GIT'R'DONE: Alexander Girard's paper girl garland

Here is an easy holiday garland you can make out of Girard’s popular paper girl design.

First get your image to the size you like and print it out on printer paper. Not too small – because it’ll be tough to cut.
I decided to go with 5 inches. Don’t worry if you get it a lil’ pixelated on the print-out -  iz just going to be used as a stencil.

Cut out the image, or slice out using an X-acto knife.

Trace the image onto the back of the paper of your choice. Wrapping paper, craft paper, whatever. Just make sure it’s a little bit taller than your tracing (in my case, approximately 7″) and as long as you want your garland to be, around 20-30″ unless your paper is so thick that it would be difficult to cut through.

Fold the paper into itself and repeat. I did this about ten times, because if you fold too much iz too hard to cut.

There it is.

Cut along the lines, making sure the dress and arms still connect with one another.

Unfold!! Girard paper dolls garland!

About these ads