1 00:00:00,189 --> 00:00:03,272 (light upbeat music) 2 00:00:09,290 --> 00:00:10,584 -: Hi, my name is Maria 3 00:00:10,584 --> 00:00:13,264 and I'm a visual artist/teaching artist. 4 00:00:13,264 --> 00:00:18,264 So today we're gonna explore making some papel picado art. 5 00:00:19,550 --> 00:00:24,440 So, papel picado is a traditional Mexican art form. 6 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:25,510 It's a very 7 00:00:27,670 --> 00:00:30,520 creative, explosively colorful, 8 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:32,260 paper art experience. 9 00:00:32,260 --> 00:00:35,030 So we use a lot of papel picado 10 00:00:35,030 --> 00:00:37,840 to make flowers 11 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:42,790 or decorations around different holidays 12 00:00:42,790 --> 00:00:45,400 or cultural, significant days 13 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:47,450 like Día de los Muertos. 14 00:00:47,450 --> 00:00:51,980 So papel picado, the literal translation is shredded paper 15 00:00:51,980 --> 00:00:53,480 because we shred a lot 16 00:00:53,480 --> 00:00:56,987 or we crumble and shred a lot in this art form, 17 00:00:56,987 --> 00:00:58,963 the tissue paper. 18 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:06,210 So, we're gonna do two different styles of flowers. 19 00:01:06,210 --> 00:01:09,783 So in the creative world, 20 00:01:11,108 --> 00:01:13,380 we visualize a lot, 21 00:01:13,380 --> 00:01:15,100 either plant or animal life, 22 00:01:15,100 --> 00:01:18,030 and so in botany we analyze 23 00:01:18,980 --> 00:01:22,680 what makes a plant a plant or a flower a flower. 24 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:26,210 So the basic thing of a flower is gonna be the stem 25 00:01:26,210 --> 00:01:28,660 and the petals and the base, 26 00:01:28,660 --> 00:01:32,065 so this is what we're gonna be working with today. 27 00:01:32,065 --> 00:01:36,623 So we're gonna be creating a stem. 28 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:39,653 So you could for the stem, 29 00:01:40,510 --> 00:01:42,420 you can grab one of the tissue papers 30 00:01:42,420 --> 00:01:46,193 and just kinda cut it rectangularly, like a rectangle. 31 00:01:47,580 --> 00:01:51,730 Or you could also grab like a bark, piece of bark 32 00:01:51,730 --> 00:01:55,973 or one of these - I keep forgetting the... 33 00:01:57,317 --> 00:02:00,440 so this, you can grab one of these. 34 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:02,302 So these work 35 00:02:02,302 --> 00:02:03,820 and so 36 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:07,410 if you do it with the tissue paper, 37 00:02:07,410 --> 00:02:08,720 the way you create a stem 38 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:11,813 is you're gonna fold it in half. 39 00:02:14,350 --> 00:02:15,443 So, see. 40 00:02:16,450 --> 00:02:19,223 And then you're gonna keep folding it until, 41 00:02:21,460 --> 00:02:22,703 so one more time, 42 00:02:26,534 --> 00:02:27,367 and then 43 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:32,300 until you have 44 00:02:32,300 --> 00:02:37,100 kinda like a very stringy, long paper. 45 00:02:37,100 --> 00:02:40,840 So this is gonna be the stem of your flower. 46 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:43,693 So you can see here this one. 47 00:02:44,623 --> 00:02:46,550 So there's different ways 48 00:02:46,550 --> 00:02:48,090 we're gonna be working with the stem 49 00:02:48,090 --> 00:02:49,464 but in this, 50 00:02:49,464 --> 00:02:51,863 in this creative project, 51 00:02:53,106 --> 00:02:55,913 if you can have it all flattened out. 52 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:02,200 Okay, and then you're gonna grab the petals, 53 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:05,160 the colors that you want your pedals to look like. 54 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:08,220 So here I got a variation of colors. 55 00:03:08,220 --> 00:03:11,730 I got some pinks, some reds, some yellows, oranges, 56 00:03:11,730 --> 00:03:13,900 'cause I want my flower 57 00:03:13,900 --> 00:03:15,163 to be very, 58 00:03:16,060 --> 00:03:19,818 very kinda like sun-setty. 59 00:03:19,818 --> 00:03:22,469 Kinda like a sunset type of energy. 60 00:03:22,469 --> 00:03:25,080 So you're gonna grab your papers 61 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:28,630 and also cut them out in squares like this 62 00:03:29,584 --> 00:03:34,350 and then you're gonna grab your scissors 63 00:03:34,350 --> 00:03:38,533 and you're gonna fold this in half. 64 00:03:39,728 --> 00:03:41,350 So the squares, cut them in half 65 00:03:41,350 --> 00:03:42,693 so you have the, 66 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:45,720 in the middle you're gonna have a line 67 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:47,520 that you're gonna cut through. 68 00:03:57,370 --> 00:04:01,120 So then you have all these really long papers 69 00:04:03,230 --> 00:04:04,063 and so 70 00:04:07,410 --> 00:04:12,080 you're gonna cut the edges in a curved manner. 71 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:14,483 So you're gonna make sure they're curved. 72 00:04:24,470 --> 00:04:27,650 And so you're cutting the angles 73 00:04:27,650 --> 00:04:31,950 so that you can have kinda like a curved petal 74 00:04:35,572 --> 00:04:36,836 to your flower. 75 00:04:36,836 --> 00:04:41,836 So you have your petals here, so you see the curve. 76 00:04:43,420 --> 00:04:47,000 And they don't have to be necessarily symmetrical 77 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:48,566 because you'll see when we crumble it, 78 00:04:48,566 --> 00:04:52,783 it's not really gonna be very defined. 79 00:04:54,613 --> 00:04:57,020 So then you're gonna grab your stem, 80 00:04:57,020 --> 00:04:58,240 you're gonna put it over 81 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:01,473 and then you're gonna, 82 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:08,810 you're gonna grab the middle part and kinda squish it 83 00:05:08,810 --> 00:05:09,943 kinda like a bow tie. 84 00:05:13,310 --> 00:05:15,136 So yeah, and then you have this 85 00:05:15,136 --> 00:05:19,463 and then you're gonna fold it over and tie it. 86 00:05:21,840 --> 00:05:24,530 So you're tying your stem to your petals 87 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:28,453 and I like to hide this little part 88 00:05:28,453 --> 00:05:30,763 just kinda inside the, 89 00:05:32,393 --> 00:05:35,303 inside there so that you don't see it. 90 00:05:36,517 --> 00:05:37,863 Then you start. 91 00:05:40,340 --> 00:05:41,480 Okay, so see 92 00:05:46,180 --> 00:05:50,370 how I kinda did the knot 93 00:05:50,370 --> 00:05:53,110 and so then you're gonna squish it some more 94 00:05:53,110 --> 00:05:55,210 so that it's super tight 95 00:05:55,210 --> 00:05:59,840 and then you're gonna grab your petals, 96 00:05:59,840 --> 00:06:02,103 put them upm and then slowly, 97 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:16,307 and then you're gonna start slowly spreading them out. 98 00:06:21,090 --> 00:06:23,030 So you could do it individually, 99 00:06:23,030 --> 00:06:25,573 or like a group of them at the same time. 100 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:30,730 So it takes a little bit to spread them out 101 00:06:30,730 --> 00:06:35,458 'cause there's so many layers so take your time. 102 00:06:35,458 --> 00:06:38,541 (light upbeat music) 103 00:06:50,917 --> 00:06:53,730 Okay, and once you have it mostly spread out, 104 00:06:53,730 --> 00:06:58,730 you can start molding the petals with a pencil. 105 00:07:01,299 --> 00:07:05,520 So usually I'll grab the end of the petal 106 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:06,353 and then 107 00:07:08,900 --> 00:07:11,956 put the pencil, roll it up, 108 00:07:11,956 --> 00:07:15,160 roll up the petal with your pencil 109 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:16,530 and then slowly take it out 110 00:07:16,530 --> 00:07:21,397 and then you can start seeing kinda like the different, 111 00:07:21,397 --> 00:07:25,357 so you'll do this with all the petals throughout 112 00:07:25,357 --> 00:07:30,010 so that's like another way of getting like a petal texture. 113 00:07:30,010 --> 00:07:31,290 Another way is you just, 114 00:07:31,290 --> 00:07:33,690 you can literally just like crumble, 115 00:07:33,690 --> 00:07:34,693 start crumbling it. 116 00:08:02,750 --> 00:08:06,380 So this will take usually like about 5 to 10 minutes. 117 00:08:06,380 --> 00:08:09,573 It takes a little bit of time to get like the, 118 00:08:11,020 --> 00:08:15,813 kinda like the structure of your flower together. 119 00:08:18,820 --> 00:08:20,303 And then, yeah. 120 00:08:32,820 --> 00:08:36,096 And don't be afraid to like crumble the bottom, the top, 121 00:08:36,096 --> 00:08:40,693 to get kinda like the shape of the flower. 122 00:08:57,230 --> 00:09:00,653 Okay, so take your time crumbling it around. 123 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:06,832 So I pre-made one 124 00:09:06,832 --> 00:09:08,310 'cause it does take a little bit. 125 00:09:08,310 --> 00:09:11,980 So I crumbled it, the bottom and then what I did 126 00:09:11,980 --> 00:09:15,790 was I kinda tightened it up at the bottom 127 00:09:15,790 --> 00:09:20,790 so I could have kinda like a, this type of shape of flower 128 00:09:21,530 --> 00:09:23,580 or like a lily type. 129 00:09:23,580 --> 00:09:26,020 So you can explore with your petals 130 00:09:26,020 --> 00:09:28,632 you can do them upward if you're like, 131 00:09:28,632 --> 00:09:33,320 so just experiment the shape of your flower. 132 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:35,632 This is the fun part, the experimentation, 133 00:09:35,632 --> 00:09:38,240 'cause the rest is just like the basics 134 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:39,650 of your flower creation. 135 00:09:39,650 --> 00:09:42,580 But the base, the petals, and then the shape of it, 136 00:09:42,580 --> 00:09:46,460 that will be up to you how you want it to look like. 137 00:09:46,460 --> 00:09:51,150 And that's your creative freedom as an artistic being, 138 00:09:51,150 --> 00:09:53,850 how at the end like you're given these tools 139 00:09:53,850 --> 00:09:55,840 and then you decide your end product. 140 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:57,853 So with any paper art, 141 00:09:57,853 --> 00:10:00,240 it's gonna be you the final person 142 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:02,890 that's gonna be like this is how I want it to look like. 143 00:10:02,890 --> 00:10:05,700 So don't be afraid to experiment. 144 00:10:05,700 --> 00:10:07,110 If you don't like certain colors, 145 00:10:07,110 --> 00:10:10,224 you can just slowly take it apart and redo it. 146 00:10:10,224 --> 00:10:11,750 That's the beautiful thing 147 00:10:11,750 --> 00:10:14,189 about the fact that you're just working with paper 148 00:10:14,189 --> 00:10:16,750 is that you can easily take it apart 149 00:10:16,750 --> 00:10:18,620 and put it back together. 150 00:10:18,620 --> 00:10:20,343 So this is like a method. 151 00:10:21,330 --> 00:10:24,010 This is one way of doing flowers. 152 00:10:24,010 --> 00:10:25,400 Then there's another method 153 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:28,344 that's kinda like a rose type of shape. 154 00:10:28,344 --> 00:10:31,723 So I'm gonna make one of those. 155 00:10:34,337 --> 00:10:36,620 So if you have paper left over, 156 00:10:36,620 --> 00:10:38,560 you can use this to make confetti 157 00:10:38,560 --> 00:10:40,480 so you can it up in tiny little pieces 158 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:43,070 and save it up and make confetti with it. 159 00:10:43,070 --> 00:10:46,930 So I always encourage people to recycle 160 00:10:46,930 --> 00:10:50,160 and to be mindful of the tools that we use 161 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:52,640 because where does paper come from? 162 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:54,030 It comes from trees 163 00:10:54,030 --> 00:10:55,530 and so we need to be, 164 00:10:55,530 --> 00:10:57,820 as creative people and artists, 165 00:10:57,820 --> 00:10:59,461 mindful that these tools and resources 166 00:10:59,461 --> 00:11:04,461 also come from other plants or other materials. 167 00:11:06,154 --> 00:11:09,200 So this will make a fun confetti 168 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:11,160 that you can use for like a birthday party 169 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:12,500 or you can even put the confetti 170 00:11:12,500 --> 00:11:14,200 inside a balloon and blow it up 171 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:16,777 and you can see the different patterns so. 172 00:11:16,777 --> 00:11:21,000 So ask your parents if there's any balloons after left 173 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:22,050 and you can put it in there 174 00:11:22,050 --> 00:11:23,788 and then when you pop it, 175 00:11:23,788 --> 00:11:26,453 you will see all the confetti in your space. 176 00:11:28,431 --> 00:11:31,313 So switching back to the flowers that we're making. 177 00:11:32,660 --> 00:11:35,066 So the rose shaped flower, 178 00:11:35,066 --> 00:11:40,066 so you're gonna grab a paper in a square, another square. 179 00:11:41,860 --> 00:11:45,350 So I like working with flowers with square shape 180 00:11:45,350 --> 00:11:49,805 because it gives me a wide space of paper to work with. 181 00:11:49,805 --> 00:11:53,030 So if you cut it in, even if you cut it smaller, 182 00:11:53,030 --> 00:11:54,780 your flower's gonna be shaped smaller 183 00:11:54,780 --> 00:11:56,420 but it's up to you. 184 00:11:56,420 --> 00:11:58,674 Also the length and width of your paper 185 00:11:58,674 --> 00:12:01,300 'cause that's gonna determine the size 186 00:12:01,300 --> 00:12:04,303 of the shape of your petals and your flowers. 187 00:12:05,810 --> 00:12:09,240 So with this rose type of flower, 188 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:14,000 you're gonna, similarly like, fold it in half. 189 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:17,030 But instead of cutting it, we're gonna keep it like this. 190 00:12:17,030 --> 00:12:19,570 So you can do a variation of colors 191 00:12:19,570 --> 00:12:22,280 so you're gonna stack them on top of each other. 192 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:24,580 So that's like the difference from this technique 193 00:12:24,580 --> 00:12:25,883 then the other technique, 194 00:12:27,552 --> 00:12:28,960 is we're not cutting it. 195 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:30,803 So you're gonna fold them. 196 00:12:32,100 --> 00:12:36,130 So I'll do maybe like three colors for this one. 197 00:12:36,130 --> 00:12:39,930 And so you're gonna grab one of the corners 198 00:12:39,930 --> 00:12:44,930 and then you're gonna do a small inserted fold like this. 199 00:12:47,180 --> 00:12:52,178 So see and then make sure you always press tightly 200 00:12:52,178 --> 00:12:55,473 and then you're gonna do it one more time. 201 00:12:57,938 --> 00:13:00,450 And then this is the fun part. 202 00:13:00,450 --> 00:13:03,503 So you're gonna grab this part, the bottom, 203 00:13:04,494 --> 00:13:07,513 and then you're gonna start crumbling it. 204 00:13:17,230 --> 00:13:21,383 So see how the shape is kinda like a rose petal at the top? 205 00:13:26,270 --> 00:13:28,280 So this process, 206 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:31,700 you're gonna constantly be folding your petals. 207 00:13:31,700 --> 00:13:33,330 So it's a little bit different, 208 00:13:33,330 --> 00:13:38,330 'cause you're gonna make sure that when you're crumbling, 209 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:42,570 that you don't crumble the top 210 00:13:42,570 --> 00:13:47,570 so you wanna keep the top kinda open 211 00:13:47,950 --> 00:13:51,023 and then the bottom crumbled. 212 00:13:52,020 --> 00:13:55,357 And then you're gonna grab another paper similar, 213 00:13:55,357 --> 00:13:58,320 fold it in half 214 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:02,670 and then you're gonna continue 215 00:14:02,670 --> 00:14:04,730 where you left off at the last paper, 216 00:14:04,730 --> 00:14:08,477 and then go around crumbling at the bottom. 217 00:14:08,477 --> 00:14:13,477 So, see how I'm going around crumbling at the bottom 218 00:14:19,705 --> 00:14:21,793 and then bring out your petals. 219 00:14:32,710 --> 00:14:34,790 And you wanna keep it really tight 220 00:14:34,790 --> 00:14:38,270 so that it doesn't come loose easily 221 00:14:38,270 --> 00:14:40,920 so super tighten it up. 222 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:43,250 So see my rose shape. 223 00:14:43,250 --> 00:14:47,910 So this is the petal, the petals of my flower. 224 00:14:47,910 --> 00:14:49,850 And then if I wanna add like a different, 225 00:14:49,850 --> 00:14:51,423 like a yellow in there, 226 00:14:51,423 --> 00:14:53,820 like a different color, 227 00:14:53,820 --> 00:14:57,120 I just cut out one of these papers 228 00:14:57,120 --> 00:14:58,920 and then I can cut it out in half, 229 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:02,710 'cause I wanna make it just a small little red. 230 00:15:02,710 --> 00:15:05,853 So just like a square, like a small square paper. 231 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:10,780 And then this one, similar you're gonna crumble the edge 232 00:15:10,780 --> 00:15:13,763 and then, or flip it in half, 233 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:19,810 fold it a little bit inserted 234 00:15:19,810 --> 00:15:21,623 and then start crumbling it. 235 00:15:31,590 --> 00:15:36,590 And see how with my fingers just super tightening it, 236 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:37,673 the bottom, 237 00:15:40,424 --> 00:15:42,930 so that it doesn't come loose easily. 238 00:15:42,930 --> 00:15:45,393 And then I can slowly put it in here. 239 00:16:01,770 --> 00:16:05,020 And then you can either use one of these 240 00:16:05,020 --> 00:16:08,370 and just kinda put it in, insert it 241 00:16:08,370 --> 00:16:10,260 and then crumble it around 242 00:16:11,154 --> 00:16:14,634 and glue it with hot glue or regular glue. 243 00:16:14,634 --> 00:16:16,540 And then you have your base 244 00:16:16,540 --> 00:16:18,380 and then you can cover it with green 245 00:16:18,380 --> 00:16:19,213 or 246 00:16:22,451 --> 00:16:26,300 another way is with paper stems 247 00:16:26,300 --> 00:16:28,630 like we did with this one. 248 00:16:28,630 --> 00:16:31,540 We're gonna do something similar with this one. 249 00:16:31,540 --> 00:16:34,760 So this style is a little bit different. 250 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:38,740 So instead of being just like a, just flatten it, 251 00:16:38,740 --> 00:16:42,070 you're just gonna fold it and then fold it one more time 252 00:16:43,130 --> 00:16:45,800 but instead of folding it super like small, 253 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:50,800 you're gonna leave it maybe like half a width of your finger 254 00:16:51,012 --> 00:16:53,940 so that's maybe like an inch, 255 00:16:53,940 --> 00:16:55,740 you're gonna leave it like that. 256 00:16:55,740 --> 00:16:58,930 And then you're gonna open it up 257 00:16:58,930 --> 00:17:03,170 and then put your flower inside like this 258 00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:08,850 and then you're gonna tighten it up at the top 259 00:17:12,510 --> 00:17:14,033 super super tight. 260 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:17,703 And then you're just gonna tighten it around, 261 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:21,970 the top keeps falling off so I gotta 262 00:17:23,100 --> 00:17:26,081 I'm just gonna make a small one again 263 00:17:26,081 --> 00:17:28,581 and then put it back in there. 264 00:17:29,794 --> 00:17:32,877 (light upbeat music) 265 00:17:46,095 --> 00:17:49,010 And then you have your rose! And then, 266 00:17:49,010 --> 00:17:49,880 fix the petals, 267 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:52,390 and if you notice it's having a hard time sticking, 268 00:17:52,390 --> 00:17:56,112 you can always glue it, it's totally fine. 269 00:17:56,112 --> 00:17:58,280 This one, like if it keeps coming out, 270 00:17:58,280 --> 00:17:59,680 I can always glue it in there 271 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:02,310 and make sure that it stays put. 272 00:18:02,310 --> 00:18:04,720 But while I'm crumbling, that's when I don't glue it 273 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:06,560 because then it's gonna be really difficult 274 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:10,674 to get all the papers to fold into petals so, 275 00:18:10,674 --> 00:18:15,360 but once you have your structure and your petals all folded, 276 00:18:15,360 --> 00:18:17,300 then you can glue in place 277 00:18:17,300 --> 00:18:19,360 either certain parts of the stem 278 00:18:19,360 --> 00:18:21,093 or the inside of it, so. 279 00:18:21,930 --> 00:18:25,233 Yeah, so then we have these two formats of flower making 280 00:18:25,233 --> 00:18:29,190 and then if you're like why don't they have any leaves, 281 00:18:29,190 --> 00:18:31,560 I want leaves because flowers have leaves 282 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:34,240 'cause they need leaves to eat. 283 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:39,100 So, you can just grab either the same tissue paper, 284 00:18:39,100 --> 00:18:44,100 like grab a, like, just a green tissue paper 285 00:18:44,250 --> 00:18:48,483 or you can just grab a regular paper that's green. 286 00:18:50,470 --> 00:18:54,590 And then you're gonna just cut out the shape of the petals 287 00:18:54,590 --> 00:18:56,990 so I'll do this one just with regular paper 288 00:18:56,990 --> 00:19:01,990 and then I'll do one with tissue paper. 289 00:19:07,511 --> 00:19:10,663 So, I always think of the shape of, like, a leaf, 290 00:19:11,590 --> 00:19:13,680 kinda like a shape of an eye. 291 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:14,950 When I'm cutting it out, 292 00:19:14,950 --> 00:19:16,760 I'm thinking oh maybe it's like an eye. 293 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:19,165 So that's when I cut it out, 294 00:19:19,165 --> 00:19:22,010 so you have your leaves 295 00:19:22,010 --> 00:19:23,570 and then you can just glue them 296 00:19:23,570 --> 00:19:24,513 with the glue. 297 00:19:31,270 --> 00:19:33,853 So I usually use glue sticks with this. 298 00:19:35,622 --> 00:19:39,103 It does a really good hold with this paper, so, 299 00:19:40,151 --> 00:19:40,984 but 300 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:44,900 yeah, so you don't need to put any hot glue 301 00:19:44,900 --> 00:19:45,733 or anything else, 302 00:19:45,733 --> 00:19:47,663 just regular glue works fine. 303 00:19:48,750 --> 00:19:53,750 And then you have your flower art. 304 00:19:54,050 --> 00:19:58,693 And then you can just decorate your space with it. 305 00:20:00,753 --> 00:20:03,420 So this is like an art form 306 00:20:03,420 --> 00:20:07,610 that is very significant, culturally, 307 00:20:07,610 --> 00:20:11,250 for a lot of Mexican-decent communities 308 00:20:11,250 --> 00:20:14,680 and so I actually been doing these paper arts 309 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:19,042 for most of my life with my family and my aunts 310 00:20:19,042 --> 00:20:20,840 for celebrations, 311 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:23,520 so like quinceañeras or Día de Muertos, 312 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:25,970 or any sort of family gathering, 313 00:20:25,970 --> 00:20:28,901 you always found me as a little kid with my aunt 314 00:20:28,901 --> 00:20:31,430 helping her make all the decorations. 315 00:20:31,430 --> 00:20:36,430 So it's a very communal, very, like, collective process 316 00:20:37,587 --> 00:20:39,160 making these flowers. 317 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:43,010 So you can always make flowers with your siblings, 318 00:20:43,010 --> 00:20:46,482 with your parents, with your cousins, your aunts. 319 00:20:46,482 --> 00:20:49,360 Like if you don't have tissue paper, 320 00:20:49,360 --> 00:20:52,940 you can always grab newspaper and make flowers with that, 321 00:20:52,940 --> 00:20:54,421 just grab like acrylic paint 322 00:20:54,421 --> 00:20:57,922 or even like dip them in watercolor paint 323 00:20:57,922 --> 00:21:02,922 and then you will get color texture on your flowers. 324 00:21:06,070 --> 00:21:09,560 And newspaper flowers are also incredibly beautiful 325 00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:11,023 if you wanna experiment 326 00:21:11,023 --> 00:21:14,310 with different types of paper. 327 00:21:14,310 --> 00:21:17,970 So you can use like tissue paper 328 00:21:17,970 --> 00:21:22,060 from like if somebody gave you a gift 329 00:21:22,060 --> 00:21:23,280 and it has tissue paper, 330 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:24,869 you can use that tissue paper. 331 00:21:24,869 --> 00:21:26,783 Or if you're like, 332 00:21:29,140 --> 00:21:31,621 if there's a box that comes in with tissue paper 333 00:21:31,621 --> 00:21:34,080 you can always use that. 334 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:35,790 And also encourage your parents 335 00:21:35,790 --> 00:21:36,930 if there's tissue paper 336 00:21:36,930 --> 00:21:39,210 that comes with any materials you buy, 337 00:21:39,210 --> 00:21:41,640 to save it so that you can make crafts with it. 338 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:46,640 So yeah, so I hope you had fun making flowers 339 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:50,168 and learning about basic plant botany. 340 00:21:50,168 --> 00:21:53,230 So learning about the structure of a flower 341 00:21:53,230 --> 00:21:55,120 through a creative process 342 00:21:55,120 --> 00:21:59,008 and I hope you continue making lots of art 343 00:21:59,008 --> 00:22:02,917 with paper or recyclable materials around your house. 344 00:22:02,917 --> 00:22:06,000 (light upbeat music)