Papel Picado 9/18/15

Our first Arts Collective After School for the 2015/16 school year was Papel Picado with Maricella Sosa, the children made multiple sheets of colored cut tissue paper. Each child started with a template to cut and then when they got comfortable with the process they cut a pattern of their own creation.

They took home half of what they cut and then we used the other half to decorate our lunch pavilion for the pancake breakfast. It was a stunning transformation of the familiar space and the kids are all quite protective of it at the moment.

This was a wonderful project to use to decorate a large space because multiple sheets can be cut each time one cuts a pattern. It has been great fun for the kids to pick out their individual  contributions from the many.