The blade

1. 1

   Cut out the blades

   Print page 1 and cut out the blade shapes. Cut close to the outline so no white edge shows.

   

2. 2

   Glue the blade onto blue paper

   Put glue on the back of one printed blade and press it onto a sheet of blue paper. The blue layer makes the blade stronger and stiffer.

   

3. 3

   Cut it out again

   Cut the blade out of the blue paper, following the printed shape.

   

4. 4

   Add the back side

   Now the blade is printed on one side and plain blue on the other. Take a second printed blade and get it ready for the back.

   

   Put glue on the white side and press it onto the blue side of your blade. Line up the edges carefully. Now your blade has the pattern on both sides.

   

5. 5

   Punch a hole

   Use a hole punch on the small white circle at the bottom of the blade. This is where the charm will hang.

   

The flower charm

1. 6

   Cut out two flowers

   Cut out two yellow flowers from page 2. You can cut a simple shape around them, you don’t need to cut inside the rings.

   

2. 7

   Glue them back to back

   Put glue on the white side of one flower and press the second flower onto it. Now the charm looks good from both sides.

   

3. 8

   Punch two holes

   Punch one hole near the top of the flower and one near the bottom. The cord goes through the top hole, and the tassel hangs from the bottom one.

   

The cord

1. 9

   Cut thin strips

   Cut thin yellow strips. Use the strips from page 2 or cut your own from yellow paper.

   

2. 10

   Thread the strip through the blade

   Push one strip through the hole in the blade.

   

3. 11

   Add the flower

   Thread the same strip through the top hole of the flower charm. Glue the two ends of the strip together to close the loop. Now the flower hangs on the blade.

   

The tassel

1. 12

   Cut the fringe

   Take one wide yellow panel. Make many thin cuts along one long side. Stop before you reach the other edge so the panel stays in one piece.

   

2. 13

   Glue the cord to the fringe

   Thread a second strip through the bottom hole of the flower. Then put glue along the uncut edge of the fringe and lay the end of this strip on it.

   

3. 14

   Roll it up

   Roll the fringe tightly around the strip, adding a little glue as you go. Hold it for a few seconds so it stays closed.

   

   Your first Spirit Blade is ready.

4. 15

   Make the rest

   Repeat the steps to make three blades for one hand, or six blades for the full Zoey look.

   

Make it easier.

• Use a glue stick, not liquid glue. Liquid glue makes thin paper wavy.
• Thicker blue paper = stronger blades. If your blades feel too soft, use blue cardstock for the middle layer.
• Cut the fringe thin. The thinner the cuts, the softer and fuller the tassel looks.