paper cutout designs

Question

what is the spanish word (s) for the thin paper cutouts strung together and usually hung on a wall with string?

Remember to capitalize your sentence. - rac1, Sep 10, 2014

Could you provide your language preference and mother tongue , thanks mate. - ray76, Sep 11, 2014

Answer 1

I have always called it "papel picado."

Answer 2

[Edit: I was thinking of papel picado, as the other commenter suggests]

Papel cortado, if you mean this:

https://www.google.com/search?q=papel+cortado&espv=2&biw=1455&bih=714&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=m9cQVLG4B5ScyQSAvYC4Cg&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ

Answer 3

papel picado