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1. Fold the sheet inhalf horizontally.ABSTRACT PAPEL PICADO INSTRUCTIONS4. Fold the sheetup just above thetops of the trianglesand snip two smalltriangles inside thebig ones. Unfold. Print the template. Trim about a half-inch off each short side to get an 8 1/2 x 10 inch template. Cut tissue or plastic table cover to fit template. (Cut one sheet for each banner you want to make.) For your first sheet, place one piece of tissue or table cover over the template so you can see thefold and cut lines. After you get the hang of it, you can fold and cut multiple sheets of tissue at a timewithout using the template.7. Cut out the shapes long the left and top edges.2. Fold inhalf again.5. Unfold again.3. Cut two trianglesat the bottom.6. Fold the tophalf down.8. Fold the bottom left corner up tomeet the top edge. The corners won'tmeet exactly—that's OK!11. Open it most of theway back up so there'sonly one fold down themiddle remaining. Foldthe top edge over, andcut out four smalltriangles.9. Cut out theshapes on thediagonal fold.10. Fold the bottomright corner up andunder and cut out theshapes along that fold.12. Voila! Unfold the whole thing. Punch two smallholes at the top corner to hang—or glue the topdown along a string.

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FLORAL PAPEL PICADO INSTRUCTIONS1. Fold the sheet inhalf horizontally. Print the template. Trim about a half-inch off each short side to get an 8 1/2 x 10 inch template. Cut tissue or plastic table cover to fit template. (Cut one sheet for each banner you want to make.) For your first sheet, place one piece of tissue or table cover over the template so you can see the fold and cut lines.After you get the hang of it, you can fold and cut multiple sheets of tissue at a time without using the template.6. Cut out the shapes along the left and top edges.4. Unfold once.7. Fold the bottom leftcorner up to meet the topedge. The corners won'tmeet exactly—that's OK!10. Voila! Unfold the whole thing.Punch two small holes at the topcorner to hang—or glue the topdown along a string.2. Fold in half again.8. Cut out the shapeson the diagonal fold.3. Cut two trianglesat the bottom.5. Fold the top half downto just above the triangles9. Open the diagonal fold.Make a short, slightlydiagonal fold on the rightside and snip a few thintriangles.

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1. Fold the sheet inhalf horizontally.SKULL PAPEL PICADO INSTRUCTIONS4. Make a verticalfold a little furtherin, and cut out theshapes on thetemplate. Unfold. Print the template. Trim about a half-inch off each short sideto get an 8 1/2 x 10 inch template. Cut tissue or plastic table cover to fit template. (Cut one sheetfor each banner you want to make.) For your first sheet, place one piece of tissue or table cover overthe template so you can see the fold and cut lines. After you get thehang of it, you can fold and cut multiple sheets of tissue at a timewithout using the template.7. Make a horizontalfold and cut out theteeth.2. Cut the skull outlinealong the open edge.0 px5. Make one more verticalfold closer to the center,and cut out the shapeson the template. Unfold.8. Unfold the whole thing. Voila! Punch twosmall holes at the top corner to hang—or glue the top down along a string.3. Make a short verticalfold along the rightedge, and cut two littletriangles. Unfold.6. Cut out the shapes alongthe remaining folded edge.Don't cut the "teeth"—those are in step 7.

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Print the template. Trim about a half-inch o each short side to get an 8 1/2 x 10 inch template. Cut tissue or plastic table cover to fit template. (Cut one sheet for each banner you want to make.) For your first sheet, place one piece of t