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Perforated Paper: Make Your Own Papel Picado

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Get ready for Day of the Dead with colourful paper banners!

In Mexico, Day of the Dead celebrations include candy skulls, sky-high puppet parades, and papel picado — the colourful cut-paper banners fluttering across every street. Learn more about this lively and heartfelt craft in the Canadian Children’s Museum Studio. Guided by a workshop leader, cut out your own design or use one of our templates to make a tissue-paper picado scene or pattern. String several together to create a lightweight banner to take home.

Drop by to find out more about delightful and intricate papel picado – just in time for Día de los Muertos at the beginning of November!

Ongoing for the month of October; free with Museum admission.

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Tuesday, October 3, 2023
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 5, 2023
9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Friday, October 6, 2023
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 7, 2023
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Sunday, October 8, 2023
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 12, 2023
9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Friday, October 13, 2023
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.