Top Tip
Before you start threading the skulls and flowers, roughly lay them out to check the position of the different colours.
How to Make
- Cut out some skull shapes (11cm long) from white board, or you could use a colour. Use the template as a guide.
- To decorate the skulls, cut out some shapes from the patterned paper for eyes, noses and flowers. Stick them onto the skull with a glue stick.
- Add mouth shapes from plain coloured paper. Paint white teeth with a small brush or use a white Deco Pen. Leave to dry then punch holes at the top and bottom of each skull.
- For the flowers, place the ends of 2 crepe ribbon rolls together then fold over 5cm lengths 8-10 times.
- Keep the folds as even as possible so you end up with a neat stack.
- Carefully hold the layer together then staple twice into the middle of the stack to make a cross. Cut the ends of the ribbon.
- Cut a circle from the ribbon with the staples in the middle. Separate the layers of crepe ribbon using a small pair of scissors or a flat modelling tool. Carefully pull each layer up to make a 3D flower shape. Make some more flowers in the same way.
- Thread a large needle with 80cm-100cm gold cord. Push the needle and cord through the middle of a felt ball, then tie a knot in the end so the ball doesn't slip off.
- Make another knot about 10cm along the cord then push the needle through a crepe flower.
- Leave another space, then thread a skull onto the cord, pushing the needle from the front so the cord goes along the reverse side of the skull and out of the hole at the top.
- Continue threading more skulls and flowers with felt balls on the end. You could make several short pieces or longer ones.
- Tie a loop at the ends to hang the decorations. For horizontal bunting-style decorations, make in the same way with punched holes on either side of skulls.
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