During the Spring Festival, every household adorns their windows with red paper cuts to enhance the festive atmosphere. This year marks the Year of the Snake, and creating a paper cut of the character ‘Spring’ not only signifies the arrival of spring but also carries people’s best wishes for the new year. Below, let’s proceed to craft a beautiful ‘Spring’ paper cut window decoration.
Materials for paper-cutting spring window flowers: Square paper, pen, scissors.
Step 01: Take a square piece of paper and fold it along the diagonal line (with the fold line on the left).
Step 02: Draw a sector closely following the fold line.
Step 03: Above the arc of the sector, draw a semicircle.
Step 04: Close to the fold line, draw half of the character ‘Spring’.
Step 05: Below the ‘Spring’ character, draw decorative patterns as shown in the illustration. Then, draw a comma-like shape on the right side of the ‘Spring’ character.
Step 06: Cut away the parts outside the dashed lines.
Step 07: Pay special attention to the details below and to the right of the ‘Spring’ character when cutting paper.
Step 08: Finally, unfold the paper, and a beautiful paper-cut ‘Spring’ character window decoration is complete. Place it on the window, and with sunlight passing through, the red window decoration appears particularly festive. This simple paper-cut window decoration is not only a straightforward craft but also a way to pass down traditional culture. During the Year of the Snake Spring Festival, welcoming the arrival of spring with handmade paper-cut window decorations is a craft particularly worth creating.
