Papel Picado

How to create this colourful craft:

• Step 1: Fold a piece of tissue paper (lengthwise) in half and then in half again. Make sure one side consists only of folds. (like creating a paper snowflake).

• Step 2: Fold the long folded sheet in half. Mark a dot in the corner that is made up of folds. This helps the children recognize where not to cut.

• Step 3: Just like cutting a snowflake, cut shapes along all four sides avoiding the area with the dot. To cut a shape from the middle of the rectangle, fold the paper in half again, and cut a shape into the fold.

• Unfold carefully and tape tissue paper to a long string of yarn.

• To make multiple panels from one cut, layer 2-3 sheets of tissue paper together add tape (carefully) while cutting.

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