How to Cut a Silhouette

Gather your materials and tools onto a large, flat, well lit work area.

Enlarge the picture you wish to make into a silhouette. Project the picture onto a flat vertical surface. Cover the vertical surface with your silhouette paper (usually black, but any color will work so long as you have a contrasting color for a background) Trace the silhouette onto the paper on the wall (vertical surface... remember?)

Remove your enlarged tracing from the wall and place it flat on your work surface.

Cut your silhouette out using either scissors or x-acto knife - scissors work fine for minimal detail, but an x-acto knife is indispensable for fine details.

Place your cut out silhouette on a contrasting background... and presto!