cinco de mayo {diy papel picado}

 

 

We are having a little get-together this weekend and it just so happens to be Cinco de Mayo, so fajitas, tostadas, and margaritas are on the menu.  I wanted to decorate with a little something festive, so I dug through my tissue paper selecting these bright colors and got to work on a little papel picado banner.  Here's what I did:

 

Instructions

1. Select your tissue paper colors.  Cut to desired size (I folded the whole sheet in half twice and then cut, making four pieces)
2. For my boarder, I used a cup and traced half circles and then cut (you can go here for stencils)
3. Use stencils found here, or trace your own (that's what I did)
4. Continue cutting your arrangement (you can go here for examples) 
5. Hang with string
6. Add reinforcement tabs on corners then punch hole for string

*since the tissue paper was already folded and had creases, I didn't worry too much about folding it to cut the different shapes, thus creating an equal pattern

 

 

Are you making any plans for Cinco de Mayo?

Last year I made this simple little fiesta centerpiece for another get-together we hosted.  If you're interested in seeing the full post, click the link below the picture :)

{diy fiesta centerpiece}

Have a great day!