Materials

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGtjpmvGYVg

Video tutorial on how to create your own papel picado.

• Tissue paper

• Scissors

• Glue stick

• Punch hole tool

• string or twine

• Rulers and pencils

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