Day of the Dead Papel Picado Flags

Papel picado ("perforated paper") flags are a colorful Mexican decoration used at parties and holiday celebrations. Print these in bright colors and assemble them into buntings to hang around your home or yard. I put these out during the Halloween / Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) season.

NOTE: after printing a few of these without scaling, I decided that they were too small to show the details. To get the flags you see in the photos, I scaled the model in my slicer (Bambu Studio, in this case). I scaled by 2X in the X/Y, and then set the height (Z-axis) to 1 mm. Each one took about an hour to print.

See my other Day of the Dead items:

• Papel Picado flag
• Day of the Dead Mobile