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Halloween crafts Home decor Home decorations How to Papercraft Papercrafter Party makes Paper Art
These Day of the Dead lanterns would make a sensational Halloween display! The designs are in bold, bright colours with patterns that lend themselves perfectly to the craft of papercutting. Download the template for it by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button below.
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Taken from A Year in Crafts by Clare Youngs (£14.99, CICO Books). Click here to purchase
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YOU WILL NEED
Craft essentials
Template from papercraftermagazine.co.uk
Interchangeable hole punch
Glass jar
Tealight
Tracing paper
Masking tape
1 Trace the skull motif and transfer onto coloured paper. Center the design between the two short sides and approximately 6 cm up from the bottom. Hold in place using masking tape. 
2 Cut out the design with a craft knife, keeping the template on hand to make sure you trim the right sections. Then, use a hole punch to create the circles around the top of the skull. 
3 Once the design is complete, curve the paper around to make a cylinder shape. Add glue down one side, overlap the opposite edge and adhere. 
4 Place the tea light inside a glass jar and position the paper cylinder over the jar. 
YOU WILL NEED:
Card
Paper, patterned
Punches: hole, flower
Cord
Pen
Letters
Adhesives
METHOD:
1. Make a square card in a design of your choosing, then matt the insides with patterned paper. Punch a small hole and insert cord…
YOU WILL NEED:
Card, lilac
Paper, patterned
Button, red
Needle and thread
Die, heart
Adhesives
METHOD:
1. Cut two hearts from lilac card. Stick a purple patterned heart die-cut to the front of one heart. Sew a red…
YOU WILL NEED:
Lantern-style paper light, 30cm
Newspaper
Card: black, white
Dies: flowers, bows
Gems
Glue dots
METHOD:
1. Die cut numerous flowers and 15 bows from both black and white and pink newsprint. Cut some large flowers…
YOU WILL NEED:
Templates
Paper, patterned
Emery board
Wooden skewers
Washi tape
Embellishments: gems, pearls, toppers
Adhesives: glue, tape
METHOD:
1. Trace the photobooth templates onto patterned paper. Cut around each shape 1cm outside the line. Glue each shape…
