Free Printable: Mini Papel Picado

Decorate your home with a cute mini papel picado garland for Dia de Muertos

The Day of the Dead (Día de Muertos) is almost here!

I love decorating the house in the fall inspired by this celebration that, although sounds a bit sad and gloomy "Day of the Dead", it’s quite fun. It’s about remembering our loved ones who passed away in a happy and above all, colorful way!

One of the most popular activities of the celebration is the papel picado, which is used in decorating the altar on November 1st and November 2nd.

I created this mini papel picado printable you see in the pictures for you to download, print out, cut and hang in your home and use it to decorate your altar or string along with your Halloween decorations throughout the fall. Unfortunately a few moths ago the site crashed and we lost all the PDF printables that we uploaded in the site.

You still can download an image and use it for your personal projects. You can also make a similar drawing using a black pen and photocopy it in different colorful paper sheets. Check out the instructions below to get an idea about how to recreate this garland.

I’m sorry if you can’t find what you are looking for.

Decorate your home with a cute mini papel picado garland for Dia de Muertos

Day of Dead Mini Papel Picado garland materials | Live Colorful

MATERIALS:

Decorate your home with a cute mini papel picado garland for Dia de Muertos

Free Printable: Day of Dead Mini Papel Picado steps | Live Colorful

STEPS:

1. Since this printable is no longer available, one way to recreate the idea is by tracing a drawing similar to the images above in a regular white paper using black ink for the lines.

2. Scan you image as many times as you want using colorful paper sheets.

3. Cut each piece of paper.

4. Make two holes on each side of each piece.

4. Pass a thread through all the paper pieces, you can play with the order of the colors for a fun effect.

5. Hang your mini papel picado and start enjoying this joyful celebration!

Lali Valverde

Lali Valverde is a fashion designer who loves to share her creative adventures. She also enjoys upcycling, sewing Halloween costumes for her dogs, embroidery and illustrating quirky quotes for her Instagram. She lives in Mexico with her husband, three adorable dogs and two awesome cats.

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