Kid's Silhouette Tutorial

This silhouette tutorial comes to us from Catherine Peart of Gingham Cherry. Making silhouettes of the kid(s) is a great gift idea for Mother's Day or a fun way to decorate any room of the house. The look is easy to achieve but elegant.

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Materials:

Profile photo of your child
Soft Pencil (4B is good)
Tracing paper
Fine scissors (embroidery, or even nail scissors, are good)
Decorative backing paper
Black or other coloured solid paper/card for silhouette
Glue or double sided tape (or mounting tape if you have a shadow box frame

Steps:

Print out a suitable profile photo. Trace outline and finish off neck in traditional silhouette shape.
Turn tracing paper over and draw, rub or shade over line to transfer pencil image to the solid card.
Cut out carefully and use glue or double sided tape to adhere cutout to your decorative or plain background. If you have a shadowbox frame it is nice to use mounting tape as well.
I also used a decorative font to add my daughter’s name. As you can see, there are many different ways of displaying them.

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