How to Make a Mummy Decoration

Gather your supplies., Cut, with scissors, a basic mummy shape., Punch a hole at the top., Pad out the mummy's body., Wrap the mummy using a roll of white crepe paper streamer., Draw facial features., Ornament with red marker, if desired. , Locate...

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Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Step 1: Gather your supplies.

     Include scrap cardboard, masking tape, a glue stick, scissors, a paper punch, string, a roll of white crepe paper streamers, newspapers and a paper clip for hanging.
  2. Step 2: with scissors

     The cardboard should be approximately 4" x 10" and not so heavy it can't be cut with scissors. ,  This will be for a string for hanging your mummy. ,  Wad up loosely, a whole sheet of newspaper.  Set it onto the mummy cut-out and mold it to fit the shape.  Wad up a quarter sheet of newspaper into a ball for the head.  Mold with your hands to make the padding fit the cut-out.  Using masking tape strips, going from side to side, secure the newspaper to the backing. ,  Start at the feet and work upward.

    Use your hands to mold the crepe paper to conform to the cardboard form.  Use a glue stick to tack the binding on the back, as you go.

    Then, go down the mummy and add plenty of crepe paper.

    For realism, criss-cross the binding strips.  When completely bound, turn to the back side and glue or tape your crepe paper securely. ,  Use black marker. ,,  Use the scissors or your fingers as a "feeler."  Put a string through the hole and tie it. ,  Put it in a location to be seen often and by many.

    It will remind you of making this fun ornament.
  3. Step 3: a basic mummy shape.

  4. Step 4: Punch a hole at the top.

  5. Step 5: Pad out the mummy's body.

  6. Step 6: Wrap the mummy using a roll of white crepe paper streamer.

  7. Step 7: Draw facial features.

  8. Step 8: Ornament with red marker

  9. Step 9: if desired.

  10. Step 10: Locate the hole you punched in the top of the mummy.

  11. Step 11: Hang your mummy as a decoration.

Detailed Guide

 Include scrap cardboard, masking tape, a glue stick, scissors, a paper punch, string, a roll of white crepe paper streamers, newspapers and a paper clip for hanging.

 The cardboard should be approximately 4" x 10" and not so heavy it can't be cut with scissors. ,  This will be for a string for hanging your mummy. ,  Wad up loosely, a whole sheet of newspaper.  Set it onto the mummy cut-out and mold it to fit the shape.  Wad up a quarter sheet of newspaper into a ball for the head.  Mold with your hands to make the padding fit the cut-out.  Using masking tape strips, going from side to side, secure the newspaper to the backing. ,  Start at the feet and work upward.

Use your hands to mold the crepe paper to conform to the cardboard form.  Use a glue stick to tack the binding on the back, as you go.

Then, go down the mummy and add plenty of crepe paper.

For realism, criss-cross the binding strips.  When completely bound, turn to the back side and glue or tape your crepe paper securely. ,  Use black marker. ,,  Use the scissors or your fingers as a "feeler."  Put a string through the hole and tie it. ,  Put it in a location to be seen often and by many.

It will remind you of making this fun ornament.

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