The Mari Lwyd is a Welsh wassailing tradition involving a decorated horse's skull carried on a pole. Here are instructions on how to make your own mini version to bring to Llandrindod's community wassail.
You will need:
- The mini Mari Lwyd template
- Coloured pens, crayons, glitter etc.
- Scissors
- Glue - pritt stick or similar is good
- Masking tape
- A stick
- Coloured ribbons
Instructions:
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Print the template onto thick paper or thin card, or alternatively print on paper and stick it onto thin card from e.g. a cereal box.
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Cut away the shaded parts and cut around the ears.
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Decorate your template as you wish with colours, glitter etc.
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Cover the 'glue here' area thoroughly with glue and fold the paper around so that the opposite side meets the fold line.
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Fold in the teeth and ears.
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Cut a slit where marked on the underside, wide enough for your stick to go through.
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Use tape to join together the two point behind the ears, forming a bridge.
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Poke the stick up through the underside of the skull and affix the top of it to the bridge behind the ears with more tape.
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Attach ribbons with tape.
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Done!
